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Our first speaker today is Mama the Evangel Yawe,
Our greetings and to God be the glory.
I am Eve angel, mama de love
ya Nubian.
I'm representing Inbar indigenous
Native American Rights
and this is regarding noncompliance
with the court order
to make public comment.
And um, all the other branches
of government and the Cook County Board,
they all operate on a first come, first serve basis.
They have and they are operating on that basis.
But, and they did not have to be ordered by a court
to give citizens a voice.
But due to a abuse
of authority of the last mayor Lori Lightfoot,
we, this body is in violation of that court order
that was heard over an open mic.
That clown again,
that due to that, that abuse of authority
and that clown, again, remark, we are under a
that clown again lottery system
that violates the 14th amendment
because everybody else operates on a first come,
first served basis.
When we are forced into
that clown again lottery system,
we miss out on other meetings.
We couldn't attend the zoning meetings
that was up because we had to stand in a line
because of that clown again,
lottery system.
Now I just want to know what are you going
to do to fix it?
Do we go back into court
and do what we have already done before,
before we had the abuse of authority?
Do we have to go back into court
and tell the judge this body is once again
unable to conduct his business as adults
and just follow the law?
Now I wanna know how you're going to fix that.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Zoe Lee.
Uh, good afternoon, um, mayor Johnson last year
and I was protesting outside and Jessica Jackson
and George Blakemore pushed me
to come in here to go on this mic.
I asked you, could you please look into my mother's case.
Can you please look into what's going on
and let you know that the overall issue is they're stealing
in black people's property.
I also told you that I was living in Georgia at the time.
Well I living in Atlanta when Georgia flipped blue.
And I said that if no one doesn't help me
settle this case with my mom, I will do exactly
what Georgia did.
Flip this state red. I asked you for a year.
I've written into you too, Mary Richardson Lowry,
and I asked y'all to please settle my family's case.
And it didn't happen. You blocked.
I I went through every obstacle course in here
for y'all to try to block us.
Y'all don't care about the US Constitution at all.
Y'all don't care about it at all.
But I beat every obstacle including getting arrested down
here for my free to violating from my first amendment right?
The city of Chicago is the most corrupt city on the planet
and it's run by a democratic machine.
And you guys have been doing this for decades.
You guys have been taking our generational wealth,
the blacks helping as well.
And it's going to stop because Trump is getting in office
and the first thing that's going to happen is the Department
of Justice is gonna come here.
You don't know how to govern. You don't. Okay?
An organizer and being in politics,
two different things my boy.
So I'm letting you know right now are audits
are going to happen.
Audits, we're gonna audit everything from C-P-S-C-T-U.
It's gonna be a lot of audits going
on 'cause that's the problem.
People been stealing for a long time
and we a billion dollars in debt.
How dare you try to make this Detroit.
How dare you try to make this Detroit
and then try to blame it on Trump.
Nah, that's you. 'cause you don't know how to govern y'all.
You are going down as the worst mayor on earth
and y'all are going down as a disgrace.
50 peace.
Our next speaker is Michael Young Bay.
I don't even wanna show my face as the disgrace up in here
on real, you know, we all been coming down here
as previous speaker that spoke
and been violated our constitutional right to freedom
of speech and it been done by alderman's.
Also been tactics done by your administration.
You told a person, and I have the
video, I just ain't put it out.
You told the person that you fixed the
crisis, you fixed the crisis.
You ain't fixed nothing. Talking about uh,
buses ain't coming in, et cetera.
Buses was coming in after December
and then y'all moved to the trains
and then y'all moved to the plains
and now they got automobiles.
You know what I'm saying? So we been going
through a lot, you know what I'm saying?
It, it take a lot of courage to get up here
and for a person of my st
to say they homeless, you know what I'm saying?
Like real talk. Y'all see me come up in
here clean, et cetera.
No matter what. I've been fighting.
I done gave the mayor and I said that a hard drive,
et cetera, you know, showing how these shelters did
or showing us how nasty they did.
But y'all putting them, you making sure they get that money
and putting in five star hotels, you ignorant, you a fool.
Yes you is. And I and I and I stand on that even to my death
because you have been ashamed and an embarrassment.
And I know firsthand because I'm actually living it.
I ain't, I ain't here to criticize
or just call somebody no name
or whatever, just to look down on nobody.
Nah man. When, when she told you that in
that council meeting, um, sister Dora, you was a disgrace.
And that's why they speaking on you like that.
That's why we flipping red.
We aint here with red backpack s**t.
We trying to make the police go red on the rear.
We were, we finn to change the uniform.
We ain't playing flip red. We been screaming on that.
And amen to that. That's truth.
That's how we speaking into power. That's how we know.
Just like 45 when he was 45,
we stayed alive even through the pandemic.
We stayed alive in 45.
And now at 47 we screaming down from the heaven.
Flip red go red, go red, go red.
We up in here. For real. We ain't playing no games.
We have we watching the budget, we watching everything.
We ain't no, uh,
uneducated people, you know what I'm saying?
Despite our disparity, despite people trying
to take our property, despite the homelessness,
despite the misuse,
the misconduct accelerated towards the citizens.
We speaking up as brave men
and women for this country, for this nation, for Chicago.
So I want every gang member, every gang member, no matter
what you wanna folk fight, Lord, whatever, et cetera.
I want y'all to line them poles up. We flipping red.
We flipping red. That's what it is.
That's what we about and we about truth and love
and you ain't showed that you are disgrace.
Peace to the people.
Our next speaker is John Cantera Jr.
Just wanna remind people, uh, before the next speaker,
before the next speaker, don't start his time.
Just wanna remind people, uh,
that your first amendment right will always be protected,
but we ask that you refrain from using
Vulgarity. Uh,
you may commence vulgarity.
All right, I'll try my best, I promise.
Uh, let's start with go red. Go.
So I'll take exception
'cause I was the one wearing a Trump jersey here when it
wasn't fashionable six years ago and I got mocked for it.
So I'm glad people are finally starting to wake up to
how bad this democratically ran city has been
and how much worse you've made it.
Sad but true when I didn't think it could get worse under
that little tyrant, you've definitely doubled down
and said hold my beer, but it's the
best fricking city in America.
Great with a smile. Odd word to the rest of you.
'cause when I was here last month,
there's some people in this room
that should know but don't know.
There is a 10-year-old lawsuit for a federally
protected statute, FLSA for overtime worked
by police officers all the way back
to 2014 when this city became a deadbeat
and refused to pay them at that federal
standard period instead
of the lower Chicago police contract.
Over time, it is literally since you're in budget season,
a $200 million bill that you have to pay
and it has a court ordered 5% interest rate.
And for the chairman of the budget committee last meeting
to tell me first he's hearing of it
and I guarantee he's not the only chairman.
I don't mean to point him out, but there's a lot
of chairman involved in this.
I'm sure Chairman Dow,
you have no idea what I'm talking about.
I'm sure corporation counsel,
you have no idea what I'm talking about.
Your predecessor actually sent an email to the
outside law firm saying,
don't conclude us in these emails anymore.
We don't need any updates. You take care of this.
Literally you're a deadbeat.
Pay the officers the money, they're owed $200 million
that is collecting interest every single day.
And by the stunned look on your face,
you apparently have no idea either, which I'm not surprised
again, start waking up to the reality of Chicago
and quit trying to make friends everywhere else.
Number two, copa.
