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Rules Committee appoints bike‑plan advisory members, forms city‑manager evaluation team and names temporary finance chair
Summary
The Evanston Rules Committee appointed council members to several advisory bodies and selected a temporary chair for the Finance & Budget Committee to ensure continuity for upcoming budget work.
The Rules Committee of the Evanston City Council on July 21 appointed council members to multiple advisory bodies and selected a short‑term chair for the Finance & Budget Committee to cover upcoming budget meetings.
Committee members voted unanimously to appoint Council Members Heather Ailes, Eric Harris and (name recorded in minutes as) Harry Caris to the bike plan advisory committee, which staff said will review draft maps, corridors and policy recommendations and provide feedback prior to public engagement. Assistant City Engineer Chris (last name not specified in the record) described the advisory role as reviewing deliverables before community engagement events.
The committee also appointed Council Members Peter Suffredin, Margaret Rogers and (name recorded as) Hetekadis to a city manager evaluation committee; the committee’s role is to design the evaluation structure rather than to conduct the full evaluation with the full council.
On the Finance & Budget Committee chair, the Rules Committee debated leadership for next Tuesday’s budget meeting. After discussion, the committee appointed Council Member Suffredin to serve as chair for up to two meetings (the motion specified a term “not to exceed 2 meetings”) to ensure a chair is in place while the group develops a longer‑term process for appointing chairs to certain committees. The committee also adopted a rotation schedule for committee chairs (option 3) as presented by staff.
The committee and staff said further work will produce template rules for boards, committees and commissions and may return to the Rules Committee for referral and any required code changes.
Votes at a glance: the roll calls for the committee appointments and the temporary Finance & Budget chair were unanimous among council members present; the chair‑rotation schedule was adopted unanimously.
Ending: Staff will circulate the adopted rotation schedule and follow up with the newly appointed advisory members about meeting logistics and deliverables ahead of the budget season and bike‑plan public engagement.
