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Alderman Laspada, not present. Alderman
Robinson, not present. Alderman
Hall, Hall is present. Alderman
Mitchell, not present. Alderman
Beale, Beale is present. Alderman
Chico, Chico is not present in chambers.
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chambers. Alderman Moseley, not present in
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chambers. Alderwoman Scott, Scott
is present. Alderperson
Fuentes, Fuentes is present.
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present. Alderwoman Rodriguez-Sanchez, not
present. Alderman Quazada,
not present in chambers.
Alderwoman Metz, not present in chambers.
Alderman Knudson, Alder Knudson is
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chambers.
Your Mayor, we have a quorum.
Very well. We have 36, 36 members present.
We do have a quorum. There
are...
there are
nine members that wish to participate
in today's meeting
remotely for reasons stated in Rule 59.
Madam Clerk, can you verify the fall- following alders
to be present online? Metz, Tabares, Quazada,
Taylor, Moseley, Chico, Moore,
Gutierrez. Eight members.
Okay. Alderman Chico.
I am present, Clerk.
Chico is present. Alderman
Moore.
Alderman Moore,
not present. Alderwoman Taylor. Here.
Taylor is present. Alderman Moseley.
Present.
Moseley is present. Alderwoman Tabares.
A- Alderman Tabares, present.
-barres is present. Alderman Qaza- Qua-
Quazada.
Present.
Okay, present. And Alderwoman Metz.
M- Metz is present.
And Alderwoman Gutierrez.
Okay, Gutierrez is not on there. And
Alderman O'Shay is now present in chambers.
Alderman David Moore is now present in chambers.
Any others that I missed? Any others online?
Okay. Your Mayor-
A motion to approve the participation of the following members to
participate online. It's been moved.
All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Any opposed, say nay.
In the opinion of the Chair, the ayes have it.
Madam Clerk, please, um, add those who have been verbally
confirmed online to be able to participate in today's meeting
remotely. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all. Thank you. Please remain
standing for our invocation, which will be
delivered by Pastor Donovan Price of Solutions and
Resources.
Let us pray.
Oh God, our God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, the God of Ida B. Wells, Harold Washington, and every
praying grandmother on every block of this city, we call on you right
now. Father, we stand in this chambers not just as officials but
as your servants, not just as counsel but as a people who
know we need you. Because if You don't guide us, nothing we build
will stand. Somebody oughta say amen.
Lord, you have kept Chicago through the fire and through the fro- flood,
through pandemics and protests, through violence and victory, through storms
in the sky and storms in our soul. So, we pause to say thank you for
being a keeper, a protector, a way-maker, a mind
regulator. And God, we lift this city up from Rogers
Park to Roseland, from Austin to the East Side, from the Lake to the
last alley where somebody is praying for another chance.
Let your healing roll down like waters and your justice like a mighty
stream. Father, we lift up this nation, wrestling with division,
fear and confusion, but You are still the God who can speak,
"Peace be still." So, speak peace over America.
Speak peace and unity over Illinois. Speak power-...
purpose and protection over Chicago.
We pray for the hungry, those choosing between groceries and
rent. Let compassion rise up in this city like bread in the
oven. Let no child go to bed hungry on our watch.
We pray for the immigrant, the asylum seeker, the refugee,
those who've been pushed by fear, by violence, by famine, by
ICE detentions and uncertainty. Let us that you told us to
love the strangers, for many of us were once strangers, too.
We lift up those who are touched by the plague of gun violence, every
grieving mama, every broken father, every sibling lighting
candles on cold sidewalks. God, wrap your arms around the
victims and the families who survived them.
Bless the outreach workers, the first responders, crisis
teams, pastors, nurses, violence interrupters, trauma surgeons and
those who run towards the hurt when others run away.
Lord, as we approach the holiday season, let the spirit of gratitude fall on
this city like fresh snow. Let healing come to families who haven't
spoken. And as 2026 approaches, God, we ask for a new
year like no other, a year of rebuilding and rest- uh, restoration,
revival in our homes, our blocks and our schools.
Now, Father, stretch your hands over all these alderpersons, this
mayor. Infuse their minds with wisdom, their hearts with
compassion, their decisions with righteousness.
Let every vote be seasoned with justice, every debate soaked with
respect. Let every choice reflect the people, not the pressure.
And let the Chicago rise because they choose to rise.
God, do a new thing in Chicago. And when history looks back on
this day, on this meeting, on this council, let it be said that
Your Spirit moved, Your power showed up, and Your people answered the
call. We seal this prayer in the name of the one who still makes
miracles. Let the whole city say amen.
Let the whole chamber shout hallelujah.
And let everybody believe in God and in the future shout amen
again.
Amen.
Public comments?
Mr. Mayor.
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
aldermatic review. Our first speaker this morning is Anthony R.
Campos.
Hi.
Good morning.
