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Committee backs ordinance draft to eliminate interest on alley special assessments starting Jan. 2026
Summary
The Finance and Budget Committee voted unanimously to ask staff to draft an ordinance removing interest charges from special assessments for alley repairs, effective Jan. 1, 2026, citing low revenue and high administrative cost.
The Evanston Finance and Budget Committee voted unanimously to ask staff to draft an ordinance eliminating interest on special assessments for alley repairs beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
Committee members said the program generates relatively small revenue but requires significant administrative time and carries variable interest calculations tied to federal rates. Hitesh, who presented the item, described the program as a 50–50 cost split between the city and property owners for alley improvements and said interest rates applied to special assessments vary by the year of the hearing under current ordinance language.
The committee…
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