You literally have not only somebody
who hates the police in your administration,
but you have somebody working at COPA
that should get the same treatment
that she's given our officers
for the two plus years she's been in charge shed,
she paid administrative leave effective immediately.
She should not be able to run
that agency while investigations going on at the
inspector general's office.
That should be fair. And if you are supposedly fair,
this body will take action
to put her in a paid administrative leave.
Lastly, I'll tell you this, Alder woman
Harrison said something to the effect when it comes to CPS
that we've been doing the same thing for decades.
We need to blow the system up and do it right.
If you give him his way, taxes are going up for everybody.
I challenge you all to consider the fact
and champion down in Springfield
that teachers should be treated just like police and fire.
They shouldn't have the ability to strike, they should have
to go to interest arbitration to get their contracts upheld
because it is a public safety issue.
Every time they threaten the strike
and walk out is upheaval in this city
and enough is enough they can get interest arbitration.
Like if it's good enough for police
and fire, it should be good enough for them
and it will basically cut the legs off from
underneath him what he's trying to do.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Danielle Carter.
Hello. So what we refer to you all as
gated community politicians, you all are
so outta touch with reality and the citizens of Chicago
and America is crazy
and I'm gonna call it with the Democrat party.
Y'all so outta touch.
Y'all don't understand that what you all, I don't know
what if y'all don't understand, but y'all don't see it.
America is coming together
and Chicago is coming together, black, white,
it don't matter because see, we see a common threat
and you all are a common threat to America and Chicago.
How dare you sit up there and go on TV
and say Chicago people are dope when you about
and talking about how you handled the migrant crisis,
illegal crisis when they all in my neighborhood.
Now I can't go across the street and do a a simple workout.
I'm gonna trainer, I'm trying to, to educate the citizens
of Chicago, put help dads be in the homes,
educate them about health, fitness, how, how it is,
and to be healthy with your kids.
Eat healthy workout, do something for the community.
And I gotta go through all these permits,
all these hoop, everything.
I got insurance to go in the park,
but then I see illegals down the street from my house
with a whole entire restaurant.
I thought I was, I thought I was looking at Donald Trump
when he was at McDonald's.
They sit up there and had generators on the street, on the,
on the sidewalk generators
and they had a fry machine taking a basket out the,
out the oil, putting it on the side.
And not only that, they had tables, tables
and booth set up like a whole restaurant outside.
I just sit there. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Trays putting the french fries in all the smoke and out here
and they serving the people with aprons on outside.
Now my taxes done went up.
Now they don't, they not putting nothing into,
my husband is a retired police.
He gave 28 years to this and now you gonna sit there
and talk about we dope and we okay?
No, we not okay with that.
We tried to tell you that sanctuary cities,
we didn't want it, but you blocked that.
You all don't believe in democracy.
Democracy is out the door. You all believe in dictatorship.
But that's okay because like I said, when Trump, we all
for Trump and we're gonna, he,
he's demolishing these sanctuary cities
because that's what the American citizens want.
See, he listen to the people
and that's what the people want.
So you all sit up there and think it's cool,
but remember the same thing.
Make y'all laugh. It's gonna make y'all cry ever.
Listen, we put you all in Africa, in in office to advocate
for us all these illegals in our neighborhood
and y'all just, it's funny now.
Yeah, okay, this displacing us. It's cool.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Jody Whitaker.
Good morning Mayor Johnson and Chicago City Council.
Thank you for your time today and interest.
Uh, I am speaking today on behalf of uh, Chicago Alliance
for Animals more than 3000 members
and millions more who want to see fur band.
For those of you who may not be aware, this issue goes way
beyond the fact that the beautiful wild animals are,
are trapped in wire cages in all extremes of,
of temperatures
and weather only to be electrocuted, to have their, uh, fur
to be skinned for their fur.
So I appreciate the 21 last, last count, 21 co-sponsors
of this bill and I hope that more of you will co-sponsor.
Um, I wanna read a quick, um, press release from
the coalition to abolish the fur trade USA
Chicago's Fashion Week's Leadership in responsible fashion,
we hope inspires other fashion weeks to follow suit
and promoting compassion and innovation in the industry.
Fashion events have a significant influence on
industry industry standards.
Chicago's Fashion Week's bold decision
to adopt a fur free policy reflects the growing consumer
demand for more ethical fashion.
The announcement is indicative
of a larger shift in the fashion landscape
as it follows several major band brands, including Max Mara
and Mark Jacobs that have recently announced
fur free policies.
The use of fur is increasingly viewed as outdated and cruel.
And designers still clinging
to these practices will face mounting pressure from
advocates and consumers alike.
The coalition to abolish the fur trade will continue its
efforts to promote ethical practices across the industry,
emphasizing that consumer expectations are shifting
and that brands must adapt to this new reality.
Chicago Fashion Week's decision to is a pivotal moment
and both CAFT
and a RC will remain engaged in advocating
for a compassionate fashion future.
So the fact that Chicago's Fashion Week went for free
and will remain for free is huge.
And so we are hoping that uh, those of you who have not
yet co-sponsored, uh, 0 20 23 dash
29 83, we'll co-sponsor, we'll get it on the, uh,
license agenda and pass it as soon as possible
because like I said, it goes
beyond more than the humane aspect.
It's a real danger to our health.
And in this world of COVID when we put all
of these wild animals in extreme, uh, uh, confinement,
that's when viruses arrive
and viruses can jump from animals to humans.
And there have been multiple examples of fur farms, uh,
having these issues where all the animals have to be cold
to prevent viruses from uh, getting to us.
So it's also a public safety issue.
So thank you for your time and I hope you will pass this
humane measure and common sense measure soon.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Wan Sims.
Can you
484 well when y'all ready, 484 million that Pedro
Martinez proposed shouldn't take a high,
shouldn't even move nowhere.
The $1 billion
that y'all put on Black American children heads.
You said something at a meeting recently.
What you say though? What's official about a black man
or, or something official?
'cause them women in the background was screaming at you
about official, but I noticed how you use your blackness,
but it was a statement that you made that exposed you.
You said brown and black. If I was a black, I'm a black man.
I'm black American. 44 years.
When I think I think towards my nation, I'm not selfish in
that sense because I speak for the people.
I wish we had a leader like that.
A representative, a mayor
for the Black American people though.
A billion dollars. That was I
want where was that supposed to go?
Was we supposed to just focus on the budget
and then y'all just whittle that up under us once again?
Or it did it come with the um, save the streets?
Was that the Friday thing that y'all did?
But you have not said anything no more.
He slept in the street. He slept.
He it was, it was gunshots around him.
But you could care less about the citizens
here, the residents.
And I'm sure that by the treatment with the kids,
y'all won't get away with it.
484 million and he want to take that outta the tiff.
But you got your criminal friend C Joe Lopez over there
trying to get a tiff going, right?
Y'all did everything for the illegals.
Why y'all stomped us down And look when he taking
that 484 million understand that it's out of the t So
that's out of the wards and those wards
that's gonna get hit are Inglewood Austin,
south Shore, right?
'cause y'all not taking nothing from nobody else
'cause y'all building up Gage Park,
Pilsen in Little Village, right?
But forget Black Americans.
But I am telling y'all, Jack, it don't work no more.
It's over with this Democratic party. Y'all did it.
Y'all sunk y'all ship. Rats jumped ship.
That's why the school board jumped ship when they feel
that low, they jumped ship all of them.
And then look, they start descending on each other too.
