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2023 to 2027.
Pursuant to rule 58 of the Chicago City Council rules
of order and procedure,
the sergeant at arms sets forth the following rules
of conduct for members of the public.
These rules shall be in effect at all times
that a viewing gallery
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or the sergeant at arms, may lead to a breach of the piece
or disrupt the orderly.
The meeting on committees and committees
and rules is now called a order.
There are, um, four items on the agenda.
I will call the roll. Now.
Please note that your yes
or your present response will be deemed
as a yes vote when the quorum roll call is used
as a reference.
Vote for later items. Vice chair, hall.
Vice chair. Cardona. Vice chair.
All the person. La Spotter. All the person. Hopkins.
All the person. Dow all the person. Robinson.
All the person. Yancy. All the person. Mitchell.
All the person. Bill. All the person. Chico.
All the person. Lee, all the person. Ramirez.
All the person. Quinn, all the person.
Gutierrez. All the person. Lopez. All the person.
All the person. Coleman. All the person.
Moore, all the person. Bill is present. Alder person.
Curtis, all the person. Osha.
I have you, sir. All the person. Taylor, all the person.
Mosley. All the person. Rodriguez. All the person.
Scott. Uh, tab all the person.
Scott, all the person. Citro. Lopez. All the person.
Fuentes. All the person. Irving. All the person. Tyler.
Farro. All the person. Cruz.
All the person. Waga pack all the person. Rodriguez Sanchez.
All the person. Ada? I did I see him? No. Or the person?
Viegas or the person? Mi, older man. Sato.
All the person. Nuen. New gen. All the person. Vasquez.
All the person. Riley. All the person. Nuen.
All the person. Lawson. All the person. Gardner. Okay.
All the person. Clay. All the person.
Martin, all the person. Manna. Howorth.
All the person hadn't. Alder person. Silverstein.
I'm present.
We're gonna get to our rule 50 nines shortly.
And Alder person Harris is present. 31.
We have 31 members present. We have a quorum.
Um, older person.
Conway and older person, uh, Silverstein have requested
to participate, um, in today's meeting remotely
for reason stating and rule 59.
Can I get a motion to approve their
so moved by Alderman Bill?
All those in favor of the motion, say aye.
All those opposed the Alder persons participating remotely
will be marked as present on today's attendance.
Alder person, Conway and Alder person.
Silverstein, are you there? I'm present Chairman.
Thank you. Um, we have public comment. Yes.
Um, we have 15 speakers that will get two minutes,
uh, so that everybody can have a chance to speak today.
Um, so out of time, everybody's time,
these will speakers will be limited to two minutes.
And our first, our first speaker is Reverend Paul Jakes Jr.
Followed by Mark Quinn McDonald
Is Reverend Paul Jakes still here.
Okay, come on over to this side on the mic.
Um, could Mark Quinn McDonald come and stand behind him?
Thank you very kindly.
Uh, to the city council, to the chairperson,
the mayor in his absence
and to all these that are here today, uh, years ago,
over 30 years ago, on October the 16th
was a very historic event.
That event was the Million Man March.
That event brought millions of young, black,
older black men together in Washington, DC where
there was no violence, there was love,
there was atonement.
There was a spirit of us coming together.
And in the city of Chicago, there's been a lot of
people signifying on our young people.
Matter of fact, the president of the United States
has signified on Chicago so bad that
we need to say, wait a minute, Mr.
President, there are some young people in
various wards across the city that
are doing well.
Point in case Leo High School the other day
showed America that we have talent
and we have young people
that are progressing and doing well.
And so therefore, we asked that the city council,
the mayor's office, would support the hip hop detox
movement, which is going to have a,
a great conference at Chicago State University in
which I'm an alumni.
This is going to allow thousand young people
to come together to be, be able to learn, grow,
have wraparound services.
Had two minutes.
Okay. All right. Thank you. Okay.
Thank, thank you. All right.
Mark Quinn McDonald, our next speaker. Thank you.
Good morning. Good morning to the Council.
Thank you for your time.
My name is Mark Quinn McDonald,
and I serve as the second district council member
for the Community Commission for
Public Safety and Accountability.
Many of you know me. Many of you here know my work,
and I believe many of you know my heart.