I come to, uh, to you guys today to discuss a couple of things
and to bring up, uh, the major
issues, uh, the Mexicans are
facing within America.
These issues are impacting our communities
and our people. For over the past two
months, ICE decided to attack
peaceful protesters and
unsuspecting, um, Mexicans
from within their homes,
their schools, and their places of
work.
ICE, uh, conducted themselves
with irrational tactics
that resulted in deaths of countless
individuals.
We figure, uh, that the- the relations between America and
Mexico, uh, must become
better if, uh, people's fundamental
rights
are infringed upon.
These civil matters should be addressed
so that the people in America
have a c- an accountable, an accountable,
transparent
government, okay? Again, the issues are loss of
trust,
uh, and, uh, for everyone in the United States
who needs to be protected fr- uh, by the
governments that are here,
everybody.
The ICE, uh, attacks happened around September
27th
to October 25th
when Mexicans were attacked for the color of their skin.
Basic rel- uh, religious rights were not protected
either.
Uh, countless families were extorted
and removed
without due process. I ask that you
explain to me, and I quote,
"What do killers and
criminals
have to do with the old Mexican lady
whose only bad deed was having a
heart,
going out of her way to provide for her family?"
Our communities have seen a dramat- a dramatic
and drastic
decrease in customers to our, uh, restaurants
and places of work. Uh...
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this morning is George
Blakemore.
... black people since, since he brought up the race card.
H- he's talking about Mexicans.
So when the race card is played, I play it
well. Black
people, m- go to the Black ghetto
and you reading the Sun-Times say this
head tax is gonna be shifted
to the Black community, poor Black people with their
property. These Mexicans, since
you brought up Mexicans, I didn't.
They wade across the Rio Grande. They're
illegal.
They are illegal. The mere fact that they did not
go through immigration and naturalization
doesn't entitle them to arrive here.
We have a process here,
and when they don't go by the process, welcome
ICE.
Welcome ICE. Anyway, look at your minutes.
This whole body
is a Democratic machine here,
a one-party system. Now I've used the
French Revolution as an example. The people are not
here. Where are the people today? They're not here.
They're not here for whatever reason.
But Marie Antoinette say freedom came.
A revolution. A revolution means to
purge, to cleanse, to get rid of all of
them. The Black ones, the white
ones, the Hispanic, the Chinese, all of them.
A revolution. Mr. Blakemore, you talking about violence.
America was built on violence. The American
Revolution was the mother country of,
England. The French Revolution, the Civil
War, the World War I, World War II, these, these...
All these wars, these people are violent.
They're
violent. And I don't think that you can vote them out.
I don't think you're gonna be successful in voting them out.
So Mr. Blakemore, you, uh, uh, uh, you getting real serious now.
What are you talking about? A revolution.
Malcolm X said, "By any means
necessary." It might sound violent, but
this country was built on violence.
Enslaving Black people in America,
enslaving us white whel-
black labor! We got Black faces
in high places spelling Black people out.
He played the race card. I'm playing it
too. I'm playing it too.
So...
(babbles)
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Dennis
White.
Well,
well, that was a wonderful prayer itself, for we didn't get taxed
for the prayer, first of all. Second of
all, if
you think that ICE is doing all those terrorist and
things, then
the illegal immigrants need to go back South of the
border and then reapply for, uh,
asylum. Do it the right way, because we are
flooded. The fi- resources, finance,
everything. But when Laken Riley got
killed, I didn't hear no Hispanic
citizen say nothing about her death.
When that other girl who got killed and raped at the age of
12 in Houston, I didn't hear nobody say nothing.
But when ICE come and started
snatching illegals out, now here come
the hell-raising, here come the uproar.
Then you want the Blacks to help fi- be your guard dog.
No, no, no, no. That's not gonna happen here.
Not in 2025, '26, and '27. ICE gonna be
here as long as Donald Trump is in the White
House. That's one thing. Number
two, 25 to 10, your
budget just got shot down. So what's the next
plan? You already trying to hit everybody else with these property
tax that, that the last time you trying to hit us with a
$300 million property tax, that didn't work out very well
for you. You see there, you just like a
Gomar Mahdavi imitation. That's what you are,
Brandon Johnson. You want to play the socialist game.
You're not trying to help the Blacks
to, you know, get on their feet and
stuff, and then you lie. You have the media protecting
you. You have everybody to shield your
shame. It fell for God, and the problem
is you don't know how to manage the city, just like
your twin brother that didn't know how to manage the city, and she got voted
out. You gonna be voted out. The only thing that's gonna happen is
you waiting to collect that $5 million budget.
If you want to tax the rich, tax yourself.
That's the first thing you should do.
And then you over here want to hurt
business and stuff. If you go, you haven't walked down State Street not one
time and see how
terrible it is. It used to been flourish, business, everything.