So we noticed that how y'all fed Pedro to the wolves,
nobody showed up for him.
Not the newly elected board, not this previous board.
And y'all hit him with the budget.
'cause we needed to hear that. And thank William
for bringing up the realness that y'all try
to right up underneath us.
'cause y'all don't believe in the residents here in Chicago.
You're done Jack Black man and I don't attack black people,
but you have utilized that coveted, that sublimated racism
that you harbor, that self loath and that you harbor in you.
Rick Bayless is a great cook.
But there are other great black American cooks in this city
that you could have celebrated through
to give them highlight.
You are what he called you a disgrace
to your nation, to your city.
You are not the representation
that we thought you would be in your inter.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Treach O'Sullivan.
Hello everyone. My name's Trella O Sullivan housing
organizer with Polan, A-L-S-N-A, uh,
the predominant group representing Latinos
on the northwest side of Chicago.
Um, it makes me sad to hear the genuine discontent
of people living in communities that have been screwed
by the city and this country for decades, going back
to the founding, but then for that
to be channeled into the people at the very root
of the problem like Donald J. Trump.
Um, but that's not why I'm here.
I came to say thank you to the alders
and especially thank you to Mayor Brandon Johnson
for the leadership in a difficult time.
There are a majority of progressives in this city.
Hang on, can I speak? I'd like to remind us, it's no fluke
that this man's elected and we look back
to the previous election
who we thought we were getting a progressive.
We thought we were electing a progressive too.
It's a majority. We may not be the loudest, but we are here.
He's probably got the hardest job in town.
He has to sit up here and listen to this.
And there's so much.
So while nothing can be perfect, you're dealing with a city
that's been mismanaged for decades and decades.
And I want to say thank you 'cause we see you trying
and there's also been victories.
We on the northwest side of Chicago have an ordinance
for balanced development.
Um, and we've also seen efforts
for economic development in the city as a whole.
We're finally breaking the pattern of free handouts
to millionaires like Lincoln Yards.
And what instead is being done is using the bond fund
to actually develop the communities that badly need it.
When we think of the misinformation
and the scare tactics that money interests use,
I gotta come back to history for a second.
'cause some people think we can forget history.
When you look at the racial apartheid this country was
founded on, when you look at
how groups in this city we're able
to build wealth in the similar matter
with modernized tactics like redlining,
restrictive covenants, predatory lending,
that is not easy to fix.
You cannot put a bandaid on a bullet hole.
It takes a fight, it takes courage.
And Mayor Brandon Johnson is actually doing that.
I want to talk briefly about our ordinance,
the Northwest Preservation Ordinance,
which has made it harder for developers to deconvert the two
to four flat naturally occurring affordable
housing in our communities.
When you talk about historic affordable housing, people
who knock it down, they put a luxury single family home
pushing out the people that built this city
and deserve to live in this city.
We are making it harder from a supply and demand perspective
and from affordable housing perspective,
we are keeping the people in our community
keeping it affordable.
So we've seen an outpouring of support for this policy.
It has people over the moneyed interests,
a thousand people signed on
who actually live in the community,
unlike the other alderman prerogative.
But I'm, I'm not trying to be a hater.
Um, 60 CBOs signed on to this organization.
But there are special interest critics in the real estate
community who have the audacity
to call this a new form of redlining.
And if you believe them, I feel very sorry for you.
It's gonna take longer than three minutes
to tell you how it is.
It takes courage to stand
with the moral high ground against these
special interests, money and power.
And Brandon Johnson is doing this.
We know you're trying to achieve something in this city.
It takes a long time. So we appreciate you, we see you.
That's why you're in office.
We're prepared to go to bat for you.
Thank you Mr. Mayor,
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this afternoon is Jessica Jackson.
We gonna excuse the youngin. He just don't know no better.
All right. Okay.
Anyway, how you doing Mayor Brandon Johnson. You all right?
Okay, good. I'm gonna let him learn what really
what time it really is with you, okay?
Alright. Now I've been coming here
for a year talking about my mother's estate, asking you
for over a year to clear this issue
with my mother's estate.
I came here talking about how the probate process
steals black people's property with the help
of the public administration office.
I came here saying that the judges were part of it
and that the public administrator
and I even named names, you've had ample opportunity
to help me and you did not.
And you know you did not.
So I don't know why you pay people to come here
to act like you on it for the city
and for the citizens because you're not.
You're running the city to the ground.
We've faxed you over
and over again to stop with the spending.
We've told your cronies to stop with the spending.
They won't stop you. They're letting you run ragged in here.
They're letting you run the city through the ground.
They won't stop you.
So because of that, you've given us no choice.
We gotta go to the federal level.
We gotta go to Donald J. Trump.
'cause he's made it clear what he's going to do.
See, I got to have some help. I got to have some help.
I can't let you and Cook County
and the city take what my mother worked for
and left for her children just because you feel like it.
Just because the Democratic party think they all
that like they untouchables.
This is America. You bringing these people over here
that's from socialist countries and all this and that
and y'all think y'all gonna run that here.
Black America said, no, you not.
The true white Americans are saying no,
you not the true Latino,
the true Asians are saying no, you not.
I'm telling you Brandon Johnson, from my heart
to yours, Trump 2024,
no more blue, no matter who Donald, Donald J. Trump.
Trump 2024, he gonna stop the bleeding.
He going to deal with this sanctuary city
and he gonna help us get you out.
And he gonna get you. Anybody out who rode with you,
who think they going to tear up Chicago.
Y'all getting out too. This is our city.
You can sit there think like you acting like you ain't
paying attention, acting like it don't apply to you.
Oh yes it does. You ain't untouchable either.
Silverstein, we coming for anybody who ain't about Chicago.
You got that Trump 2024 big baby.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is George Blakemore.
You are talking about Trump
and you're talking about uh, Carmelo or whoever
and also about this president, uh, am mayor
America is a racist country.
What America was built on?
Slave labor, a racist country.
Black lives matter. America is what Mr.
Blakemore all racist country.
Now if you get Biden in, oh he's old, he is not kael
or you get Trump in which I'm voting for Trump.
The reason I'm voting for Trump is
because I want to get rid of these Democrat racists.
And you know they do have Republican racists too. Oh
My way To freedom land.
Oh my damn way to freedom land. You think I'm a damn fool.
They got Republicans that are racist too.
Democrats are racist
and I am could be called a racist
because self preservation is a first law of nature.
I'm advocating for black. So I'm going to say go black.
Go black, but go red on our way
to freedom land to go black, go red,
go black, go.
I'm doing ravine.
I want to get evil with the democratic machine
and go way back.
Racism. The democratic machine here with the sanctuary myth.
Some black folk voted for sanctuary.
Some of these back elected officials voted for this.
But I'm going red for my reason
and you going red for your reason.
But what do we have in common? We both going red on our way.
So where freedom land.
Freedom land. So the Hispanics been coming over here illegal
long before the Venezuela.
They've been waiting across the water.
Rio Grande, the the Hispanics, the Asian, all these groups,
they are selfish.
Self preservation is the first law of nature.
They're coming over to help themselves black people.
I urge you, self preservation
is the first law of nature.
You focus on you.
But I'm going red on my way to freedom land.
God have given every black person everything you need.
All you have to do is use what God have given you.
If you don't use what you got to get what you want.
You don't need what you got right now.
What I have is my vote. You go red, you go red.
Thank you very much for your comments,
your honor.