30 years ago, the Million Man March, United Men of Faith,
every different type of background,
peace, humility, and love.
Chicago played a key role in that.
Today, we must show that same spirit.
Our youth are in crisis facing violence, trauma
and the lack of mentorship that threatens their
On October 16th at Chicago State University,
we will bring a thousand young men
and 300 mentors for a day of healing,
leadership, and opportunity.
This event launches a 12 month continuous service
for our youth and our families.
I've had the honor of partnering with Hip Hop Detox
and Brother Enoch Muhammad, for whom,
for I has been doing work for 20 some odd years, organizing,
strategizing, and implementing programs
that transform lives.
I've personally stood with them,
teaching young men discipline
and structure through martial arts,
helping them build focus, patience,
and resilience, while also learning mental health skills,
SEL, conflict resolution trades technology
and cultural pride.
For this event, we need a few things to succeed.
We need you, we need buses for our students.
We need meals to feed our students,
and we need safety and logistics.
Support. Your presence matters as well.
Our young men need to see their mayor, alderman
and leaders, city leaders in that room.
Proximity matters.
30 years ago, we stood to a tone and take responsibility.
Today we ask you to rise up, follow up, and follow through.
To heal this crisis,
we're gonna need each other. Thank you so much.
Thank you. For the record, I'd like to acknowledge
that Alderman Quinn is, has, um, has joined us
and Alderman Conway, you are marked present.
George Blakemore, followed by John, uh, SHA.
Did I, could you step behind Mr. Blakemore, please.
You all probably don't realize this is
a historical moment.
She's been having that rules committee for years under the,
under the Lady Life book, and now under this new T
and that new mayor, we wasn't allowed to speak
and the rules committee, we wasn't allowed to speak.
So the lottery is illegal.
When you know better, you'll do better.
Michelle is just terrible, but she's not alone.
All of them are the same, all of them,
the black ones, the white ones, the Hispanic,
the Asian, all of them.
And I'm not wearing that red hat for Trump, like, I mean,
love with the Republicans, but I want him to come
and clean up this Democratic swamp.
When you know better, you do better.
And I don't want to hear all these old, uh,
people coming up here talking about membership
of black children because they getting
paid for their little program.
But Cure is strong black men
and strong black women in the home.
That's the problem. They've gotten rid
of all the black teachers.
We had excellent black teachers, we had Black Wall Street,
we had everything.
But now all we have is old tie
black officials selling us out, selling us out.
When you know better, you do better.
And something else, the old seniors have
dropped the ball too.
And so you, this is historical.
What, so if they didn't know that
that's the first time in history that you was able
to speak at this committee, I say, how did she get
that old lottery in that old illegal lottery
by using these people as a committee of a whole?
John Shakira, are you
the Chicago conservative?
Um, good afternoon.
I was supposed to have been saying this at good Morning,
but apparently we can't start on time.
So that's one thing I just want to point out.
We gotta start taking the people
of Chicago more seriously when it comes
to us speaking here at City Hall.
And I think you guys don't take that seriously at all.
And you guys are just sitting around talking to each other,
consulting amongst each other.
But I mean, you guys can be talking
to your constituents out here, letting them know,
what can I do to help you as an alderman?
But you guys just choose to play in your asses.
So anyways, when it comes to Mayor Brandon Johnson,
I don't see him here for some odd reason.
Don't know why he's not here,
but he's definitely been getting some criticism lately
as far as his leadership, um, Memorial Day re excuse me,
Memorial Day weekend, 4th of July, uh, labor Day.
How many people have died when it came to these,
you know, these situations.
It's way too many guys.
And a lot of people are really, really getting sick
and tired of democratic leadership.
And, you know, you can sit on your phone all you want to
and not care, but this is the reason why you won't have this
seat, you know, in the future,
because you guys don't take nothing seriously.
And why should us, as the tax paying citizens of Chicago,
why should we take you guys seriously?
And my thing is this, when it comes to safety,
and I, I understand the youth wanna do things like,
you know, have fun and things like that.
But if they're committing crimes out here,
making the city unsafe for us,
how the hell is our city gonna prosper?
