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Appreciate it.
Thank you. At this time,
we'll begin the public comment period outta
respect for everybody's time.
Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
Um, we received, um, written comment
and we have one virtual speaker, Nick Shira,
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go ahead, Nick.
Yes. Hello, can you hear me?
Yes. Okay. All right.
My name is Nick Schrag, and I've been a resident
of the 35th Ward for nearly 17 years.
I'm speaking today in support of the appointment
of Anthony Kda of the next alderman of the 35th Ward.
I grew up in a small town in Ohio,
where city council members were your local grocer,
your barber, or your friendly neighbor down the street.
We trusted them to run the town
because it was their town too.
When I moved to Chicago in 2007, the era
of Mayor Daley City government felt distant.
I voted in city elections. That felt I had no voice.
I saw Chicago as a big city run by powerful,
well connected politicians
who had little interest in serving the people.
But my perspective changed during Carlos Ramirez Rose's
first term as Alderman and Anthony had a significant
role in my transformation.
Anthony was responsive
and effective in seeing
that neighborhood service requests were addressed.
He would always take time to help me understand
how the city functions.
Often he would connect issues I was seeing in the
neighborhood to the underlying systems
and policies that caused them.
I felt heard and empowered.
Anthony ensured that visiting the Alderman's office was an
open and welcoming experience,
but he didn't just sit there
waiting for people to come to him.
He was often out in the community to hear from residents.
I would see him at various community meetings,
and sometimes he would even show up at my door if he did
rounds of the neighborhood to connect with folks
and listen, I knew he cared about all of us.
Anthony inspired me
to take responsibility for the city I live in.
He has given me and countless neighbors a voice.
Even in a city of millions, our leaders can be
and ought to be your friendly neighbor down the street.
And Anthony is more than that. He is a student of history.
He's a systems thinker.
He listens with empathy and leads with strength.
He fights for the vulnerable. He serves people in need.
He understands good governance.
I supported Anthony for Cook County Commissioner,
and he has continued to demonstrate
excellence and leadership in that role.
In closing, I give him my full support
and confidence to become our 35th board.
Alderman. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment.
Sandra Pablo.
Pablo Blo. Sandra
Hubert. Okay.
I am ready whenever you are. Hi, everyone.
My name is Sandra Puebla.
I am an OSA native
and chair of United Neighbors of the 35th Ward.
And I am here, uh, to thank you to show my support
for Anthony Ada for 35th Ward Alderman.
Um, I have known Anthony since 2019.
Uh, when I attended my first ever UN 35 meeting,
Anthony was welcoming
and, um, excited, animated, uh,
and he truly showed me, uh, as
a young person the the power that we have, uh,
when we organized together.
And so, um, over the years,
Anthony has been a mentor to me.
He has taught me how to talk to our neighbors, how
to build people power in the 35th Ward.
Um, and so, uh, when he ran for Cook County Commissioner,
it was a clear choice for us that our former chair
of the organization was ready to lead, um,
the Northwest side.
During his time as Cook County Commissioner,
he has taken our values to the county to make sure
that our community has access to healthcare,
that our community has property tax relief,
and that our community has a leader
who is open and transparent.
He understands the 35th Ward
because he is a lifelong Logan Square resident.
Uh, Anthony has shown us what it means
to be a compassionate, committed, grounded leader.
And I can't think of anyone else, uh, who would do as good
of a job for 35th Ward Alderman as Anthony.
Um, Anthony, I love you so much.
Thank you for your leadership.
Uh, not just a teaching me how to be a good organizer,
but teaching our 40 plus members how to be,
uh, powerful leaders.
Um, and that's it. I yield my time.
Thank you. Our next speaker is Mark Hubert.
Thank you for this opportunity to speak.
I rise today in support of Anthony Cazada.
My name is Mark Hubert.
I'm a 25 year homeowner in the 35th Ward.
And for over 15 years, I've owned
and operated a business in the ward.
About 10 years ago, I got to know Anthony.
When we spent an afternoon knocking on doors.
I walked away from that experience thinking,
that's one impressive young man.
That dude's going somewhere.
Now, let me tell you about my community, the 35th Ward.
10 years ago, we, the people of the 35th Ward were sick
and tired of politicians telling us what we wanted
to hear in order to get elected, only to turn around
and sell the power we entrusted to them,
to the highest bidder.
