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portion of the meeting for public comments.
The council will now begin the public comment period,
which is limited to a maximum of 30 minutes.
Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
Speakers cannot yield
or transfer their time to another speaker.
Any written comments that have been submitted will be posted
and made available for automatic review.
The first speaker this afternoon is Lori Simmons.
Hello, my name is Lori Simmons
and I'm a 40th ward resident here
to comment on a proposed ordinance number 20 23 17 48,
which would make significant changes
to the regulation of Uber and Lyft.
I have been a rideshare driver since 2014
and I've watched the industry change
drastically in that time.
When it first began, the companies were trying
to lure workers in and we earned a dollar 50 a mile.
We kept 85% of our pay
and we were promised that this was going to be a good job.
The rock bottom pricing to customers subsidized
by $24 billion of investor money, a total lack of regulation
and an uneven playing field soon caused the cab industry
to implode, but nobody cared while fares were cheap
and drivers were being compensated.
Fast forward 10 years
and the cost is often more than a cab ever was.
Our pay dropped to 85 cents a mile than 63 cents,
and finally we lost our pay scale altogether
and are now at the mercy of an opaque
and interminable algorithm that determines both
what I will earn and what my customer will pay.
By the way, those two numbers are no longer related at all
and the company keeps more than half of passenger fares.
Despite the high cost of vehicle ownership
and maintenance, which we bear
as fares have stored in Chicago
by 54% over the past three years, worker pay has been cut
by just as much and we have not seen a pay
increase since 2018.
On top of that, drivers are controversially classified
as independent contractors
and so we're on the hook for our self-employment tax
and are excluded from the
protections that other workers enjoy.
We also cannot set our own rates, build a customer base
or engage in rideshare outside of the app,
which we could lose access to at any time for any reason
or for no reason at all.
Drivers are totally powerless
and the company controls everything while claiming drivers
operate our own independent businesses so
that they can continue to skirt their liability
and responsibility to us.
On July 1st, every worker in Chicago will see a
pay increase through legislation.
Every worker except those in the gig economy, many
of whom are trapped in this industry due to health issues,
accidents and injuries, thousands more have been robbed,
carjacked and murdered, including
dozens of workers in Chicago.
The companies refuse to do the bare minimum to keep us safe
by providing a picture of our passenger
or requiring basic identification
before they enter our vehicle.
The ordinance would make workers safer
by requiring passengers to use their real name
and prove passenger experience by making Faires consistent
and based in reality while providing a framework
to hold the companies accountable
to the citizens of this city.
People who rely on rideshare know
that the costs have sharply increased while the customer
experience has suffered, but most have no idea that Uber
and Lyft deactivate or fire thousands of us every year
to replace us with drivers who will work for less.
Then they claim a driver shortage so
that they can further jack up.
The cost over 20,000 drivers have been deactivated in the
last three years, and many of them don't even know why.
As we advocated for ourselves over the past five years,
we were told repeatedly that rideshare isn't a real job
and that we should not expect
to be paid decently despite the promises made
to us when Rideshare came to Chicago.
Well, I'm here to say that in I'm in real danger every time
I drive, I provide a real
and essential service to the people of this city
and I don't get paid in Monopoly money.
So this is a real job
and the companies have real obligations to drivers
and citizens of Chicago who rely on these services.
This ordinance must pass and soon there are drivers working
today who are living out of their cars
and many more suffering, housing, healthcare, and food.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker, speaker is Richard Juarez.
Good afternoon. I am a 66-year-old resident
of the 13th Ward and a veteran.
I am a full-time ride share driver.
I've given over 47,000 rides.
We ask for full support for the fair share ordinance
and workforce drivers deserve to be paid fairly
for the service provided.
Uber and Lyft wish to continue
to use a very cryptic algorithm known only to them.
They are overcharging the citizens of Chicago
subsidizing rides for others when they're overcharge a
rider, they don't no pro, they do not provide any help
with the driver's expenses.
The burden of all expenses fall on the driver.