How are we gonna generate revenue when we have all
these young teens out here?
Like when it comes to teen takeover, we cannot have a city
that's safe if we allow crime to run rapid.
And you guys don't want to,
you guys don't want to help the police at all.
Even when it comes down to ice, you guys don't want ice.
I mean, you guys don't want CPD to work with ice
to get the illegal migrants out here, uh,
outta here when it comes to them committing heinous acts.
It's just absolutely ridiculous.
And you guys need to get it together.
Thank you. Our next speaker
is Maya Bar Barrios is Maya Barrios.
Here is Caroline Wooten. Here.
Maya. Okay.
Maya Barrios. Okay. Um, lemme
Just get this open. I'm
so sorry.
Okay. Um, hi, my name is Mia.
Um, so Chicago must lead not lag in
protecting, um, public health.
We live in a city where black
and brown working class neighborhoods have been treated
as sacrifice zones for decades.
This is not accidental.
It's a result of zoning policies
that prioritize industry profits over health.
Certain areas of the south
and west side are pre-approved
for industrial zoning being neighborhoods that intersect.
These industrial areas are pre-approved
to suffer adverse health conditions caused
by industrial pollution seeping into our
water, air, and soil.
The Hazel Johnson cumulative impacts ordinance is an
opportunity for Chicago to lead the
country in environmental justice.
It ensures that our communities are no longer dumping
grounds for toxic industries.
This ensures that there are no more sacrifice zones
impacting our most vulnerable populations.
A common misconception is
that this ordinance is anti-industry,
when in reality this ordinance is simply
Pro-Health and anti-racism.
If you believe the misconception that this ordinance seeks
to prevent future businesses from coming to Chicago,
then your concern is profit, not the people most impacted
by the burdens of industry in their neighborhoods.
For too long, neighborhoods like the Southeast side,
little Village, Pilsen, McKinley Park, Inglewood,
and Elk, elk gardens have been overburdened with pollution.
These are the same communities with higher rates of asthma,
cancer, and respiratory illnesses
that is environmental racism in action.
The city must stand up
and reject the false choice between jobs and our health.
Responsible zoning means protecting residents from the
cumulative burden of pollution not adding to it.
The longer this ordinance ordinance sits in the rules
committee, the longer the cycle
of environmental racism will continue.
More toxic industries will move into our communities
increasing already dangerous levels of pollution.
Our children will keep developing asthma
and some of the highest rates in the country.
Our elders will continue to suffer from respiratory
diseases at disproportionate rates.
Our families will continue to deal
with devastating health impacts
by air pollution, water, and soil.
They keep them from working to support
themselves and the community.
This, or if this ordinance has not worked on,
the message from City Hall will be clear.
Profits come before people, and black
and brown communities are expendable.
The, uh, Hazel Johnson, my director's mother, fought to,
to stop toxic pollution in Chicago for over 40 years.
She led this. Oh,
Thank you. Caroline Wooten.
Hi everyone. Uh, my name's Caroline.
I'm the organizing director for the Illinois Sierra Club.
We are a grassroots environmental organization.
We have more than 20,000 dues paying members across the
state of Illinois, including thousands here in Chicago.
Um, I'm here supporting the Hazel m Johnson Cumulative
Impacts Ordinance.
Um, right now. And also, I just wanna say in Chicago,
we're really proud to partner with dozens of environmental
and community organizations,
including the Chicago Environmental Justice Network,
which has really been spearheading this effort.
Right now. Some parts
of Chicago are pre-approved for pollution.
This means that in certain areas, polluters can open up shop
with no public notice or city approval.
These zones are disproportionately in low income areas
and communities of color.
I myself, used to live right next to one of these zones.
I wouldn't go on runs, um,
because just the air quality was too bad.
Um, and as I walked to the train, I'd pass by a diesel yard
where the air quality became even worse.
I still live near planned manufacturing districts,
but luckily not right next door anymore.
So being outside, going on walks, et cetera,
is much more enjoyable than it used to be.
But outside of just day to day enjoyment, the impacts
of pollution can be dire long term.
They lead to increased risk of asthma, cancer,
respiratory illness, and more communities deserve a say when
it comes to whether or not polluters can move.