So we put a stop to that.
When we, the people of the 35th Ward elected one
of our own a community organizer in Carlos Ramirez, Rosa.
And that's when the work really began.
We, the people of the 35th Ward, began
to practice participatory democracy.
Our alder was not the Manor Lord Bequeathing favor on those
that pleased his campaign coffers.
Instead, we, the people of the 35th Ward,
put in place democratic processes
to make collective decisions.
We, the people of the 35th are not against development.
We just don't abide by dictators.
The community of the 35th Ward has a voice in
what we want our neighborhood to look like.
We have a voice in making sure
that there is affordable housing for our neighbors.
We make the decisions regarding zoning variances
and annual discretionary infrastructure spending.
This is accomplished by everyone coming to the table
to work out solutions that we all can live with.
We want an alder person who sees the job
as being our chief organizer
and facilitator, a person
who can bring people from all over our ward to the table
to have honest and heartfelt discussion on
what we want in our community.
Anthony has demonstrated
that he is an extraordinary organizer and leader,
and that's why I rise in support of his appointment.
I close with something that is not a challenge.
It's an invitation to solidarity all power to the people.
Our next speaker, it's Sam Halburn Halburn.
Halburn Halburn, Sam. Okay.
Hello. All right. Uh, so hi.
And I just wanna say thank you for this opportunity, uh,
to lend my voice in support of Anthony Casada
as the next Alder person of the 35th Ward.
So, I've been in Chicago for about eight years, which is
around the same time I met Anthony.
Um, my cousin Eleanor set us up on a friend date.
It went really well. We're good friends.
Uh, since then, though, Anthony
and I have been involved, uh,
in organizing in the Northwest side.
And so over the better part of a decade, I've grown
to see him as a passionate, uh, organizer
who has championed a really amazing vision
for his lifelong home of Logan Square,
which includes affordable housing, accessible healthcare,
and a safe and welcoming home
for all neighbors without prejudice, no matter
what they have or where they're from.
Uh, Anthony's a little less young now, um,
but barring some gray hairs
and maybe a couple lines, he's still the amazing
and fiery leader, uh, that I've come to know and respect.
As Cook County Commissioner Anthony continued to show
that same, uh, fire in the northwest side
and represent those values, uh, for affordable housing,
accessible healthcare, and a safe
and welcoming home for all of those neighbors.
And I know that as Alderman, he will continue
to champion these causes
and more as he builds upon the democratic
and community-based processes to uplift
and unite the entire people, uh,
of Chicago's northwest side. Thank you.
Thank you. Our next speaker, George Blake Bo,
For these various reasons, the young man, uh,
I watched him and Cook County board,
and by the language that he used, n****r,
that's enough to open the eye.
N****r, n****r,
why would you use this term?
And also, when it comes to transgender,
this is not your job to tell, uh, uh, to educate, uh,
young people who come into our school system.
If, if they feel gay or straight, this is not your job.
Why would you do this? I've watched
you and you know me.
I feel like a natural woman today.
I cannot do this when I, when I don't have
a, a, a vagina.
I, I dress like a woman. I talk like a woman.
I act like a woman that's not your job.
Transgender and to our children.
So, uh, definitely not you.
And, and the whole little cadre of, of lessons
and of whatever that's left up to the home,
the power, have this ability,
not you, and you're racist.
That's n****r that haunts me. That haunts me.
N****r, you n****r, you are
a true n***a being recycled from one hog
pen to the other.
You are the n***a trying to tell people how
to raise their children.
And you have a cadre of other n****s that want
that you to be here.
So you got the right one.
I'm dizzy, I'm old, I'm sick, and all of that.
But God gave me the, the, the, the grace,
the time to come.
Here I am a n****r.
Can you call me that? Can you call me that?
Are you sorry for that? Well, well, no, you're not n****r.
Mm-hmm. No, you're not.
And you're just being recycled from one hog pen
to the other, from one
hog pen to the other.
How is this struggle going to play out,
n***a, n***a,
Robert Castillo
Here, the real
Mm-hmm.
Good morning. Uh, my name is Robert Castillo,
and I've spent most of my 57 years living
in Logan Square.
Um, I also came out in Logan Square.
I am a proud gay Latino man,
and I also serve on the mayor's L-G-B-T-Q Advisory Council.
