Nine (9) Regular members appointed by Mayor plus non-voting associate members appointed by Plan Commission. Chair elected by members from membership
STAFF: Meagan Jones (Planning & Zoning Division), Phone: 847.448.4311 mmjones@cityofevanston.org
CITY COUNCIL LIAISON: Ald. Fiske 1st Ward
Plan Commission Members: Colby Lewis, Chair; Peter Isaac, Vice Chair; Terri Dubin; Carol Goddard; Andrew Pigozzi; George Halik; Jennifer Draper; Jane Sloss
The Plan Commission is not a deciding board. Their vote is a recommendation, albeit a strong one.
After the Plan Commission, in the case of a text amendment proposal, the next board to discuss the issue is the Planning and Development Board. If they should decide not to pass the proposal, the issue dies there. But generally that does not happen, and the Plan Development just pushes the issue further down the line to the Council, usually on the same night the issue is introduced. Generally the issue is decided on a subsequent council meeting, generally two weeks later, unless a special council meeting is called, as it happened in 1996. In 2019 matters take very little deliberation to be decided, so it's possible to have a decision in place within two weeks or less, from the time it is introduced at Council.
[This Committee addresses matters relating to planning, physical development, zoning....]
Meeting schedule: Before regular Council Meetings, 6:45 p.m.
REPORTS TO: City Council
# of Members: Seven (7) Aldermen are appointed. The chair-person changes on a periodical basis.
Members :
Ald. Robin Rue Simmons 5th Ward
Ald. Melissa Wynne 3rd Ward
Ald. Judy Fiske 1st Ward
Ald. Donald Wilson 4th Ward
Ald. Eleanor Revelle 7th Ward
Ald. Thomas Suffredin 6th Ward
[The City site specifically indicates (7) aldermen as members: one is missing from the list]
STAFF: Johanna Leonard, Director of Community Development ; 847.448.8014 jleonard@cityofevanston.org
The council is made up of the mayor and nine alderpersons, each one representing an Evanston Ward. The quorum, the minimum of alderpersons that have to be present, is six. For an issue to be approved, when 6 or 7 alderpesons are present, 4 alderpeople have to agree. If there are more than 7 present, then 5 alderpersons constitute the majority. If the vote is split evenly then the Mayor contributes his vote.