In the Hazel m Johnson cumulative Impacts
ordinance closes a loophole.
It makes sure that communities have a seat at the table when
it comes to these important decisions.
Polluters must do a study, meet with neighbors,
and apply for a permit before opening up.
This is the bare minimum.
I also just wanna speak to a few concerns that we've heard.
One is, um, CEJN
and Speak Partners have spoken to many stakeholders, um,
including extensive negotiations with opposition.
Um, and we sent, uh, information about all the changes
that have been made to every alder.
So that should be in your email.
If you're, you're curious about the changes
that have been made to address concerns, uh,
this doesn't apply to small businesses
or housing. And that's my time.
Thank you Alma. Al. Um, Alma Galagos.
Alma and m Quinn is
after Alma,
Alma Galagos.
Alma, she's coming. I thought I saw. Is she here?
M Quinn, are you here? Tom, Tom?
Good afternoon. My name is Tom Quinn.
I'm a volunteer for Unite for Freedom, not a spokesperson.
I am here today to share critical information
regarding our state's voter roles
and voter history from the 2024 election.
This information comes from extensive research conducted
by a team of data experts at Unite For Freedom,
a nationwide non-partisan volunteer organization.
Our team meticulously analyzed official election files using
only official state election election data.
I am deeply concerned by the find findings, which include
4,566,205
material errors and omissions
in the voter registration database.
1,045,659 votes
improperly counted from these ineligible
or uncertain registrants.
56,164 excess votes
counted beyond the number of votes who participated
with no explanation for their origin.
1,045,613 voting violations
ex exceeding the legal error threshold With only
46 errors were allowed under federal law.
Unite for Freedom is not alone in raising these concerns.
Recent executive actions at the federal level, such as, such
as the Executive Order entitled,
preserving and Protecting the Integrity
of the American Elections underscores the urgent need
to enforce and clarify existing election laws.
These directives are intended to guide state compliance
and ensure that election crimes are prosecuted
because the integrity of our electoral system is at stake.
Thank you. Um, Mariah Modelto,
followed by Gino Young
and Alderman Martin has joined us for quorum.
Hi, my name is Mariah, and I live on the 25th Ward,
and I'm a lifelong Chicagoan.
Research shows that in cities across the country,
industrial citing policies have disproportionately
concentrated the burdens of pollution onto particular
communities, communities
that have already been disadvantaged by economic conditions
and by racial discrimination that cut them out
of the decision making process.
However, we have the opportunity to change that
by passing the Hazel m Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance.
I am here to address this false narrative that we have
to choose between our health and economic growth.
Only considering economic factors have left far too many
brown fields within the city in which halt investment into
our communities because of the cost of remediation
and the environmental hazards
that fester on these brown fields.
The Mative Impacts Ordinance instead allows for clear
and transparent expectations for heavy
and intensive industry that puts environmental
and health factors on the table.
So, years down the road,
the next generation isn't left cleaning up more abandoned
and underutilized land, such as Rons Fields
that harms the resilience of our communities.
Supporting the Cumulative impacts ordinance is crucial
because our health no longer can be ignored.
The Lung Association State of the Air 2025 report found
that Cook County received an F grade for high ozone days
and partic particle pollution.
The Lung Association found that 93% of people
of color in Illinois live in counties with failing grade
for ozone pollution despite making up 41% of the population.
This is not just data.
These are real people
that have real experiences with health issues.
On a day-to-day basis, I urge you as city council members
to vote to ensure the Hawe Johnson Cumulative Impacts
Ordinance is in the correct committee, the zoning committee,
and vote yes to Passage when the time comes. Thank you.
Thank you. Gino Young,
followed by Dennis White.
Hello, everyone. So, you know, we're gonna start out.
We're gonna play a little game. I want everyone in this room
to look around you, look around
to your left, and look around to your right.
The fact that we are still sitting here in this afternoon
lets you know just how incompetent this city is being run.
How is it that this is the third largest city in this
country and we can't even get to a meeting on time?
We have a, a, a mayor who is a black male,
and from one black male to another.
It's disgraceful and it's despicable.
How dare you not show up and validate?
One of the oldest, one of the, one
of the absolute oldest prejudices against black men is
that we don't make it on time.