And I'm not here representing that council,
but I just think it's relevant to the conversation.
Representation matters.
I was happy when Carlos was appointed
or elected as an out gay Latino alderman
because I remember the days when there was no such
representation on this council.
And I know Tom Tny, and I was glad when he was appointed,
but he didn't necessarily look like me
or come from my neighborhood.
So I was happy to see Carlos appointed Alderman,
and I am happy to support Anthony for Alderman,
but I am also sad to see
that representation being lost on the Cook County Board.
Um, I know we've come a long way in, in terms of L-G-B-T-Q,
visibility, equality, and rights, but we're still not there.
Uh, we're in a tumultuous time,
and I, like I said, I do believe representation matters.
Anthony has been a strong voice for our community,
but represents many communities in Logan Square.
Um, and I think in many of our communities, some
of us are overlooked,
and we're seen as being part of the community,
but our voices aren't necessarily amplified, echoed,
or represented well.
And I'm proud to be here in the city
where we have at least nine
L-G-B-T-Q City Council caucus members.
And I'm also glad that Anthony will be replacing Carlos so
that we do not lose that representation,
because I will continue to say this representation matters.
And for me, it's important to be able
to look at a city council and say, you know what?
They look like me. They came from my neighborhood.
And as a matter of fact,
Anthony grew up on the same block I did.
So it also makes me happy to see that happen.
Um, a lot of people will talk about the reasons why,
and obviously, I'm gonna talk about what it means to me
as a out queer Latino man.
I'm unapologetic for who I am. I will not apologize.
I'm 57 years old.
I've been dedicated to the Logan Square community.
I'm a member of the Unity Park Advisory Council.
I've worked with Anthony, I've worked with Carlos.
I contribute to my community as many of us do.
And, uh, for me, this is a proud day.
But yet, like I said, it's a sad day
to see his boys lost on, you know, on the Cook County Board.
But it, it's glad, or I'm glad.
I'm sorry I'm a little bit emotional,
but, um, I'm glad to support Anthony
and I look forward to a day when maybe there's 15 LGBT City
Council caucus members.
So thank you.
Thank you. Devon Car. Devon.
Hi. Um, I'm here to voice my support for the appointment
of Anthony Casada to the position
of Alderman of the 35th Ward
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Rebecca.
All right. We are back in session,
and I want to acknowledge the following.
Alderman have joined us,
and we'll be added to the quorum call, alderman Mosley.
Alderman Chabas and Alderman person. Viegas. Gotcha.
Devin, are you back to zero?
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Check.
Oh, thank you. Um, my name's Devin Carson.
I have been a resident of the 35th Ward for eight years
in the same building in Logan Square.
I work on Milwaukee Avenue,
a few doors down from the Alderman's office.
I am an ensemble member at the Artistic Home Theater on
Milwaukee and Lawndale.
As an entrenched member of the 35th Ward community,
I spend all of my days and nights in the 35th Ward.
I have a vested interest in the present
and future of this community as I spend all of my days
and nights at my home, my place of work, or my hobby.
Anthony also spends all of his time in the 35th Ward.
He grew up here. He spends his days advocating
for our community as our commissioner,
and he spends his nights
and weekends with UN 35 working to amplify the voices
of the poor and working people in our community.
Recently, luxury developers purchased the building I call
home and are kicking us out so they can double the rent.
In response, my neighbors
and I organize the Belden Sawyer Tenant Association
because we want to stay in our homes.
We are working class plumbers, healthcare workers, families,
and retirees, some of whom have lived in the building
for 30 years, and one tenant who hasn't
yet turned two years old.
But the legal protections that we deserve,
like just cause eviction
and rent control, are consistently dismissed.
The members of this city council would rather have the
support of the real estate lobby dollars than of the people
that live in the neighborhoods that they serve.
We are currently on Rent Strike,
alongside another tenant union on the north side of Chicago,
Las Broadway.
As we stand here today, instead of coming
to the negotiating table,
our landlord is fire filing evictions against us.
Anthony Sada is a community organizer.
He is an advocate for the poor and the working class.
He fights for affordable housing, renters rights,
and healthcare for all.
When our immigrant neighbors constitutionally guaranteed
rights are attacked, he fights to protect them.
Anthony doesn't have a trust fund
or a familial political dynasty.
He doesn't have billionaire backers.
