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Votes at a glance: Evanston council approves agenda changes, consent items and nine resolutions
Summary
At its Aug. 12 meeting the council approved the amended agenda and consent items, then passed Resolutions 22-50 through 22-59 covering the Avalon design amendment, street maintenance change order, investigative-system access, DEQ easement for monitoring wells, library furniture purchase, rodeo contract, liquor-license policy request, and three SLIB/ARPA grant applications.
Key actions approved by the Evanston City Council in the Aug. 12 meeting (all passed by voice vote unless noted):
• Agenda approved with addition of a limited malt beverage permit for Trevor Rasmussen and a Safe Task Force fundraiser (consent agenda addition).
• Consent agenda approved: limited malt beverage permit(s), a street closure and the added malt-beverage permit.
• Resolution 22-50 — Authorize amendment with Plan 1 Architects for design and construction management services on the Evanston Avalon International project: approved.
• Resolution 22-51 — Approve Change Order No. 01 for the 2022 Street Maintenance project (CityView Drive and Aspen Grove Drive): approved.
• Resolution 22-52 — Authorize agreement to access Leeds Online LLC transaction-reporting and investigative system for law enforcement: approved.
• Resolution 22-53 — Authorize access and use easement with Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for groundwater monitoring wells: approved.
• Resolution 22-54 — Accept quote from Strong Project Inc. to purchase workstation furniture for the UNITY Library (ARPA funds): approved.
• Resolution 22-55 — Authorize contract with Evanston Rodeo Series: approved.
• Resolution 22-56 — Request the state legislature review municipal liquor-license statutes that limit municipalities (policy statement): approved; one council member registered opposition during the meeting and asked for more time to consider the item.
• Resolution 22-57 — Authorize SLIB/ARPA grant application for North Grass Valley Lift Station (estimated request ~$440,000; estimated match ~$110,000): approved.
• Resolution 22-58 — Authorize SLIB/ARPA grant application to replace 4-inch mains with 8-inch PVC on 18th/19th and West Summit (estimated request ~$1.6M; match ~$400k): approved.
• Resolution 22-59 — Authorize SLIB/ARPA grant application for Sage Street water-main replacement (estimated request ~$520k; match ~$130k): approved.
Several motions and approvals were conducted by voice vote; the public record in the transcript does not include detailed roll-call tallies or explicit mover/second names for each vote beyond those introduced during the meeting. Where council members registered dissent, the entry above notes it.