We don't show up where, where we're supposed to be.
How dare you? And I'm so sorry I can't join in,
in this kumbaya moment with the pastor
and with, with the environmentalist,
or whoever the heck you all have up here.
But I'm here to represent what's real in my neighborhood.
Ms. Harris, I live in your ward.
On Thanksgiving Eve, a couple years ago,
a man was shot 22 times right outside of my house.
Our community used to be really nice.
It used to be considered one of the safest places.
But nothing is safe anymore. Crime is everywhere.
It is rampant, and you all have done nothing about it.
How dare you all sit here with this foolishness.
We're talking about you all the Democratic establishment
talks about a, a talks about a genocide going on some 6,200
miles away from where we sit, six blocks from here.
There's a genocide every single Friday,
every single Saturday, the blood of black children, they,
it lines, it absolutely lines the streets.
And you all do absolutely nothing about it.
I don't wanna hear about black and brown.
There is no black and brown community. We are individuals.
There's a black community, there's a Hispanic community.
You will not lump us into the same basket.
Fix this darn city and do something. Get up off your behind
Dennis White
Green and, uh, Brandon Johnson.
Oh, I'm sorry he's not here.
Uh, I would like to address, we have a problem.
We have a crime problem, we have a Democratic problem,
and we have a missing mayor problem right here.
Brandon Johnson. Here it is.
We have crime in July, crime in August,
and here it is September 378.
And half of you council member don't address crime.
Half of y'all talk about Donald Trump every day.
Trump DER syndrome. That's all you suffering from.
So this is what you gotta do first, my recommendation is
get your head out your asses, take a deep breath,
and then let the brain cell work for you all
and stuff that might work out.
Put some better policy then taking $92 million
from the police budget.
So you could give it to the illegals.
So I know Brandon Johnson's not here,
but let's pretend that he is here.
And the question is, who is really pulling your strain?
George Soros or the cartels.
See there, you see what I'm getting at?
And another thing is this here.
Don't wait until y'all make changes for this, uh,
people in here in Chicago
because it's going be too late during the election cycle.
We're gonna get you out VCs sooner than later.
The Prosperity Group followed by Enoch Muhammad
is the Prosperity Group here.
I'm sorry, Um, the Prosperity Group.
Good afternoon after waiting several hours
waiting on you all to start this meeting.
Prosperity here.
For those of you who know me
and seeing me all across social media, I wanna talk to the
alderman here today in this rules Committee.
Number one, you have Andre Vasquez out here in Broadview,
Illinois that my colleague called him out.
That'd be Mark Armstrong that speaks
to the mayor at the press conferences.
And Andre Vasquez has the audacity
to break your First Amendment executive order
that Brandon Johnson wrote out right afterwards.
So with rules being here, how are you all allowing him
to go out there and do his protesting, jumping in front
of ice squad cars, trying to stop them, as well
as wearing a mask when they're out there trying
to keep the crowd subdued?
Well, Derman, let me see.
You all are part of the legislative branch.
Quite a few of you all follow it,
but a heck of a lot of you don't.
And you all need to make sure
that you got your own group in here in order
before you all out here representing illegals,
because you all are supposed to represent us.
We are the citizens of this United States of America,
and we pledge allegiance
and it's called the Republican,
not the Republic, not the Democrat.
As your Brandon Johnson constantly do.
And let's just make sure you all understand.
You don't answer to him, you answer to us.
Thank you Enoch Muhammad.
Greetings, everyone. My name is Enoch Ham, co-founder
of Hip Hop Detox Public Health Organization.
We service over 400,000 young people over the course
of the last 20 plus years.
And we're asking for your support.
We need help with school buses
because many of the schools in the city
of Chicago are suffering from budget cuts
and they do not have access to transportation to get
to Chicago State University for the October 16th males
to Men Empowerment seminar.
We also need, um, support on other levels
because many Chicago areas, high schools are struggling, um,
not only with the budget cuts,
but we need help with feeding these young people
because many of the restaurants
and the corporate sponsors, it has Dr.
Uh, dried up over the course of the last few months.
So we need help to feed not only the 1000 young people,
but we have 300 men that were asking to work with us
for a period of 12 months in working
with these young people in a variety of areas.