They are not our employer. Employers offer an hourly wage.
Uber and Lyft chose to identify drivers
as independent contractors.
The ordinance provides a framework
for a clear structure for fair.
It helps eliminate cryptic manipulation of affair.
Their manipulation is focused solely
on their own self-interest.
Yes, Uber and Lyft are business entitled to drive a profit.
What about the micro business of the ride share driver?
The driver carries the burden of all expenses.
We help businesses drive, we help people get
to their doctor's appointments.
We help people get to their medical
appointments where they scheduled.
Medical transport fails to arrive.
We help to reduce DUIs and safe lives in doing this.
Drivers deserve to be paid fairly and a living wage.
Both companies have a dismissive attitude about safety.
Uber stated very clearly,
it is not our responsibility to reduce crime.
No. They are responsible for creating the opportunity
for the criminal activity.
March 21st, the driver rules attack using Uber Safety Tools,
a required pin in the name of the account holder.
The phone of the actual account holder had the phone stolen.
Yes, Uber. Your meaningless safety tool is responsible
for this attack on this driver.
False reports are filed for various illegitimate reasons.
We are denied due process even with video proof.
We are denied due process
as we are not allowed to provide proof.
We aren't even told the date
or the week driving is
how many drivers provide for their families.
We ask for the city council to have the courage
to fully support the fair Share ordinance
and workforce lives over corporate profits,
living wage over fat corporate profits.
Thank you for being a strong democratic city
for the people of Chicago.
Thank you very much. Our next speaker is Danielle Carter.
First let me thank Congress
for inviting Chicago Flips red to testify
and I wanna thank them for allowing me
to tell what's really happening in Chicago
and negate all the lies that you told.
Also, I wanna thank most importantly
the people's president, the real MVP,
Donald President Donald J. Trump,
the president that listens to the people
and who's for American now.
So Brandon, remember the first time I came up on this mic,
I told you, America, Illinois,
and Chicago, that we were coming together
because see, we saw a common threat.
Whites, black, Hispanics, Asian.
We saw a common threat, which was the Democrat Party.
I told you all the same thing that was making y'all laugh
and here was gonna make y'all cry unless y'all stood here.
Your regularly administration look down on us.
You didn't understand that our father in heaven,
he was here in the craft of the people
and he was saving a remnant for such a time as this.
A remnant with no fear in our hearts
and see Chicago flips red.
We are just getting started.
As you sat there and y'all lined y'all pockets
with our money, y'all took our resources.
You all invaded our communities in our city, in,
in our state with illegal aliens.
Let me tell you, Chicago flips red.
We are just getting started with our savior, Jesus Christ
who walking in front of us.
We'll take back our city, we
will take back our resources.
We'll be prosperous our citizens.
We'll be safe in our city.
We'll bring the businesses back to Chicago.
We'll stand for Chicago in America and Illinois.
And this goes for YouTube Risker. This goes for two.
All the citizens of America and Chicago we're for America.
So y'all anti-American agenda
is going out the way is going out the door
because you all Satan thought
that God's people, that the evil that you all were doing
to us, you thought that our father wasn't listening,
but he was saving us for such a time as this.
And I'm telling you right now, we're taking our city back.
Yeah, everybody going, everybody gonna feel safe,
everybody gonna be prosperous, not just one.
Everybody. The whole Chicago.
Chicago is going to flip red into our Almighty God.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Joseph Negro.
Good afternoon. My name is Joseph Negro,
a native Chicagoan living in the 41st Ward.
As an Uber and Lyft driver, I see it becoming harder
and harder to make ends meet.
I believe the council should pass the Fair Share ordinance
currently in the workforce committee.
When I started driving 10 years
and 27,000 rides ago, we could actually make good money
and a decent living as drivers.
I was guaranteed 80% of the fair that the passengers paid.
Today with the greedy algorithms controlling every
transaction, I'm lucky to walk away with 50%.
I've even seen individual fares
where passengers are charged four times
what the driver is paid.