He's here because he has harnessed the power of the people,
the power of his neighbors.
I support Anthony for 35th Ward Alderman
because he uses his voice to amplify ours.
Thank you,
Lawrence Liga.
Good afternoon, or good morning all Alderman,
not all the persons.
Uh, I'm here as a 40 year resident of Logan Square,
a 25 year resident of the 35th Ward
until I was redistrict out into the 32nd Ward,
which I currently live in.
I reside in Logan Square because I love the area.
I've been a voice in Logan Square for the founder
of Logan Square, concerned Citizens.
We had over 700 members.
We were very active with list and list of accomplishments,
because I'm not just an activist.
I'm a pragmatist.
I'm a forward thinker,
and I stand up to the root cause of the problems.
When you listen to all the speakers
that were very positive about Anthony,
they live in a whole different phony world,
that there's no violent crime in the Logan Square,
the 35th Ward.
In fact, there is in fact, the root cause of a lot
of the problems in the 35th Ward.
Starts with who's missing over here is our mayor.
The leadership is weak. The leadership needs to go.
And, uh, taking our alderman from the 35th Ward
that is soft on crime
and moving him to the CEO
of the Park District shows the pattern
that's happening here.
Uh, Anthony is a good man.
I've been told, and what I know, he's a good man,
but is he the right fit?
Coming from the Corrupt Cook County operation
and flowing over to the city that has failed
Progressive governance, this is a clown show.
My suggestion is not to vote for Anthony, nothing personal,
but let's get rid of 50% of the all the person that are here
to save on the budget
and look at the all the persons that take
the crime issue serious, that do not vote for higher taxes
that are the issues.
And I was a candidate.
I put my name as a candidate for the 35th Wall Alderman.
I'm a victim of Huge Deception.
The Mayor's own website said people
that were living in the 35th Ward
or Logan Square, I fit that perfectly.
As a 25 year resident of the 35th Ward
and 40 year resident of Logan Square, they,
the mayor's office contacted me
or sent out an email stating that now they need
to get my social security number, my driver's license,
my full legal name, my birthday, my address.
I gave that all to them knowing
that they led me to believe that.
Thank you so much. Our next speaker is Connie Hernandez.
Hello, um, my name is Connie Hernandez.
Um, I use he, him pronouns.
I'm a member of the United Neighbors of the 35th Ward.
Um, I have lived in what is currently mapped
as the 35th Ward my entire life,
and it is my childhood home.
And I would be so excited and proud
and grateful to have Anthony Joel Casada
as my next 35th ward Elder person.
Anthony is my neighbor. He is my friend.
And on a personal level,
Anthony always makes me feel safe and listened to.
He has taught me how to be human
and how to heal from systems that center profit over people.
Um, I have watched my neighbors move away due to, due
to rising gentrification, my CPS classmates forced to go
through our class, distant, racist,
selective enrollment system, or go
to underfunded local schools, watching neighbors
and loved ones go without healthcare
or with limited healthcare.
And as a queer trans person in high school,
watching my queer trans friends struggling
with crushing mental health issues, housing
and access to healthcare, when he ran
for county commissioner, I attended a canvas to talk
to neighbors and convince people that the solution
to our problems is community care.
Um, and he, I had a panic attack outside of that canvas,
and he personally took me
and walked with me to do that canvas and talk to people
and help me calm down
and remember what it,
that the power lies in people caring for each other.
He's patient, compassionate,
and, um, he's hopeful, which we desperately need in a time
where hateful, violent people on a federal
and local level are working constantly
to harm everyday people.
The 35th Ward is home to a beautiful, diverse community
of people, working class people, immigrants, people
of color, queer people,
and so many more humans that have very real needs
to keep our families together, to keep ourselves healthy,
and our schools funded and our lives safe.
I'm grateful that Carlos Rosa has served diligently
as our 35th ward alderman for 10 years,
centering those human needs.
And I'm more than confident that Anthony, as an experienced,
intelligent, and dedicated public servant,
will continue to fight for those things.
The 35th Ward needs affordable housing resource
for public health protection for immigrants.
Even our potholes and our sidewalks
and our, our garbage cans will be well taken care of.
And I'm excited to go
and file a missing garbage can complaint at
Anthony's Ward office.
Thank you, Theresa.
Is there a Theresa, I cannot read your last name, Theresa.
