 Upon the death of Mayor Washington in office , Shiller supported Alderman Timothy C. Evans for mayor , but supporters of Alderman Eugene Sawyer prevailed . Weeks later , at the first City Council meeting under Mayor Sawyer , the UCC funding was restored . Shiller said restoring the grant to the UCC would affect only the 48th Ward , not her ward . " I was not going to have them operating in the 46th , " Shiller said , claiming she had reached an agreement to keep UCC services out of her ward several days before Washington 's death . " Mayor Sawyer had nothing to do with this , " Shiller claimed . " He had recommended no changes . " 