There are no further speakers who have timely signed up
for the public comment period.
Thank you very much to all of our public speakers.
Alright, thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.
So for all right, thank you
very much.
Okay, thank you. Public speaking is now over you.
We do not have any resolutions. Next up communications.
I city clerk Anna Valencia hereby informed the city
council the following documents filed in my office, office
of Inspector General's third quarter report
of investigations audits and reviews for year 2024.
I City Clerk Valencia also informed the city council the
following ordinances, which were passed
by the city council on October 9th, 2024, requested
to the publish and special pamphlets were published in
special pamphlet form on October 15th, 2024.
Issuance of City of Chicago.
Four supplemental indenture securing second lien wastewater
transmission revenue bonds,
refunding series 2024 B in position of tax, levies, budgets
and service provider agreements for special service areas.
Number one dash
20 15, 19, 20, 21, 20 16, 24, 25, 43, 44, 54 75
I city clerk also transmit here
with the following communications requiring city co city
council action zoning re classifications
of particular areas which referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Um, and you're a hundred. That concludes the report
and communications for the mayor and other city officers.
Farewell. Thank you Mme. Clark.
Committee reports we'll start with our, uh, committee
on budget and government operations.
The chair recognizes Chair Irvin.
Thank you Mr. President
and members of the city council reporting
for the committee on the budget and government operations,
which held the meeting on October 21st, 2024.
The committee has a series
of reports recommended passage of the following items.
The first item I'm reporting out is a transfer
of funds within the first ward wage allowance
and automatic expense account for year 2024.
Mr. President, I move passage by a roll call vote
Very well. Members,
please use your EVO application
to record your vote at this time.
The voting is now open. The voting is now open.
Please mark your e device
or please use your Eev device to mark your vote.
The voting is now open.
Use your eev device.
I will now call those
who have not used their e device for voting.
Alder person Robinson. Robinson is Yes. Oh, Alder person.
Hall Hall is not present. Alder. Oh, Alder person.
Ramirez. Yes. Ramirez says yes. Alder person.
Gutierrez Gutierrez is Yes. Alder person.
Rodriguez, I see it just now. Alder person. Scott?
Yes. Alder person. Cruz? Yes.
Alder person. Rodriguez Sanchez. Aye. Alder person. Mitts.
Aye. Alder person. Lawson
Alder person.
Taylor, are you there with us? Okay. Alder person.
Viegas or Alder person?
Knutson. Okay.
All Alder person mitts who voted. Okay.
Aye, with all those who voted, the voting is now closed.
Well, thank you very much. There are 46 yays.
There are zero nays. This matter is passed.
Al Mitchell on the motion to reconsider Mr. President
To reconsider The vote.
All those in favor of reconsidering this vote
signify by saying aye.
All those opposed say no. This motion fails.
Chair recognizes Chairman Irvin. Our apologies.
Chair recognizes Alderman Conway.
Thank you Mr. President. I,
I hadn't logged in on my device.
It clearly says I'm not absent.
I just wanna make sure I was marked here for quorum.
Well, in a very dramatic fashion it is very
clear that you are present there. Thank you.
Thank you Mr. President Chair
recognizes Chairman Irvin.
Thank you Mr. President.
Uh, next item is the transfer
of funds within the third Ward, uh, wage allowance
and automatic expense account for the year 2024.
I move passage of this item
by the same roll call previous apply
to the first matter reported on the committee on budget
and government operations report in the associated
unsuccessful motion to
Reet hearing. No objection.
So ordered.
The next item is a transfer
of funds within the 13th Ward Wage allowance
and automatic expense account for year 2024.
There's no objection to make the same motion hearing
None so ordered.
Next item is a transfer
of funds within the committee on zoning.
Landmark standards comes landmarks
and building standards for the year 2024.
If there's no objection, I make the same motion.
Hearing none so ordered.
The next item is a transfer
of funds within the Committee on Health
and Human Relations for the year 2024.
If there's no objection, I make the same motion. Hearing
None so ordered.
The next item is a transfer of funds within the 41st Ward.
Wage allowance automatic expense account for year 2024.
There's no objection. I make the same motion. Hearing
None so ordered.
And the last item is a communication recommended.
A proposed ordinance concerning an annual appropriation
ordinance year 2024 Amendment within fund 9 2 5.
If there's no objection, I make the same motion.
Hearing none so ordered. That concludes my
Part. Thank you Mr. Chair.
The next committee on committee on
Rules chair recognizes Chair Harris
President, uh, reporting
for your committee on committee in Rouge was met on Tuesday,
October 22nd, 2024 1:00 PM The committee
recommends the passage of the following items.
The committee recommends that item one be re-referred
to the committee on budget and Government Operations.
Item one is a ordinance authorizing
or redevelopment agreement with out West Gallery
and Cafe F at 52 49 West Chicago Committee recommends
this item be re-referred to the committee on budget
and governmental operations.
I move approval of this recommendation
by the first most favorable roll call vote
of committee on budget and government operations
and associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing no objections.
So ordered
Item two, um, two
through 12 are appointments
and ordinances regarding administration
and scope of services of various SSA.
Item two, the appointment of uh, Joan Ilu
as a special member of SER Special Service 34.
Item three, a reappointment of JU Juliana Montelo
or Roman as a special service area.
Number 14 4 3 11 are various scopes of service, budget,
tax, levy and service provider agreements
for special services service areas 4 23.
Number five through dash 2015.
Number 47, number 55,
number 56 dash 2022.
Number 73, number 31.
Item 12 is a Class eight micro, uh,
property tax incentive for former US for the former
US Steel Mill located in the seventh and the 10th wards.
And an agreement of a municipal code chapters two dash eight
and two dash 45 to wa various fees
for Class eight micro projects.
Um, the committee recommends that these be re-referred
to the Committee on Economic Capital
and Technical Development.
I move approval of these items
by the same role called Vote previously applied to item one
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Theory none so ordered.
The committee recommends that item 13
through 18 be referred to the Committee on Finance.
13 is a intergovernmental agreement with uh, Chicago's Board
of Education for TIF funds
for improvements at Chicago Vocational Academy High School.
Item 14, uh, permits fee waivers for Chicago Board
of Education is contractors
or contracting vendors for public use year 2025.
Item 15 is a redevelopment agreement with assurance
of TIF funds to the uh, uh, revolution Workshop
for agreement at 34 10 West Lake Street.
Item 16 is a tax exempt housing revenue bonds for LA um,
pre uh, preservation phase.
Um, IC Project
17 is a redevelopment agreement with financial assistance
to the Thrive Exchange LLC for acquisition
of city owned vacant lot at 79 0 9 South Exchange
and Construction Furnishings
and equipments of a low income housing development at 79 0 1
dash 79 0 7 and 79 11 South Exchange Avenue.
Item 18 is the redevelopment agreement with an insurance
of TIF funds to the Hart Uptown Apartments LLC
and PAOH Tiff, LLC For acquisitions
and redevelopment of Heart of Uptown Apartments.
I move approval of the recommendations that items 13
through 18 be re-referred
to the Committee on Finance by the same motion.
If there's no objection
Hearing none so ordered,
The committee recommends that item 19
through 25 be re-referred
to the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
19 is the appointment of LaShawn Cobb as Commissioner
of the Housing Authority.
20 is the amendment
of the municipal code chapter two dash 51
and two dash 15 four.
Modifying economic disclosure statement requirements
for temporary occup occupancy agreements.