I can see it. Okay. Teresa, she goes
Coming.
I'm sorry. Could you say your
full name for the record, please?
Hello. Um,
um, Anthony.
Thank you everyone.
That concludes our public comment period.
Um, for the record, I'd like to, um, recognize Alder person,
Chris Ferro, um, is present in the chambers
and will be added to Quorum, um, as stated, um, earlier,
we have two items on the agenda this morning.
We'll begin with the approval of the February 20, 25 monthly
Rule 45 report for the Committee on Committees
and Rules, which was transmitted electronically
to all committee members.
If there's no questions, can I get a motion
by Alderman Chico to approve the February, uh,
monthly 45 report?
All those in favor signify by Aye. All those opposed.
So, item one is a direct introduction.
It's the appointment of Ask Anthony Posada
as the Alder person of the 35th Ward.
Um, you should have received a copy of the letter,
of the appointment via email and in the packet before you,
okay.
If there's no questions by, by this body,
um, to recommend approval of the appointment of, uh,
for the Alder person of the 35th Ward by a formative vote
of all members present.
Yes, sir. Alderman Lopez.
Tha And, and thank you.
Wait, just one parliamentary thing.
I just wanna recognize Alderman former Alderman, Mike Scott,
who's here now, commissioner for Housing month
To reflect on the role.
Um,
Uh, commissioner Tara, stamps
Commissioner Bill Laurie was here
with US Commissioner Scott Burnett
and Commissioner Steele.
Okay. All right. They're all in the back,
back there, Brittany.
Okay. Scott, Brit, um, um, commissioner Scott, Brit
and Alder, former Alderman, um, Ram Ramirez.
Rosa.
All right. A all the person.
All the person. Lopez,
The chairman. Will the,
uh, appointee be making a statement
before we take this vote?
He can. I would hope, I was hoping that you would save it
for the city council, but he can.
Okay. Would you like for him to do it now,
or would you like to do it for him to do it at City Council?
He could do a, a, a very brief one now,
and then we could get to his full statement later.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
Good morning. Uh, city Council, um, members
of the city council, members of the public,
and our distinguished gus.
My name is Anthony Joel Casava.
I'm extremely proud to stand
before you as a person who is nominated for the, uh, seat
of Alderman of the 35th Ward.
Um, I was born and raised on Chicago's northwest side in
Logan Square to, uh,
two immigrant working class parents from
Mexico and Costa Rica.
Um, and I've lived there my entire life,
and I've had the great honor
of serving our communities in multiple, uh, capacities
as a community organizer.
As the former 35th Ward Democratic Committee person elected
in 2020, um,
as a Cook County Commissioner for the past two years.
And currently standing before you as a commissioner
and now standing before you as an, as a,
an a possible appointee to the 35th Ward.
Uh, I have committed my life, my adult life, to working
for people, to unite people, to uplift people, um, to
approach the most impacted people in our communities.
Um, as someone who deeply experienced poverty growing up,
I know the issues that are impacting, uh, our, our,
our neighbors, our residents across our city.
And I've always committed myself, um, to working,
to making sure that we, we deeply address those things.
And I work in a collaborative spirit.
You know, I've had the great opportunity of speaking
with the majority of you at, at this point.
Um, and one of the things, one of the principles
that I've tried to really communicate is that I'm someone
who comes and I work.
I work, I talk, I collaborate, I engage in dialogue.
That's how I approach, um, the work of governance.
And I think now more than ever, with the kind of spirit, um,
and vitriol that we're seeing across all different spectrums
and levels of government, we need people who know how
to bring people together, who know how to have a cool temper
and who know how to get ready to work to make sure
that we are addressing the various needs
that are impacting our communities from social, economic,
racial, and economic injustice.
There is a lot, this is an important moment.
Our communities and history is looking on us,
and it's imperative that we learn how to come together.
So, I'm deeply honored.
I have more remarks for later,
but I'll conclude right there.
Thank you so much.
Alright. Alright.
Okay. Are there other questions
or comments by the body roll call?
I'm so sorry. Before we do roll call, I need to acknowledge
that um, all person Hall is here
and all person Bill is present in the chamber
and will be added to the form.
And so on this item, we've been asked to do a roll call.
Yes.
Pardon me? They're in. Mm-hmm. Thank you.