The Fair Share Ordinance would eliminate these profiteering
algorithms and rebalance the system in favor
of Chicago's passengers and drivers.
So passengers won't get gouged
and drivers will be able to earn a living.
Safety is another big problem.
Just a couple of weeks ago on March 21st,
another driver was attacked.
He did everything right.
Uh, Uber gave him a passenger they claimed was verified.
He checked their name and pin code
before giving them the ride.
But then they tried to rob and carjack him.
When that failed, they beat him
with a gun knocking out many of his teeth.
It's a sad thing to say that for a driver,
being lucky means not being shot
and getting home to your family, he was left in pain.
And to add insult to injury, he has 40
to $50,000 in dental work.
Drivers also face unfair Deactivations being faced,
being fired by an app and not allowed to work.
We aren't given any meaningful information as to why,
nor are we allowed to defend ourselves in order
to continue to earn a living.
As passengers and drivers.
We know something is wrong with the current system.
It is broken. However,
this system has been intentionally built
by these billion dollar corporations over a decade
of paying programmers to write millions of lines of code
that exploit us on each transaction.
Imagine where the city's finances would be today
if the millions of dollars extracted from Chicagoan's
pockets had actually stayed here, if
that wealth had been spent here on groceries, on housing,
on car maintenance and all the other things
that we need to live.
Your constituents need you to stand up for us.
This should be unanimous.
We need you to look out for our interests, not
to protect the billion dollar corporations
and their greedy algorithms past the Fair
Share Ordinance now.
Thank you.
Thank you very much. Our next speaker this
afternoon is Dennis White.
You remember me back in December.
I presented an orange jumpsuit
and told you what's going to happen.
So now 2025 is not pretty much not a good year for you.
You not only the most incompetent mayor,
you're the most progressive mayor.
You're the most woke mayor in the city of Chicago.
And now what happened in Streeterville,
when these teams take over you defending them crime,
you defending them, you took out the most effective tool
shot spotter, but you put more
T cameras over here and stuff.
So where's the revenue gonna go?
Is it gonna go to the deficit because of you, your math?
Or is it gonna go to the illegal that you love so much?
So here's the thing. What's going to happen is this.
You are gonna go to prison before you get elected.
Our office, you was over there in Congress sweating yourself
to death, didn't know how much that you, uh, gave
to the illegal $600 million
that you put in their pockets at the time you protected
legal more than you protect the women of Chicago.
Yes, you protected the the illegals more than the
black in Chicago.
You protect the illegals more than the children who've been
victimized and stuff of crime.
You protect everybody except for the ones who voted for you.
You even love CTU more than you love us.
And to be honest with you, I'm confused.
Either your close friend with the devil
or you're sleeping with the devil.
I don't know. But here's the thing, when Trump is not going
to give you this federal funding
because of this sanctuary ordinance,
and here's the thing, I call for every law abiding citizen
to arm themself with guns
because it's going to get warmer.
It going to get crazier. You going to do nothing about it?
But talk about Trump and I only got the one minute left.
So here's the thing. If you don't let ice do their job,
we going to do it for 'em because they going to get deport.
They gonna get deported, one or two things, bus
or a body bag.
I don't, I don't, I'm not going try to call for violence.
But guess what? Peace when possible.
Violence when necessary.
And now we are in a state of emergency with this illegals.
We are in the state of emergency with the crime rate.
We are in the state of emergency of these unnecessary taxes
that the city council member are passing for your agenda
to help CTU and these illegal.
So 2025, we only got for what?
Seven, six more months for 2026.
You talk about running for mayor.
How about if I run for mayor against you?
That sound like a good idea. I'm done.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Salvino Abuelo.
Our our next speaker is Zoe Lee.
Uh, I don't even talk to you no more.
I have no respect for you. You are raggedy.
Your administration is raggedy.
Ken Barney, I'm ashamed of you
because you went to school with my sister, um,
DePaul University
and I would think
that you would've been got this situation handled,
but you have a raggedy uh, boss.
Uh, so that's how that works.