Item 21 is the sale of city owned property
at 28 10 28 24 East 87th Street
to 28 0 4 East 87th Street, L-L-C-D-B-A.
The record the record track for creation of outdoor space.
Item 22 is the sale
of city owned land at 51 43 South Wilcott Avenue to
Frago service Ser s
mm-Hmm at Alfredo Salones, uh, for the creation of fence,
flowers and vegetable gardens.
Item 23 is an amendment to the lease number 2 0 2 8 8
with cook, uh, county property at
93 7 7 9 3 7 Northwood Street.
Item 24 is amendment to the right of entry agreement
for time extensions
to continue research activities at 2 2 0 East Monroe Street
by Lincoln Park Zoological Society.
Item 25 is an amendment to the right of entry agreement
for time extension
for Columbia Yacht Club parking under John Baptist
de Savo Lakeshore Drive.
I move approval of the recommendations.
The items 19th through 25 be re-referred
to the Committee on Housing
and Real Estate by the same motion.
If there's no objection, hearing
None so ordered, The committee recommends
that item 26 be re-referred to Police of Fire,
the appointment of Sierra Whitaker as a member
of the District Councils six.
I move approval that the recommendation
that item 26 be re-referred to the Committee on Police
and Fire by the same motion. If there's no objection
Hearing un so ordered,
The committee recommends that item 27
and 28 be re-referred to the comm
to the Committee on Special Events Cultural
Affairs and Recreation.
27 is uh, expenditure of open space impact fees
for the improvement of gothic elementary school, athletic
and recreational facility.
28 is an expenditure of open space impact fee funds
to the neighbor, neighbor space for installation
of permanent infrastructure in community,
open space and garden.
The committee recommends that these items be re-referred
to the Committee of Special Events,
cultural Affairs and Recreation.
I move approval of these items
by the same motion. If there's no
Objection, hearing none so ordered.
And the final final item, the committee recommends
that item 29 be re-referred to the Committee on Housing
and Real Estate acquisition of various properties
for Inglewood Nature Trail Committee recommends
that item 29 be re-referred
to the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
I move approval by the rec, uh, approval
of this recommendation by the same motion.
If there's no objection,
Hearing none so ordered. That
concludes my report. Thank you Madam Chair.
The chair recognizes Alderman will Hall
The president. May you add
me to the most favorable
Roll call. Uh, thank
you Madam Clerk.
Could you please add Alderwoman, I'm sorry.
Alderman will Hall to the most favorable roll call in
the committee. And
Mr. President
Alderman Knutson is president
and would like to be added to the first most
favorable roll call as well.
Very well. Thank you Madam Clerk.
You picked up on that one as well. Thank you.
Thank you very much. The Committee on License
and Consumer Protection Chair recognizes
Chairwoman Silverstein.
Thank you Mr. President and members of the city council.
I'm reporting for the Committee on
License and Consumer Protection.
We held a meeting on October 21st, 2024
to consider nine ordinances
regarding liquor moratoriums in the third, 11th, 12th, 16th,
33rd, 35th, and 42nd wards.
The committee has recommended
passage of each of these items.
Oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 0 0 7 3 3 4
and others ending 1, 2, 6 0 9 1 2 6.
1, 1, 1, 2, 6.
1, 2, 1, 2, 8, 0, 8 1, 2, 8, 7, 3.
1, 2, 8, 9, 3 1, 3, 1, 2, 7
and 1 3 1 3 7.
Mr. President, I move
that the city council concur in the recommendations
of the license committee by the same roll call
as item number one of the Committee of Finance
on the Committee on Finance report
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
The the one on budget, correct?
Yes. First favor PO call and budget. Thank you on budget.
I'm sorry. Yes. Very Well.
Madam Chair hearing no objection. So ordered
Oh 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 6 an ordinance
to, to establish
of a small business protection rebate program.
This has been re-referred to the Committee on Budget
and Government Operations.
I move passage of this item
by the same motion if there's no objection hearing
And so ordered.
Mr. President, this concludes my report.
Thank you Madam Chair for the Committee on
Pedestrian and Traffic.
Traffic safety chair recognizes chair LaSpada.
Thank you Mr. President reporting
for your committee on pedestrian
and traffic safety for which meeting was held on Monday,
October 21st, 2024.
Before the committee, there were 201 routine traffic
items, all of which passed.
If there are no objections, I move passage of these items
by the first most favorable roll call vote from the
committee on budget and government operations
and the associated unsuccessful
motion to reconsider the vote.
Hearing no objections. So ordered
Before the committee were also the following.
Three items. O 2024 dash 0 9 90
amendment of municipal code section nine dash 12 dash seven,
establishing maximum speed limit
of 25 miles per hour on streets 15 miles per hour in alleys
and absolute statutory non-urban limit of 55 miles per hour.
Substitute ordinance.
So 2024 dash 0 1 9 9 3
amendment of municipal code chapter nine dash 1 0 8
by adding new section nine dash 1 0 8 dash 0 2 5,
establishing public enforcement pilot program for resident
to submit recorded evidence of covered parking offenses
and SR 2024 dash zero zero one zero nine nine two.
Call for establishment of Inter-Agency working group
to assess and redesign speed limit enforcement structures
and PO practices in city of Chicago, Alder Woman Cruise.
And I move to defer and publish these items
Very well.
That concludes my report. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you Mr. Chair. Committee on Workforce
Development Chair recognizes Chair Rodriguez.
Thank you Mr. President
and members of the city council reporting
for the Committee on Workforce Development,
which held a meeting on Tuesday, October 15th.
There were two items on the agenda.
The first item on the agenda was a resolution
of recognizing national first responders day
and declaring October 28th
as first responders day in the city of Chicago.
At our committee meeting last week, we asked members
to bring any first responders they wanted
to acknowledge at the committee.
I acknowledged Beand Nava, who worked tirelessly
to bring healing and justice to victims
of violence in my community.
My colleagues, Chico, Curtis Gutierrez
and Yancy brought sergeants, uh, Sergeant Rudy Vargas,
officer Verto Rosas, officer Megan,
officer Carl Pruitt, officer Delilah Gore.
Uh, today we have Officer Munoz
and Officer Mathis of the Chicago Police Department.
Uh, we also have Deputy Cook County Sheriff Christopher
Suggs, Lieutenant Quentin Curtis
of the Chicago Fire Department.
I wish I had the time to personally thank every first
responder in the city of Chicago by name,
including those behind the scenes.
The violence prevention workers,
emergency dispatchers are amazing.
Paramedics and officers.
One the first, were the first on the scene to any crisis.
If you wouldn't, if you would join me.
Colleagues, can I ask,
can I ask all first responders in the
room to please stand up?
Let's give them a warm applause. Us.
Thank you for that acknowledgement.
I'm Chairman Rodriguez. I'm
Thank you Mr. President.
I'm happy to report this resolution passed
unanimously out of committee.
And unless there's any objection, I move
for the first most favorable roll call vote
of the Committee on Finance to be applied to this report.
The chair recognizes alderman.
Sorry. Ah, forgive me.
Uh, uh, unless there's an objection. I Oh, the
Budget. Thank you.
I move First most favorable, uh,
roll call on the committee of budget to be a
Thank forgive. Thank you. Thank you for that catch.
Again,
the chair recognizes Alder Lopez.
Thank you Mr. President and good afternoon.