So we need assistance in terms
of supplying the necessary food on that day,
but also resources for the next 12 months as we work
with these young people in their
schools and outside the schools.
We're asking for not only your underwriting of the buses,
we're also asking for, um, city hall
to help us when it comes to providing the services
that only the city can provide in these efforts.
Lastly, your actions to help us connect with local vendors.
Uh, catering services philanthropists will allow for us
to do the work over these next 12 months
because October 16th is not a one day experience.
It launches a full year of mentoring, workforce preparation,
emotional healing, college
and career, uh, pipeline, community organizing, again led
by 300 committed men and also many women
because the million men march would've never happened if
women and men did not work together to make it happen.
We're not doing a 30 year, um, history
or historical nostalgic trip on this day.
What we want to do is make sure we introduce the real spirit
and energy, which is having us to atone, take responsibility
and take action so that 10 years from now,
10 weeks from now, there'll be a sustainable change
that we can look at and say we did. Thank you.
Thank you. And our final speaker is Michael Young Bay.
Um, but before he comes, I wanna recognize for quorum, um,
al person Viegas and al person Chico,
Uh, praise given to Allah.
Good afternoon. First I want to be a man of my word
is that I want to stand an apology to Alderman Coleman.
Uh, what I said was not
what I meant, but I do want
to do, give an apology and be a man of my word.
Uh, not, I have no fear or anything like that
because I ain't running for nobody.
Not even the gangs. I fear nobody.
I told y'all that and I mean that back.
But to get to the rules though,
when dealing with the rules, alderman Harris,
we dealing with the rules.
I can your undervalue attention. Yes, sir.
Because evidently y'all ain't been listening over the time
that I've been coming down here.
You know, when you do things to people outta retaliation,
when you on, when you violate a person, freedom of speech,
when you violate a person, freedom of press,
you get the backlash you get,
especially when you not standing for the people.
And when I mean standing for the people, I mean standing
for all people that are American documented citizens.
And I told the mayor in the jump, it gonna come back
to catch up with you
because how you giving all this money out
to these other people and not taking care of home?
How you got plans to give millions of dollars to a theater
and this Alderman Howorth,
or whatever her name is, ward,
I don't know if I'm pronouncing it right, no disrespect,
but how you giving that to for TIF money?
And we can't get TIF money in our communities.
We can't get TIF monies to, to rebuild our communities.
We can't get no funding for nothing that is disrespectful
to the people and anybody that come up here with they raises
and gain and things like that.
Thank you. That is our final speaker.
I'd like to, um, add Alderman, uh, Ramirez
and Gutierrez to the, um, quorum call.
But before we get started, alderman Robinson would like
to be recognized to address, um,
some visitors that are here with us today.
Chairman, thank you for allowing me this opportunity.
We all know that one
of our biggest struggles in this city is public safety.
I want to thank, uh, mayor Johnson, deputy Mayor Gatewood,
superintendent Snelling for their work.
But today in the gallery we have
hardworking men that do their part
to keep our city safe.
Men and women all across the city that do great work,
working alongside of Chicago Police Department,
the mayor's office,
many of the folks, again with us today,
have helped us with our biggest challenge
around public safety.
And I would ask that my colleagues in this room
stand to thank these men
and women that put their lives on the line every single day
as really community officers thank you
for what you do,
because our city is moving the bin
and our young people should be able
to play in their front yards, should be able to go to school
and not fear that they are going to get hurt
going to and fro.
So thank you very much for what you all do,
365 days a year.
And as we come into this budget season, we have to make sure
that we find the resources
that continue this fight.
We know what's happening at the federal level.
We don't need troops and the city of Chicago.
We need more funding for community policing.
We need more funding for the men
and women that do the work alongside
of our police department to keep our city safe.
And so to all the great organizations that are here today,
I thank you for doing the work
to keep our community safe.
I want to say that again.
I want to be clear that it's just not CPD,
their hard work and their efforts alongside
of the great folks that are with us today.
Thank you very much.
And again, I would like my colleagues to stand up
and recognize these great folks that are here today.
And if you are one of these people, I see VUS here
and other organizations, you can, if you all will stand
and be recognized as well.