Um, At the end of the day, um,
I'm calling on uh, Donald Trump to come in
and settle my case.
Y'all aren't gonna shut me down
and keep violating the US Constitution for people
who that US Constitution was not
for the US Constitution is in English.
So you already know. And it was, and
and you already know who was for the us.
Like the fact that you guys are going hard
for the 14th Amendment and that's the freedmen amendment.
That's my amendment.
The Democratic party is detrimental to America
and you by far have continued
to let it just do whatever because you don't care
because you done stole so much money, right?
And you done went down to Congress
and un lied on, lied under oath
because you were just an idiot.
And that's just what that hap that's just
what happened at First Amendment executive order.
My president, okay?
We're dealing with a agenda that's anti-American
and it is people who are in here that are fighting
for countries that should not be fighting for.
This is America. It
that it isdi India is right in Bronzeville, Hindu, India.
I mean the Indians, they are,
they're taking over Bronzeville taking over Bronzeville.
Little China Chinatown is Chinatown.
Pilsen is Pilsen, but y'all,
and then you're trying to put them
Venezuelan in South Shore on them.
You are literally trying
to push black America out just like back in the day.
You redlining. You redlining and you're a black man.
And you always talk about Bel, stop bringing up Bel name.
You ain't no, you are a weak man. You are a traitor.
And I'm asking for Donald Trump.
'cause that's why I voted for him.
I did it to Dick Gregory Way. I protested outside.
You ignored me. You, you fought you.
I, I I I asked you plenty of times.
This was the worst customer service
I've ever had in my life.
That's why I looked at a Democratic party.
Y'all out here praising Kamala Harris.
Kamala Harris owed a Democratic party
20 million when she at the Met Gala.
Y'all are pathetic.
I'm asking Donald Trump to come in and settle this case
and please bring in ice because we are under attack.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Salvino Bulo,
your honor, there are no further
speakers who have come signed up. Mr.
Public Commentary. Mr. Are public comments at this point.
Uh, before we move forward with the rest
of our agenda today, I would like to take a moment
of silence and memory of Ms.
Lori Healy, who among many of the titles that she held,
she was the former chief of staff under Richard m Daley.
So if we could, I would ask this body in this chamber
for a moment of silence in memory of Ms.
Lori Healy.
Thank you very much. May be seated. Thank you.
We do not have any resolutions today,
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Well. Thank you Madam Clerk. We
have one committee report today.
It's a joint committee actually on finance
and housing and real estate.
Uh, chair persons do and Sig Cho Lopez.
The chair recognizes Chairman Sig Cho Lopez.
Thank you Mr. President
and members of the city council reporting
for your joint committee on finance
and housing real estate, which held a meeting this morning,
Wednesday, May 7th, 2025.
The joint Committee has a report recommending the passage
of one municipal code amendment
from the Department of Housing.
That is, uh, sub ordinance 2025 dash 0 0 1 5 5 6 0.
Second substitute as amended amendment
of municipal code chapter two dash 44
by adding a new section two dash 44 dash 70 establishing the
non-for-profit residential investment corporation
to address housing needs by financing, acquiring, owning
and operating permanently affordable mixed income
and environmentally sustainable housing.
A call, um, for a roll call vote on this item following any
debate on top of the debate
that we already have this morning.
So if anybody would like to speak on this, um,
since we already got already a debate, I moved to, um,
have a roll call on this item.
Very well. Thank you Chairman.
So there is a motion on the floor, um,
for the passage of this substitute.
There's been a request for a roll call vote.
Are there any individuals that wish to speak to this item?
Chair recognizes alderman. Bill.
Thank you Mr. President. Um, Mr.
President, I rise in total opposition
to this ordinance, Mr.
President. People are saying the sky's falling
and we need to hurry up and do something
before the federal government comes in.
And but lemme just tell y'all, the federal government
didn't create the mess that we have right now.
And so to continue to use the argument
that the sky's falling
because the federal government,
the federal government is an excuse for
this body's inaction.
