Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA)

How To Submit A Request:

• Visit the Next Request website to submit a FOIA request. (You can also check on the status of an existing FOIA request ) https://evanston.nextrequest.com/. Please visit the Next Request Help Desk for assistance with accessing and managing your request

• In person or by mail at the City Clerk's Office on 909 Davis St., 2nd Floor. Evanston, IL 60201 with a completed FOIA Request form

• By email to FOIA@cityofevanston.org

• By phone to the Evanston City Clerk's office at (847) 448-8189

NOTE: All requests for public records will be submitted to Next Request by the Evanston City Clerk's office.

City of Evanston FOIA Policy

Due to a high volume of FOIA requests, please expect 7-14 delays in fulfilling these requests. In addition, we are experiencing delays in fulfilling body camera footage requests. Please anticipate that processing times may 25-75% longer than usual.

The City of Evanston does not retain records regarding the Police or Firefighter’s Pension Board materials.  All FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests regarding Police or Firefighter’s Pension Board materials should be submitted directly to the Public Information Officer of the Fund:

Timothy Schoolmaster
Trustee & President Evanston Police Pension Fund
1454 Elmwood Avenue
Evanston, IL  60201

         or

Deron Daugherty
Trustee & President Evanston Firefighter’s Pension Fund
702 Madison St
Evanston, IL 60202

Fees:

(only applies to hard copies)

• The first fifty (50) pages are free

• Any page(s) after the first fifty (50) will be $.15 per page

• The certification fee for FOIA records is $1.00

• Cost to produce document only include:

• DUI report (driving under the influence)

• Ambulance report

• Fire/Incident report

• Audiotapes and videotapes

• CD 

• Photographs

• Transcript from the Hearings Division 

• The charge to a requestor for copies of any abnormal size document is the actual cost to produce that document

• Notary Service: $5.00 per Notarized document

• Requestors seeking unredacted copies of records must provide verification sufficient to prove eligibility to receive such records

• Fire Reports (i.e. emergency/investigation/patient reports) are $5 per report https://arts.formstack.com/forms/recordspayment_fire

• Police Reports (i.e. DUI, Arrest, Incident, Accident, etc.) are $5 per report  https://arts.formstack.com/forms/recordspayment