Members of the city council. I too rise in support
of first Responders day,
but I think that every day should be first Responders day.
I think it's unconscionable
that we have the fire department four years without a
contract, that we still have mental health crises in our
police districts, in our police department,
that we're not addressing and
that we are routinely demonizing in this chamber.
Those who we task with, even the most basic things
as we're going to be tasking shortly
even reducing the speed limits in the city of Chicago,
saying that we support first responders saying we we,
that we support these individuals isn't enough.
And I think it's very telling
that even in this chamber,
which I joined in 2015 along many, many of you,
every committee, every council meeting used to start
with a recognition of a police
and a fireman either individually
or their unit that did something
heroic in the city of Chicago.
That should be how we recognize our first responders.
That should be how we lift them up and share their stories.
And I actually challenge you, Mr.
President, to bring back that tradition
because if we are going to say
that we recognize our first responders,
that we support them, appreciate them, love them, glad
that they run in when everyone else runs out,
then there's no reason why this box should be empty.
There's no reason why we cannot get back
to the time honored tradition of recognizing at least
with one or two resolutions.
Those brave souls, those brave daughters
and sons of Chicago who are first responders here.
This is great, but we should be able
to do better at every meeting
because I know as many of you know, that the heroes among us
put their lives on the line every single day.
That their stories oftentimes are forgotten by headlines
or by individuals with agendas who are
claiming them to be something that they're not.
Or by bureaucrats who try to weaponize their departments
and demean them to demoralize departments.
Let's bring back the tradition, Mr.
President of recognizing police fire OEMC for
what they do every month.
And let's start with the next meeting on
October 30th. Thank you
Very well. Thank you. Seeing
no other hands, hearing no objections.
So order,
I'm on the agenda.
Uh, oh 2 0 2 4 dash 0 1 3 1 76
was a direct introduction,
an ordinance authorizing the execution
of the collective bargaining agreements between the city
of Chicago and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Teamsters, local Union number 7 43.
This ordinance also passed unanimously out of committee.
Unless there is an objection, I move
for the first most favor.
Roll call vote of the committee on budget
to be applied to this report.
Hearing. No objection. So ordered.
This concludes the report of
the Committee on Workforce Development. Thank
You very much, Mr. Chair.
For the agreed upon calendar,
the chair recognizes Alderwoman Harris.
Thank you. I've received from, uh, city clerk, Andrea
and Valencia, a total of eight items proposed
for the agreed calendar consisting of congratulatory,
commemorative tri resolution from the following.
Alder persons alder person, O Shea, Alder person, Mosley,
all the person Tobar Alder person Irving.
Um, the following alderman would like to be added
to Alder person Irving's resolution, Harris Burnett
and Tyler Farrell Alder.
Um, and finally our last agreed upon matter is
Alder Persondo.
That concludes my report.
Very well wish before you make the
motion for the go ahead.
The motion wish to approve these in the omnibus.
Very well. The chair recognizes, the chair recognizes
Alderwoman doo.
Mr. President, I too want to be added to, um,
alderman Moseley's, uh,
agreed, uh, resolution.
And also to the tribute to Dana Starks. Thank
You. Very well Madam Clerk.
Thank you for that recognition.
Please add Alderwoman Doos, uh, name to those,
uh, two recognitions.
The chair recognizes Alderman Moore.
Thank you so much. Uh, Mr.
President, I would like to be added to the, um,
Dana Starks, um, recognition.
And I'm not sure on agreed calendar,
are we allowed to comment or no?
Don't know if that's within our rules. Okay.
Do you want to speak to that particular item?
If it's not the rules, I don't want to do it. Yeah.
Uh, to that particular item,
the chair recognizes Alderman Moore, please.
Thank you. Um, and I don't know if we're gonna do
something later on, but for me, uh, Dana Starks, this was a,
a huge loss, um, for people who cared about him for the work
that he did, uh, for this city.
I had an opportunity, um, to work
with him while I was not only at the Chicago Housing
Authority, but I was a block club president.
And the work that he did to help, um,
clean up crime in this city, um, as a, as first deputy
before he became acting commander, um, was exceptional.
And we got so many things accomplished, got
so many people involved, um, in our community,
but was able to also, uh, read some of our blocks that, um,
that I only see a few of today that were taken over by, um,
whether it was drug dealers or other people,
but yet we went in, um,
and he was one of the first ones to teach me how
to go talk to these guys.
Uh, a lot of people on our blocks first.
And I thanked him for that.
So, um, I just thank you, um,
ultimate Irvin for bringing this.
And, um, he's a person
that really did some great work in the city. Thank you, Mr.
President. Thank you very much. Holder.
And yes, um, there'll be a, I'm sure his widow
and his family appreciates those comments.
I think that his record particularly, um, um,
in the 11th district is certainly remarkable.
And I know those services are on Thursday, I believe,
if I'm not, um, mistaken.
And so with that name being added,
this there's been a motion for the passage
of the agreed upon calendar
and the omnibus, if no one else wishes to speak, speak,
hearing, no objections.
So ordered. Uh, now for new business, uh,
the clerk will call the wards beginning with the first
Those zoning amendments which are referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards, traffic regulations,
traffic control signals and traffic signs,
which are referred to the Committee on Pedestrian
and Traffic Safety exemption from physical barrier
requirement for for commercial driveway alley access
for parking facilities, which are referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
All the person Hopkins has proposed a resolution
to amend the city council rules of order
and procedure by replacing rule 42
with the new rule 42 entitled committee description
of subject matter jurisdiction, which is referred
to the Committee on Committees and Rules.
Two committees call the Committee on Committees and Rules
and the Committee on Finance, the mayor referred
to the committee on committees and rules.
Person Hall has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of the annual appropriation ordinance within Fund 100
for the automatic expense account, which is referred
to the committee on the budget and Government Operations
All person Lee has proposed order for the issuance
of his permits for signed sign boards at eight 10 West per
road, which is referred
to the Committee on zoning landmarks and billing standards.
All person Ramirez has a proposed order for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards at 40 23 South Archer
Avenue, which is referred to the Committee on Zoning
landmarks and building standards.
Other person, Lopez has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code chapter two dash 1 56
by modifying various sections regarding governmental ethics
for lobbyists and this and city council contractors
and prohibiting the use of city property imagery
by a candidate for for city office, which is referred
to the Committee on Ethics to Committees called the Matters,
referred the Matters referred to the Committee on Committees
and Rules All the person.
Lopez also has proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code section two dash eight dash zero 50,
allowing use of automatic expense funds for improvements
of leased or rented property when value
of improvements is abated per rental agreement.
This is referred to the committee on the budget
and Government Operations Father person.
Lopez also has proposed resolution for Amendment
of City Council Rules of Order
and Procedure by modifying Rule 46,
requiring electronic copies of legislation
to be made available to all the persons 48 hours
in advance of meetings.
We should refer to the Committee on Committees and Rules.
Two committees call the Committee on Committees and Rules
and the Committee on the Budget and Government Operations.
The mayor is referred to the Committee on Committees
and Rules all the person.
Lopez also has a proposed resolution for Amendment
of City Council Rules of Order
and Procedure by modifying Rule 58,
striking 30 minute inclusive time limit for public comments,
which is referred to the Committee on Committees
and Rules to Committees call the Committee on Committees
and Rules and the Committee on Finance.
The mayor is referred to the Committee on Committees
and Rules all the person.