And the situation that we're in right now, one
of the reasons I'm opposed to this ordinance is
because we have a 1.3 minimum
billion dollar deficit coming down the pipe this fall.
And we're creating jobs
that are over a hundred thousand dollars.
What sense does that make?
That don't make good common sense That we are creating jobs
when we have a deficit and we're gonna have
to be cutting jobs, cutting pay in order
to meet our obligation.
Come this fall. Now this, some of y'all,
this may be a great idea,
but the timing of this great idea is not good
because of the deficit
that we're gonna be staring down this fall
and we we're adding to the deficit right now with this vote.
Now I don't know about y'all,
but we're gonna create another hurdle
of a non-for-profit that is going to be charged
with development and different things in our communities.
A non-for-profit. Well we have a department
of housing that should be doing this.
We also have CHA that's supposed to be providing housing.
Why not partner with CHA who has hundreds of thousands
of vacant units help them partner with them
to rehab their stock
that they have already in their inventory.
Now I'm gonna tell you, I got a 300 unit building.
I've been trying to get new market tax credits from this
administration for over a year and can't get it 300 units.
If we wanna talk about the housing shortage, I
have a developer right now begging
to get new market tax credits to get those 300 units online.
But yet we gonna create another level of bureaucracy
creating jobs of people
who are probably not gonna be qualified
to lead this not-for-profit anyway,
because we done seen this movie before.
I don't know about y'all, but this is a rerun
of the movie we done seen before.
So the same people making the argument
and I said this in committee,
the same people making this argument that we need
to pass this ordinance are the same people
that said we need to bring home Chicago.
But I tell you what, a big study just came outta LA.
They are regretting passing bring home Chicago
because it's having an adverse effect
on the real estate market.
So thank God the voters stood up.
'cause this, this body show didn't.
And we tried to tell you all
that bring home Chicago was a bad idea.
Now LA is saying, oh, we might have to repeal it.
So here we are again trying to put something else in place
that's unnecessary when all we need
to do is roll our sleeves up, partner with the people
that's already in this city, partner with some
of the developers that's here.
Now the problem that we have is we have drove up the cost
of affordable housing units.
800 900,000 for an affordable housing unit is ridiculous.
You can build a mansion for $800,000.
I can probably build four mansions in
my ward for that amount of money.
So that's our problem.
So we're trying to create something to solve a problem
that is not even there.
We're not even using the tools in the toolbox that we have,
but we going to create some more tools just
to say we created them
and we've had three committee meetings on this same
item in the last month.
So what's that? Tell y'all we are in a hurry.
We are in a hurry to get this done. Why?
Why are we in a hurry? I just want
to let you all know that we need to squash this ordinance.
We don't need to pass this ordinance.
We need to work with what we have already.
We need to partner with CHA.
We need to look at the housing stock
that we already have in the city of Chicago.
I'm not done sir. I'm not done. Okay?
So use the tools that we already have in our toolbox
in order to get these things done
and get the housing stock that we already have
that's hurting our community.
Vacant properties already hurting our communities.
So we don't need to create something
and try to fix a problem
that we already have the ability to fix right now.
So think about it. Think about creating jobs
that we gonna have to cut this fall.
Okay? Think about it.
We gonna have to cut hundreds,
maybe thousands of jobs this fall.
CPS is going to have to cut hundreds of jobs this summer
with they budget, but yet we jumping up and down
because yes, we are doing something.
What are you doing? Thank you Mr.
President. Thank you Chair recognizes again,
chairman Central Lopez. Thank
You. Thank you Mr. President.
So I will renew my, um, the roll call vote motion.
Very well see. Any other hands?
Madam Clerk, could you please, um, help
facilitate the roll call vote Members please use your EVO
application to record your vote at this time.
All right, the voting is now open. The voting is now open.
Please use your eev device. The voting is now open.
I will now call on those
who have not voted using the Eev device.
Alderman Lata.
Okay, I will come back. Alderwoman Harris. Okay. Yes.
Alderwoman Harris is a yes.