Roll call. Yes.
They, they, I'm sorry. Alderman Moore. You pulled
Me out to ask some questions. I didn't.
You wanna ask questions? Yeah, we're taking time.
We a roll call's been asked for?
Yeah, I'll pulled me out so I know one, I I want
to make some statements.
You gonna get a chance to do it at the city council
then get two bites at Apple. Alright,
Chairman, I'll respect that. Okay.
Alderman is spotter. Aye. Alderman Hopkins.
Aye. Alder person.
Dow Alder person Robinson. Aye. Alder person.
Yancy Alder. Person Hall. Alder person. Mitchell.
Aye Chairman Harris. Aye. Alder person. Bill? No.
Alder person. Chico. Aye. Alder person. Lee?
Yes. All person Ramirez. All person. Quinn? Yes.
All the person. Gutierrez? Yes. All person. Lopez?
No, all person Coleman
a i Nay.
No, that's
Right. Aye.
Hi. Okay.
All the um, all the person Moore? No, all the person Curtis.
All the person. Osha. Aye. All the person Taylor.
Uh, all the person Moseley. All the person Rodriguez. Aye.
All the person Tobar. All the person Scott. Aye.
All the person Ccho Lopez. Aye. All the person full. Aye.
All the person Burnett?
Aye. All the person Irvin. Aye. All the person Ferro.
Aye. All the person Cruz? Aye. All the person Cardona? No.
All the person Wack. Yes, all the person Person.
Rodriguez Sanchez. Aye. Alder person. Conway. Yes.
Alder person. Viegas,
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Oh, the person. New Newgen. Aye.
All the person Vasquez. Aye. All the person
Just to get a little, aye.
All the personnel? Aye. Der person. Riley? No.
All the person Nuen? No, all person. Lawson.
All person gardeners.
You mute yourself.
All person. Gardner? No, all person.
Clay, all person. Martin,
Please Mute yourself.
Okay. All person. Martin. All the person.
Manna hopping worth. Aye. All the person hadn't. Aye.
Der person. Silverstein? No.
Okay. Alderman mitts.
35 Al Alder person.
Mi Are you voting? Okay.
All right. 35 yays and 10 nays. Uh, this motion passes
the approve, the approval
of this appointment will be reported out at our next city
council meeting today, Monday, April 7th, 2025.
Item two is a direct introduction.
It's the resolution amending, uh, the resolution,
identifying the chairman, vice chairs
and members of the standing committees, the city Council
of Chicago, or the city of Chicago for 20 23, 20 27.
Term to include Anthony Casado replacing Carlos Ramirez.
Rosa, who has resigned.
You should have all received a copy
of the resolution via email and in the packet
before you, if there's no questions,
can I get a question?
If there's no questions? Are Alderman Riley?
Um, thank you Madam Chair.
Um, regarding the committee assignments,
I, again, um, you know, as a new seated member
of the council, of course it's expected that, uh,
the new alderman will serve on committees,
but, um, it seems that he's inheriting committees
that were given to a senior member of the city council
with 10 years of service.
And I know of members that have served here
for multiple terms, uh,
who do not have the pleasure on serving both the budget
and finance committees.
Um, and as one of the folks who's been
around here longer than most with you chairman, um,
traditionally, um, senior members
of the council would be offered the opportunity
to slot into one of the desirable committees.
We all know around here that there are three big ones,
zoning, finance, and budget.
Um, and I just wanted to know if there was any effort
or outreach made to senior members of the council to, um,
poll them on whether or not they would like to
upgrade their committee assignments or whether
or not this was just simply being transferred directly
to the successor.
So I can say that historically, since I'm an appointee
by Daley, that I slid right into Todd Stroger's committees.
Oh, that's, uh, alderman Lee, Alder woman, Scott
Alderman Nuen slid right into those spots.
Um, and we've historically approved them.
If you would like to change committees, go ahead. Alder.
Miss Podo. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I'm not, not done.
Question. Lemme finish my statement.
And so if you'd like to switch
or be added to committees, it's just a, a conversation.
Well, and you can be added when we're doing these changes
that are historic for people that have been around to know
that they can change committees at this time.
Well, Madam Chair, it also requires a call by you
and a meeting scheduled, not by me meeting scheduled.
Well, the rules committee needs to convene
to vote on re juggling these chairmanships.