Lopez also has a proposed resolution for Amendment
of City Council Rules of Order
and Procedure by modifying Rule 59, allowing all the persons
to submit requests for attendance recusal if UN is
unavailable to attend committee
or city council meetings, which is referred
to the Committee on Committees and Rules.
The committees haven't been called the Committee on
Committees and Rules and the Committee on Ethics.
The mayor is referred to the Committee on Committees
and Rules all the person.
Lopez also has proposed resolution for Amendment
of City Council Rules of Board
and Procedure by modifying Rule eight, allowing lobbyists
to use a city owned property within Council Chamber
for purposes unrelated
or to authorized meetings with specific Alder persons,
which is referred to the Committee on Committees and Rules.
Two committees have been called the Committee on Committees
and Rules and the Committee on Housing.
The matter is referred to
the Committee on Committees and Rules.
All the person Moore has proposed an amendment
of municipal code section four dash 60 dash 0 22
to allow additional alcoholic liquor licenses on portion
of West 69th Street, which is referred
to the Committee on License Extreme External Protection.
All the in Rodriguez has a proposed ordinance
for amendment municipal code section nine dash 64 dash
2 0 6, relocating parking meters from 2,600
through 26 11 South Kaminski Avenue to 25 58
through 25 47 South Karloff Avenue
and establishing a 30 minute standing zone on portion
of South Kaminski Avenue, which is referred
to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety.
All the person Rodriguez has a proposed ordinance
for a transfer of funds within the 22nd Ward automatic
expense account for the year 2024, which is referred
to the committee on the budget and Government Operations.
All the person, Irvin has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 60 dash 0 23
to allow additional PAC to goods licenses on portions
of West Cmac Road, which is referred
to the Committee on License Consumer Protection.
Two committees call the Committee on License
and the committee on the Budget and Government Operations.
The matter's referred to the
Committee on Committees and Rules.
All the person Rodriguez Sanchez has proposed order
for the issuance of permits for signed sign boards at 39 44
West Lawrence Avenue, which is referred
to the Committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Ramirez Rosa has
proposed orders for amendment of ms.
The code sections four dash 60 dash 22
and four dash 60 dash 23
to disallow additional alcoholic liquor
and package with licenses on portion
of West Wrightwood Avenue, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Ramirez Rosa also has proposed ordinance
for Amendment of municipal code section four dash 60 dash
0 22 to allow additional alcoholic liquor licenses on
portion of West Fullerton Avenue, which is referred
to Community on License and Consumer Protection.
Um, Vasquez has proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 60 dash 0 22
to allow additional alcoholic liquor licenses on portion
of North Lincoln Avenue, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public,
which is referred to the committee
as License and Consumer Protection.
Alderman Manha Howorth has a proposed ordinance
for an honorary street designation as Tam Ya Chung Way,
which is referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Public Way, your Honor,
that concludes the presentation
of Alderman introductions. Thank you
Very much, Mr. Clerk for unfinished
business.
The chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I'm aware
of one piece of unfinished business.
It was filed by Alderman Dow and I defer to
Her very well. Thank
you. The chair recognizes Alderwoman Dow.
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
I filed a Rule 41 notice with the clerk of my intent to call
for a vote on substitute ordinance.
So 2024 dash 0 1 2 4 42
concerning the refunding
of general obligation sales tax Securitization
Corporation bond series 2024, which was deferred
and published on October 9th, 2024.
I moved for passage of this item by a roll call vote.
I reserve the right to close if anyone
wishes to speak to this item
Very well. Thank you,
uh, very much.
Uh, chairwoman Dow, uh,
the chair recognizes Alderman Conway.
So I, believe me, I understand why many in this chamber
may be inclined to vote no.
Like most of you and most Chicagoans, uh, I agree
that we've gotten steamrolled
by the administration on some things like ShotSpotter
and CPS and Brighton Park to name a few now,
and I haven't been shy about speaking up on those things,
so it'd be easy for me to pile on and reject this
because maybe we're getting steamrolled on this as well.
Or there's some similar flaw in governance.
It would be easy to reflexively dismiss this proposal.
And believe me, I came to this with that skepticism
and that lens,
but I also come to this with the lens of someone
who handled, handled a hundred bond offerings at JP Morgan,
who teaches finance at DePaul University.
So you can trust me when I say I studied this thoughtfully.
Now, when this came up, I had significant concerns about the
language in the original ordinance
that would've allowed these funds to potentially be used
for operational purposes.
However, I want to thank Chairwoman Daal
and CFO Jaworski
for their leadership in addressing those concerns.
The language has now been amended to ensure
that these funds can now only be legally used
for cost saving debt refinancing,
which is a much more fiscally responsible approach.
In very brief summary here, the first billion dollars
of this authorization allows the CFO
to replace current general obligation, uh,
general obligation debt with collateralized sales,
tax securitized debt, which carries a lower interest rate
and will then therefore allow us to pay less in interest.
And the other $500 million, give
or take, will allow the CFO
to replace higher interest sales tax debt
with lower interest debt.
It at the option of the investors should they choose to, to,
uh, deal with that offer.
And that's, that's it, that's what this does.
So I also, I'm sure someone may say something about the fees
I had, I had misgivings on the fees.
They are indeed a higher percentage than, than
what the state of Illinois pays,
but this is a very small amount relative to the size
of this, of this authorization and this offering.
So it's, and it's also worth noting
that our debt is lower rated
and harder to place than that of the state.
So if paying a little extra fees, uh,
fees gives us a few lower basis points of yield, believe me,
it is, it is beyond worth it.
Now, I know you all,
I consider you all friends and I know that each
and every one of you, uh,
or at least most of you ran for alderman
to make our city better and to govern not to
simply obstruct for the, for the sake of politics.
Politics. So I urge you to vote for this.
It's not just a win for the mayor.
This is a win for the city of Chicago.
So I ask you all to support this. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Are there any other ALS
that wish to speak to this item?
I see one more hand, the chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Thank you Mr. President, members of the city council.
You know, I've been around this room long
enough to have heard.
Now three different administrations tell me,
trust us, we know what we're doing.
Trust us when we ask you to take on more debt. Trust us.
If we don't have the money to pay our bills, trust us.
We have a plan. Your first meeting, Mr.
President, the very first thing I said back then
and we were talking simply about $51 million
for migrants was show me the money.
And just as I said it, then it still applies to date
because yes, while some
of our colleagues may be more versed in how to sell bonds
and make money off, off these kind of ventures, I am not.
But what I do know is this, if you have the opportunity
to claw back even 5% from big banks, from investment people,
from those folks that many of you in here rail again,
campaign against and talk about
and dog every single day, why won't we do it?
Why would we say no to try to keep more
of our money for our own issues?
Why would members of your finance team not try
to make the case, not just
to one member, but to every member?
Because I know Jill and Company didn't reach out to me
and I'm the one that along with Alderman Tebar
who dmpd this last month, we did that
because we had concerns.
We had concerns both about spending,
about closing loopholes tighter, which yes,
information was amended from the first one.
But, you know, narrowing
and closing are two totally different things.
Our concerns are and were, were, were
and are, excuse me, that avenues are being created so
that money can be used for operating expenses
and for the continuation of living beyond our means.
We have seen where even just today,
$20 million was refunded back to the city
of Chicago in the budget committee's report to try
to fill this hole that we have for this year
because of expenses related to the migrant asylum seekers
hearing also that
that's probably the last we're gonna see from the state
or the federal government in terms of reimbursements.