Thank you very much.
All the person. Bill. Thank you Madam
Chairman, Madam Chairman.
Um, let me first of all say that, um, I wanna apologize
on behalf of the city for all the people
who are in the gallery and, uh, for who have had to sit
and wait all this time, um, for this meeting to start.
I think that's a
and so now is not the time for long speeches
'cause this meeting was supposed to start at 9 45.
And now's not the time for us to prolong
what we know is the inevitable.
So I wanna be the first to welcome you to the city council
and we wish you the best of luck and we will work with you.
Move, do pass.
All right, let's get some things on the,
on the public record first and then we'll go straight
to your, your, uh, point.
We're going to hold two of the items in committee, uh,
today, um, the full copy
of the, the ordinance.
And so we'll be remo uh,
voting on item one is a direct introduction
appointment of Walter Redmond.
Burnett is the alder person of the 27th Ward.
Um, you have a copy of a letter of appointment
and the package before you, um, would you like for him
to have some words?
Thank you. Y'all heard the dean
tell y'all don't be talking.
Okay. So, um, with that there being no further questions,
alderman, uh, bill has recommended the approval
and appointment of Walter Red
and Burnett is al the person of 27 4 by affirmation vote
of all me members present for roll call to determine forum.
Um, all in favor? Aye. All, all opposed?
The ayes have it.
And approval of this appointment will be reported out at the
next city council meeting.
September 25th, 2025.
Now, uh, our new alderman, alderman Burnett,
Thank you.
Thank you Madam Chairwoman. Thank you Madam Chairwoman.
Thank you to my now colleagues, my friends and neighbors
and everyone in the room.
I really appreciate the opportunity to serve this council.
I'm a native son of Chicago, born and raised CPS graduate.
I grew up roaming the halls of this building itself, um,
learning a lot about what it means to be a,
a public servant, learning what it really means to,
to be in service of, of our community.
And now is even more of an important time to make sure
that we have a true understanding of what we are doing here
in City Hall and what we're doing here on a national level.
Um, as an adult, I spend a lot of time working in New York
to understand how the world works
and how everything is interconnected
and why it's so important for us to work
together at the root of it all.
I'm grounded in the principles I learned in church at First
Baptist that I've honed here at City Church.
And that is to be in service of others
and to do it willingly.
And so I appreciate you all for the opportunity
to serve this city and to pour in my heart
and my, my spirit, uh, to everything I have in this council
and for the rest of this city.
So thank you.
Thank you. Um, for the record Alderman, uh,
'cause uh, CCHO Lopez, alderman Fuentes, alderman Rodriguez
and Al and Posada are in the room
and have been in the room, uh, for our roll call vote
and will be recognized.
Yes, Alder McCart Donut is now in the room. Thank you.
And was in the room for our, um,
and oh, alderman Vasquez also.
Okay, anybody else?
I got you already. Uh, we have, um,
you should have received item two,
which is a direct introduction for the resolution amending
and identifying chairman, vice chairman
and members of standing committees
of the city council for 2023.
You should have received a copy of that resolution,
which only includes uh, our newly, um, alderman,
our new colleague, alderman Burnett.
Can I get a motion to recommend the
appointment of this resolution?
Updating the committees of assignment by an affirmative vote
of all members present to determine roll call.
So moved by Alderman Mosley. All those in favor?
Um, the adoption is resolution will be reported out at the
next city council meeting.
We have a cleanup ordinance, um,
which is resolution R
2 0 2 5 0 0 1 7 5 5 5
amending the resolution.
Identifying the sergeant at Arms for the City Council
for 2023 to 22 7 20 27 term
by removing Laveda Pernell
and adding Lincoln Hayes as Assistant sergeant at arms.
You should have had a copy of this in the resolution package
before you, can I get a motion?
So moved by Alderman Dow. Um, all all in favor?
All opposed and opinion
of the chairs the ayes have the adoption
of this re resolution will be reported out at the next city
council meeting on 2025.
Um, there being no further business before this committee.
Can I get a motion to adjourn? So moved by everybody.
And can I, um, so all in favor as aye.
And all, all those opposed the ayes have at this meeting is
adjourned.