And while you may have been appointed by Mayor Daley,
I was elected a few months later.
And I also recall, um,
that we did not just transfer committee committees
assignments to successors, we did for certain people
under certain mayors, but,
but under Roman Emanuel, we didn't.
So again, um, I would just like to to say that
a better process moving forward,
not some, not picking on Mr.
Cazada, um, moving forward, any kind of replacements,
I think that the committees should be looked at.
And deference should be given to senior members
of the council who may wish
to serve on a committee they've been excluded from.
That has been tradition.
And so, um, I'm just flagging that for you, Madam Chair.
And I will, I will stop talking now,
but that's, that's something I wanted to raise. Thank you.
All right. Another homework assignment.
Go ahead Al to Miss Podo.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I say the same thing.
Mike, esteemed colleague says,
Anthony, it's nothing against you.
I'm actually trying to help you.
I don't think you should be on finance and budget
and zoning and housing.
There are four very difficult demanding committees.
I know you say you could do it.
I, I, you know, but it's not fair to other people
that may wanna be on finance or budget.
It's not hard to reshuffle the deck.
And I don't know what Mayor Daley did,
but Mayor Emanuel always reshuffled the deck.
'cause Mayor Emanuel, I believe, had five appointments
and he reshuffled the deck.
I don't know why it's so hard to say.
I think he deserves to be on something like the Happy
Committee or some easier committees that's less demanding.
He's gonna have the demands, he's gonna have the demands
of a new being a new alderman and to, to, to burden him.
I, I shouldn't say burden.
I mean, they're demanding committees.
You know it, I know it. Everybody knows it.
They're long meetings. They're more,
they're regular meetings.
I just don't think, I think the deck needs to be reshuffled
and he shouldn't, you should not slide into
your predecessors committees.
So that's all I'm saying.
And now, I don't know, maybe nobody else wants
to be on finance or budget that's not on there.
Maybe, you know, so I don't know how we go about this.
But you should not inherit the committees
that your predecessor had.
And that's all I wanted to say.
And it's nothing against you, Anthony,
it's just what's right is right.
It's more of trying to help you have
less demanding committees.
Alright. But with that, I appreciate the
opportunity to speak Madam Chair.
Um, we need to recognize Alderman Curtis
for the purposes of quorum.
Um, alderman Rodriguez, followed
by Alderman Vasquez, followed by Alderman Bill.
Yeah, I, um, in my first year's tenure under
the mayor and the Vice mayor, we had three alders, uh,
who slid into the committees of those
successor Alderman Alder people.
Uh, I would suggest that, uh, if anyone's in a post here,
once they go through this process,
they might suggest their successor, uh, take this high road.
Um, look, I don't think this is a perfect process.
Um, but upending it in this way
doesn't make any sense to me.
Me, I welcome you to the Workforce Committee.
I actually think it's the most, uh, it's, it's, it's
above those three that were just mentioned.
Uh, just kidding. Just kidding.
But thank you very much, Madam Chair, for the opportunity
to speak, and I, uh, I'll move
to pass at the appropriate time.
Pardon Vasquez.
Thank, thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Um, I, I really do appreciate our colleagues, uh,
raising up these issues.
Um, I think in this instance, we have someone who served
as a commissioner who I'd argue has a little more experience
than other appointees might have.
But for the members of this council who've got
questions, it makes absolute sense.
If we were to draft legislation so we don't have
to worry about tradition or who has a conversation
with whom, and we just establish a process, uh, for
what happens when there's appointee
or when members want to go serve on different committees,
I think maybe as a council, figuring out
what the good government way to do it as opposed to
what a whim of a mayor might be, is a way to approach it.
But I think in this instance, since we're here in this
moment, it would make sense just to, I believe, move forward
and see what we can agree on,
should we wanna see changes in the
municipal code at another time.
Thank you,
Madam Chairman. I, I
tend to agree with, uh, alderman Riley on this one.
And I wanna offer up a friendly amendment to this one here
by adding the name
of Alderman Anthony Beal to the Budget Committee.
Roll call.
Roll. Give me a minute
if we're going to amend it.
Legal has said that we need to amend the document.
So if we're going to vote on an amendment, we need
to see it in writing, um, and passed out to the body.
Go ahead.
We, we have, um, historically, uh,
offered up friendly amendments
and then had the, uh, law department or whoever drafted
and have it ready for the city council meeting.