Where else are we gonna find these reimbursements?
Well, I can tell you that as my colleagues know
and as we discussed in committee, these savings
have already been actualized
and written into the budget that we have yet to see.
We haven't said yes,
but the administration has already
counted counting on that yes.
To be approved and that yes, to continue
and for those savings to be there.
And I think it's important to recognize colleagues that
the market, even from one month to the next,
has already changed against us
as we look and see the
rate the US treasury rate as shared by someone
who follows this immensely.
Our state comptroller, Susanna Mendoza,
went from 3.65 to 4.19.
That rate of borrowing is an increase
that will take away from this perceived savings
from this perceived financial benefit
that we're talking about,
Mr.
President, we definitely know
and understand that this is about trying to save money.
And it's interesting that we have no issues making
that case today about trying to save money
and be fiscally responsible when not two weeks ago, everyone
who espoused that was accused
of being the grandchildren of the Confederacy.
But today we are here again,
listening, being told, being sold a bill of goods
that quite frankly the banks just can't cash
a billion dollars in debt
to continue to refinance and kick the can further
and further when interest rates are changing against us
and when fees are still stacked against us
and we're just being told, well, it's our right.
Go with it. I don't wanna go with it, Mr. President.
I know and I agree.
Administrations before borrowed and borrowed and borrowed
'cause they were hoping to be gone by the time
the statement came due, my first budget meeting as many
of yours, we had to address
a $550 million tax increase to cover all
of the debts that were owed in 2015
by administrations long since gone.
My concern, Mr. President
and members of the city council is that this is just going
to be one of many more cans that we kick down the road so
that when we are on our retirement,
when we are on our way out the next class and the class
after that will have to make those heavy lifts
because we refuse to start living within our means
to start asking those questions about what we can do
to claw back money for the, the taxpayers.
What we can do to hold banks accountable
to pay their fair share as the saying goes to Chicagoans,
to make sure that as much money
as possible could stay in the hands in this room
to pay our bills, to live in our own, under our own means.
But those aren't the discussions we are having.
That's not even the discussions that people wanna have
with us because we'll just be gaslighted,
we'll be accused of being racist.
We'll be accused of not wanting
to invest in communities even though
what we're really talking about is not settling them
with debt for the next generation.
That is the discussion, Mr. President.
And that is why I urge all of my colleagues to say no
because until those conversations happen,
until we have a thoughtful, collaborative, inclusive
conversation to build a better, stronger, better Chicago,
nothing should be moving forward when it comes
to saddling generations with more debt, without a plan
to reign and spending reign in government
and make this a city that is self-sufficient
and functional on the revenues that it has
and is has the ability to generate.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank
You. See you. No other hands.
The chairwoman has, uh,
the chairwoman has asked
for the deference to be able to close.
See you. No other hands the chair recognizes.
Again, chairwoman doe.
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
I wanna start off by making it crystal clear this morning
that passing this ordinance today is the
fiscally responsible thing to do.
Refinancing high interest rates,
refinancing high interest debts with lower interest.
Debt is something that every business, every household,
every government does,
and it would be financial mismanagement not
to pass this ordinance.
We're not kicking the can down the road.
We're not adding to the city's debt burden
and we're not extending the terms of the current bonds.
We are refinancing today.
Every day we hear calls to eliminate waste.
And that's exactly what we're doing this afternoon.
We are saving the taxpayers tens of millions
of dollars in expense that we have
to pay on bonds we have already issued.
We're not raising taxes,
we're not borrowing funds from our future
and we're not levying fines.
We are helping to balance our books
through responsible fiscal management.
Despite what you read
and hear in this body, the city
of Chicago has improved its financial situation
and has enjoyed credit rating Increasings
since these bonds were issued.
That combined with improved market conditions that anyone,
not just Chicago can take advantage of is
what is allowing us to refinance for savings today.
Now we can squabble about par amounts
or other inside baseball terms
like we're all Wall Street experts that can game the market.
But those questions have been answered already
by the people in the city has hired
in this industry to renegotiate
and negotiate the real terms based on real market conditions
for the most benefit of the people of the city of Chicago.
And that benefit my colleagues is enormous.
It's $90 million in savings this year, 2024,
and another 35 million in savings in 2025.
So for everyone who asks, what is Chicago doing
to put its fiscal house in order?
Here you go. That's what we're doing today.
This is what it looks like. I wanna thank you Mayor Johnson.
I want to thank Jill Jaworski and Brendan White
and the entire finance team
for putting together this bond package.
And I want to thank my colleagues for all
of the pointed questions, all of your comments
and support for this ordinance.
I think the ordinance is better today than it was when it
was in, in introduced, unless there are other questions.
Mr. Mayor, I ask for the council's favorable consideration
of this ordinance and I ask for a roll call, vote
Very much. There's a motion,
uh, for the passage
of this particular item, the roll call ver vote.
Madam Clerk, would you please, uh,
make the application available?
The EVO application is there for you elders
to record your vote at this time.
The voting's now open the voting's now open.
Please use your Eev device to record your vote.
Please raise your hand if you need support.
The voting is now open.
I will now call on those who have not used Eev
device for their voice.
Vote. Alder person. Ramirez. Yes.
Alder person. Scott,
No.
Alder person. Cruz. Aye. Alder person.
Rodriguez Sanchez. Aye. Alder person Mi
alder person Mitts.
Alder person. Riley Alder person. Nuen.
Yes. Alder person.
Silverstein
der person.
Silverstein said, no,
No, no. Silverstein.
All right. Alder person mitts. Just checking.
One more time. All right.
And Madam Clerk, this is Alderman Knudson. I voted yes.
Uh, Alder person. Knutson, you have Yes.
Yep. I'm I'm a yes. It says no, but
I'm a yes. You're a yes. Okay. Sorry.
We didn't hear you correctly.
We will switch that to a yes Alder person admits.
All right, all those voting who wish we will close the vote.
Thank you very much. Mad clerk.
There are 35 yays, 12 nays.
This motion passes on the motion
to reconsider the chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell, I
Move to reconsider the Vote.
All those in favor of reconsidering this vote
signify by saying Aye.
All those opposed say no.
This motion fails for Melissa mi mi
for miscellaneous business.
The chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell,
Except for the ordinance setting.
The date and time of the next meeting.
I'm, I am not aware of any miscellaneous
Very well. For the date and
time of the next meeting,
the chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
I handed up an ordinance to the clerk setting
the date and time of the next meeting. Mad
Clerk, could you please read the ordinance being
Ordained by the City Council, city
of Chicago, section one.
The next regular meeting of the city council, city
of Chicago shall be held on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024,
beginning at 10:00 AM in the council chamber on the second
floor in SV Hall, 1 21 North
Lassalle Street, Chicago, Illinois.
This ordinance be taken in effect
and be enforced from an after passage.
Gregory Mitchell, alderman seventh Ward.
Thank you Madam Clerk. The chair
Chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell. I
Move passage in the omnibus Hearing.
No objections. So ordered
for the omnibus chair. Recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
I move that matters in the omnibus be passed
by the first most favorable roll call vote
by the committee on budget and government operations
and the associated unsuccessful motion to
Reconsider hearing. No objection.
So order
Autumn Mitchell, and a motion to adjourn
Hearing no, uh, further business
before this body. I move that we adjourn
Hearing No objection.
So ordered. This meeting is adjourned.