Alderman LaSpada is a
Yes. Alderman LaSpada
is a yes. Alderman Curtis.
Curtis is a no. Alderman. Osha.
OSHA is a no. Alderwoman Taylor?
Yes, Taylor is a yes. Alderman Mosley.
Yeah, Mosley is a yes. Alderwoman Scott.
No Alderwoman Scott is a no.
Alderman Riley. No Riley is a no.
Okay, everyone voted. The voting is now closed.
Thank you very much Madam Clerk. Voting is now closed.
There are 30 yays, 18 nays.
This matter has passed Mitchell on the motion
to reconsider Mr. President, I
Move to Reconsider the vote. All
votes in favor of the reconsideration of this vote.
If I by saying aye hand the opposed say no.
This motion fails. Chair recognizes Chairman Sig Cho Lopez.
Thank you Mr. President.
I just wanna end by thanking Chairwoman Dowell,
all the members of the city council, the Department
of Housing, the administration for work in collaboration.
It is, um, it is uh, not a,
it is no go without notice that we are in a crisis
and our city is under attack
and we do need to develop solutions.
We have a housing crisis
that demands urgency in the city council members.
I'm glad that we were able to work together on this
and I look forward to hear
other options in terms of housing.
Today is a good day for the city of Chicago.
This concludes my report, Mr. President.
Thank you Mr. Chair for the agreed upon
calendar, uh, on those matters.
The chair recognizes all the woman Chairwoman Dow.
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
I received from the clerk Anna Valencia, a total
of 147 items proposed for the agreed calendar consisting of
congratulatory, commemorative
and tributary tributary resolutions from Clerk Valencia
and the following, Alder persons, alderman Hopkins,
alderman Robinson, alderman Yancy Alderman Hall,
alderman Lee, alderman Lopez, Alder person Coleman
Alder person, OSHA Alderman Rodriguez,
alderman Teris, alderman Conway, alderman Viegas,
alderman Mitts, alderman Nugent, alderman Knutson
and Alderman Gardner.
Very well. I'm hearing no objections, the passage
of the agreed upon calendar in the omnibus.
Thank you for that motion hearing. No objections.
So ordered for new business.
The clerk will be, will begin with the first ward
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
and Exemption from physical barrier requirements
for commercial driveway alley access
for parking facilities which are referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
All the person Lita has proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code chapter 17 dash 13 regarding contents
of type one rezoning applications, which is referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks and billing standards.
All the person Hopkins has a proposed resolution to call
for hearings on expanding angel shot training in Bassett
training program for beverage alcohol sellers,
which is referred to the committee on license
to Consumer Protection.
All the person Robinson has a proposed ordinance
for honorary street designation as honorary Reverend Dr.
Leroy Sanders Way, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
All the person Robinson also has proposed ordinance
for parking for establishment
of parking meters at South Scott Grove Avenue from East 47th
Street to East 47th Place, which is referred
to command on Traffic and Public Safety
or excuse me, which was referred
to the command pedestrian and traffic safety.
All the all the person Quinn has proposed orders
for the issuance of permits for signed sign boards,
which are referred to the on zoning
landmarks and building standards.
DER person Quinn also has proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 68 dash 22
and four dash 60 dash 23
that disallow additional alcoholic liquor
and packaged good licenses on portions
of West Archer Avenue, which is referred
to committee on License and Consumer Protection.
DER person Rodriguez has proposed order for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards at 39 48 West 26th Street,
which is referred to committee on zoning
landmarks and building standards.
All person Cito Lopez has proposed orders for the issuance
of permits at various locations which are referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All person Burnett has proposed ordinances for the issuance
of permits for signed, signed boards at various locations
which are referred to committee on zoning
landmarks and building standards.
All the person Burnett also has proposed ordinance
for amendment of the annual appropriation ordinance.
The transfer funds within the committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards for the year 2025, which is referred
to committee on the budget and government operations.