That's a very quick fix, uh,
that I think can be done in a matter of five minutes.
We're going to stand at ease while we draw up the document
and I can give you all a copy of it so
that I don't get ding for a violation.
So we're gonna draw up an amendment and you will get it.
So we're gonna stand at ease
while we draw up that amendment.
You gonna get some popcorn, right? Mm-hmm. Yes.
Are there any other friendly
amendments, ladies and gentlemen?
Distinguished colleagues, alderman Irvin.
Thank. Thank you Madam Chair.
Um, as it relates to, uh, committee assignments, um, if,
if there is someone that wants to serve on something,
if you would give that information to the chair
of the committee if there's a desire.
Justice, in the past, people have
decided to come off of committees.
Those things have been given to the, uh, to the chair
and then, uh, routed
through the appropriate process through the committee.
Uh, to do this today, uh, in such a way, I think is, um,
doesn't make a lot of sense.
The will of the body can be as it is.
However, um, if there are committees
and people wanna be assigned to committees
or come off of committees, there's a process to do that, uh,
that's a little more orderly
and organized than where we sit, where we sit today.
Furthermore, uh, there is, as I recall, um,
there should be some evening of the committees
where members are serving on an
appropriate number of committees.
We have some members serving on as little as one or two,
and some serving on as many as nine.
So, uh, 10. My apologies.
So if we, if we want to have this conversation,
then I think, uh, this needs to be leveled out so
that the workload is a little more evenly distributed,
uh, across the board
We're at. Ladies and
gentlemen, we are at ease.
You need to ask somebody to make a move to I'm gonna
Ask. Yeah, I'm gonna ask
him to
Alderman, bill, will you move your, change your amendment?
Um, okay. I
First Alright.
Still good? Okay, cool.
Clay is here. Der Woman Coleman.
Oh, we'll try to get this going.
Alderman. Bill, do you have your
Copy?
Okay. So will you, we
Alderman Irving has a question.
We, we back in session. Hey, alderman.
MITs Okay. For the record, I wanna make sure that we know
that Alderman Coleman is here.
Alderman MITs is here. Alderman Clay also are in the house.
Um, um, alderman Irvin. Thank
You Madam Chair. Uh,
I would, uh, ask for, based on the, uh,
substitute resolution, uh, would ask the, uh, alderman, uh,
from the ninth Ward to withdraw his motion, therefore,
and then move on the substitute resolution by roll call.
Go ahead, alderman. Bill. Thank
You. Uh, Madam Chairman.
Um,
but you had already asked me that a few minutes ago.
Yes, sir. And I had agreed to withdraw. Uh, yes.
So you did my friendly amendment. Yes.
Uh, and move for the substitute adding me
to the committee on budget and Government Operations.
So, all in favor of the motion
to accept the substitute adding Alderman bill
to the budget committee.
All in favor of that signify by Aye.
All those opposed and opinion of the chairs.
The ayes have it. The substitute is now on the table.
All those in all those in favor of this,
of the substitute motion, uh, for,
uh, the resolution.
Amending the resolutions, identifying chairman,
vice chairman, and members of standing committees
of the city council of, of the city of Chicago
for the 20 23, 27 term to include, um, our,
the amended motion, um,
that you've received in front of you.
If I have no questions, uh, I like
to have all members affirm
to I all y'all are Yes.
Right. Move, do pass, alderman. Okay.
So Alderman Bodo, with the exception of Al Alderman Bodo,
we move passage of the substitute amendment.
All those in favor? Aye. Excluding Alderman. Nick Podo.
All right. Al,
uh, yes.
Alderman Irving moved there being no further, uh, business
before this committee, can I get a motion
by Alderman Irving?
Uh, for all members to determine Quorum
Al Alderman Lopez?
Oh, I'm so sorry everybody. I, I, I apologize.
Before we do adjourn, I am going to send out a notice to all
of my lovely colleagues asking you
what committees you wanna get off of
and what committees you want to get onto.
Okay. Thank you.
And I do wanna say that we do have, uh, our rules allow
that there's so many members on a committee.
So if the committee is full, you then have to work it out
with someone to get off of that committee.
So having, so let's move to that. Adjourn.
All those in favor that we adjourn.
All those opposed, we are now adjourned.
Okay.