City of Evanston Blog

The City Clerk's Office changed the vendor that codifies our City Code.  With the change, there is a new web interface for accessing the Evanston City Code.   Big day for us government geeks......... Wally Bobkiewicz

This blog is celebrating its first anniversary today. During the past year, I have posted 248 entries to the blog which have received 208 total comments from the public. The most commented blog post dealt with feral cats, while the... Wally Bobkiewicz

The NU Athletic Department has made available to the City a 30 second commercial slot in the broadcast of the NU/Vanderbilt football game Saturday night beginning at 6:30 PM. The game will be televised on CLTV. The Evanston Community... Wally Bobkiewicz

Bon Appetit magazine has featured Edzo's in Evanston as a must stop restaurant when visiting Chicago.  Thanks to Alderman Jane Grover for picking this up.... Wally Bobkiewicz

Evanston Day at Ryan Field from Northwestern News on Vimeo.              ... Wally Bobkiewicz

Carolyn Collopy, the City's Sustainability Coordinator, is leaving the City Friday after three years in the position.  Carolyn and her family are moving to the Minneapolis area to be closer to her extended family and will be taking a similar... Wally Bobkiewicz

    Mayor Tisdahl, Northwestern University President Schapiro and other City, School District and NU officials turned out yesterday at Ryan Field for press conference promoting Evanston Day at NU Football on Saturday September 25 for game versus Central Michigan.... Wally Bobkiewicz

A Northwestern Medill student did a great video on how the City tests beach water.  Check it out on the "Medill Reports" website.... Wally Bobkiewicz

The Utilities Department issued their "2009 Water and Sewer Annual Report" this week.  It can be found on the department's website (PDF).... Wally Bobkiewicz

The City Council's Administration and Public Works Committee will begin discussion of changes to water and sewer funding models at its meeting Monday night.  This comes after several discussions with the Council over the past few months on next steps... Wally Bobkiewicz

Beginning on the August 9 City Council agenda and every month hereafter, the City will be disclosing each transaction paid for by a City credit card.  These transactions amount to over $100,000 each month and until now have not be... Wally Bobkiewicz

The City Council starts its Summer Break after Monday's meeting, so the agenda is full of interesting items.  The next City Council meeting is on Monday September 13.  All links are PDF documents. 1.  Downtown Evanston will be making a... Wally Bobkiewicz

Below is list of organizations expected at the "Not for Profit" Day at the Downtown Farmers Market this Saturday, August 7:   Business Alliance for a Sustainable Evanston (BASE) Center for Independent Futures Childcare Network of Evanston (CNE) Citizens for a... Wally Bobkiewicz

There is a great article explaining how Evanston treats its water for distribution in the August 4 edition of the Evanston Roundtable.  The paper actually put the article on its website as a PDF so you can see the great... Wally Bobkiewicz

I issued a press release today (PDF) regarding the new deployment program at the Fire Department with the layoff last week of three firefighters.  I hope that the information helps sort through the issues at hand.... Wally Bobkiewicz

Interesting article in today's New York Times on how traffic officers in India are using Facebook to help catch drivers violating traffic laws. So in Evanston, if you text to Facebook to report someone speeding while you are driving, would... Wally Bobkiewicz

I came across this interesting entry in a blog called "The Urbanophile" that shares the author's thoughts on future economic development strategies for the greater Chicago area.  I think this makes a lot of sense especially for Evanston.  Thoughts?... Wally Bobkiewicz

With the first change order for the project on Monday's City Council Agenda I asked project manager Stefanie Levine for a status report: "Roofing work continues on schedule at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. The contractor is currently in... Wally Bobkiewicz

All links are Adobe Acrobat PDF 1.  Final Action on the Township of Evanston Budget. 2.  Presentation of new City efforts to get more volunteers helping the City of Evanston. 3.  Consideration of March 1, 2010 Police and Fire Pension... Wally Bobkiewicz

The City received a new bond rating from Fitch Rating today of “AAA”, Fitch’s highest rating, in advance of the capital improvement bonds we will be selling soon. The City’s previous rating was “AAA” Fitch's press release has all the... Wally Bobkiewicz