All the person Irvin has a proposed order
for the issuance S premise for sign sign boards at four 15
South Pulaski Road, which is referred
to committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
Other person TERO has has proposed orders
for the issuance S permits
for signed sign boards at various locations which are
referred to committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards Other the person TERO also has a
proposed ordinance for amendment of the
annual appropriation ordinance.
The transfer funds between the 29th ward wage allowance
and the automatic expense accounts for the year 2025,
which is referred to committee on the budget
and government operations.
All the person cruises has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code section four dash 60 dash
0 23 to disallow additional package could licenses on
portion of North Pulaski Road, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Cruz also has proposed ordinance
for amendment of the annual appropriation ordinance
that transfer funds between the 30th ward,
all thematic expense and the wage allowance accounts
for the year 2025, which is referred
to the committee on the budget and government operations.
All the person PACT has a proposed order for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards at various locations at,
excuse me, at 2211 North Elston Avenue, which is referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person Conway has proposed orders for the issuance
of permits for signed sign boards at various locations.
All the person Riley has the proposed
ordinance for amendment of Ms.
BA code chapter nine dash one 10
by modifying various sections regarding petty cabs
and by adding a new section nine dash one 10 dash 180 5
authorizing the police department
and the Department of Streets and Sanitation
to impound petty cabs, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Riley also has proposed orders
for the issuance of permits for signed sign boards
at 4 0 5 North Wabash Avenue, which is referred
to committee in zoning landmarks and building standards.
All the person gardener has proposed ordinance for amendment
of the annual appropriation ordinance.
The transfer funds between the 45th Ward wage allowance
and the AL automatic expense accounts for the year 2025,
which is referred to the committee on the budget
and government operations.
All the person Gardner has a proposed ordinance
for the installation of parking meters at 39 25
through 39 45 North Milwaukee
and the removal of parking meters at 40 22
through 43 2 North Cicero, which is referred
to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Alder person Minha Haworth has proposed ordinance
for amendment of Ms mc code section four dash 60 dash 0 22
to allow additional alcoholic liquor licenses on portion
of North Sheridan Road, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Silverstein has proposed orders
for the issuance of permits
for signed sign boards at various locations,
which are referred to committee
and zoning landmarks and billing standards.
Your Honor, that concludes the introduction
of al thematic, al thematic matters.
Thank you Mr. Court for the approval of the journal.
The chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell,
Mr. President, I'm not
aware of any corrections to the journal,
uh, from the April 16th, 2025 meeting
and move that to be approved.
Very well hearing no objections then.
So order for unfinished business I'm not
can recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
I'm not aware of any unfinished business
Very well for miscellaneous business,
alderman Mitchell, except
For the ordinance setting the
date and time of the next meeting.
I'm not aware of any miscellaneous business
Very well. For the date
and time
of the next meeting, Derman Mitchell, I've
Handed up an ordinance to the clerk setting
the date and time of the next meeting.
Madam Clerk, please read the ordinance please.
Being ordained by the City Council of City of Chicago,
section one, the next regular meeting of the city council.
The city of Chicago shall be held on Wednesday,
May 21st, 2025,
beginning at 10:00 AM Council chambers on the second floor
in City Hall 1 21 Northwest South Street, Chicago,
Illinois, section two.
This ordinance shall, shall take an effect
and be enforced from in its after its passage.
Gregory Mitchell, alderman Seventh Ward.
Very well, thank you Madam
Clerk Alderman Mitchell, present.
I move passes in the Omnis hearing.
No objection. So order for the omnibus Altman Mitchell.
I move that matters in the omnibus be passed
by a voice. Vote
Very well that move for consideration.
All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye.
Every anybody who opposed say nay
and opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.
The BU is passed. Altman Mitchell,
Per I move to reconsider the vote,
The reconsideration of this vote signified by saying, aye.
Any opposed say no. Motion fails.
Alderman Mitchell for the motion to adjourn
There Bo no further business
before this body. A move that we
Adjourn hearing, no objection.
So ordered this meeting is adjourned.