You could have a parade...... but now it look like a ghost
town. Michigan, the Mi- the Magnificent Mile is gonna be next
because of your bad policy. So if
the Latinos or
what this young man say
about ICE, it should be you and your bad
policy about the sanctuary law. And I think that need to be
uplifted, plus you being impeached.
Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker is Reverend Dr.
Wallace "Gator" Bradley.
I want to say, uh,
to God be the glory.
Mayor Johnson, I want to
say this,
freedom of speech has a
occupational hazard, especially in this country.
Everybody got a right to say what they want to say.
I'm of the opinion
and belief that God has found favor in you and in
Chicago.
And I say continue to walk by faith.
You may need a certain amount of numbers to pass your
budget, but know that there's only one
number that matters, two or three in his name.
Don't stop. We with you,
regardless of the color of their hats.
It's going to dawn on them
that this budget is really a people's budget when it come down to it, because it's
going to be the people what's in this chamber
that's going to aid and assist you
to pass the people's budget. I don't
want to waste, um, no more time by saying stay
true to God, because he found favor in you and in
Chicago. To God be the glory, that's Gator's
story.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this morning is Norma Rios
Sierra.
Lower this a little bit (laughs) . Good morning.
My name, my name is Norma Rios Sierra, I serve on the Chicago Board of
Education. Um, I've had the pleasure of hearing a few of you
at our board meetings, uh, most recently at our August
28th budget board meeting. Um,
I just came to remind you guys of some big promises that the
majority of you made. There was a letter that was signed by
many of you. Um, let me pull it up.
We had
Alderman Dowell, Alder Robinson, Alder Yancy, Alder
Harris, Alder Chico, Alder Lee, Alder Ramirez, Gutierrez, Lopez, Coleman,
Curtis, Oshie, Taylor, Mosley,
Rodriguez, Tavares, Cintra, Lopez, Alder Cruz, Alder
Cardona, Alder Villegas, Alder Esposito, Alder Nugent, Alder
Vasquez, Alder Lawson, Alder Martin, Alder Hadden, and Alder
Silverstein. You signed a letter
that was very generous and very passionately supported
Chicago Public Schools. I'm going to quote a
few, few short quotes from this letter
just so you know the impact that this letter made.
We were not able to pass within our budget
alternates to be able to save us in case this body did not
surplus the TIFF that we were expecting.
We weren't able to do that because this body signed this letter that said
they were demanding that the Chicago Board of Education avoid cutting
175 million from schools to pay for the MEABF
payment, pension payment. You all were demanding that we not make
that payment.
You all said, "We will support a TIFF surplus to help balance both the city and
CPS budget. We recommend you approve the budget presented by
CPS. We demand sensible leadership
and stability for our children and workers of Chicago Public
Schools." You all demanded that we pass a
budget that heavily relied on a historic TIFF
surplus. Y'all made some big promises to our
Chicago Public Schools. If we do not get that TIFF
surplus, we're going to be sending a lot of pink slips for Christmas
and we're going to put it right back on you. It is on you.
Put your money where your mouth is.
You promised our children a balanced budget this
year. We need that. Our children need
that. Every school in your district will be
impacted. It will be on
you. CTU created
a calculator
that tells us, that breaks down the heavy impact that your schools will
see. (sighs) Alderman Irving, in your
ward, Allen Locke Charter School would lose
$683,000. That would be ten
positions cut immediately. Our children would come back from Christmas break and
their teachers would not be in
school.
Alder Waguespack-
Thank you very much for your comments.
However, your time has expired.
Our next speaker is Jessica
Jackson.
That's how you run. See how you running? You see that's how you run.
Anyway, so
in response to ICE. ICE is here. ICE is
supposed to be here.President Trump is doing what the
majority of the country asked him to do and what they voted
for, mass deportation. It doesn't matter that a bunch of
illegals don't want it.
What matters is that the taxpayers and the legitimate
citizens do want it. So if you feel some type of
way about it, you take that energy and you go to your country
with it. The people here have paid taxes and
have fo- got their citizenship to vote for what it is that they
want. The fact, the fact that you don't agree with it is neither
here nor there. Now, the real issue that
I'm here about today, outside of the fact that, of course, you didn't show
up to help, you know, with my situation, and I didn't expect
you to, but Black people needed to see what you on.
And that's, that was the purpose of that.
But what I am learning in this whole process is that
because we have voted for Trump and because we're talking about
Chicago flipping red, that we're getting retaliated
against. We're getting retaliated against in the courts.
We're getting retaliated against in public places, like when Zoe talked
about what happened at the Trump Towers the other night.
Let me be clear, and again, I don't know if you're Haitian or
not, that's just allegedly, but let me tell you something
about Black Americans. We understand our right to vote and
we can vote for anybody we want to, be it Democratic,
be it Republican, be it Independent, be it the Green Party, the
Liberation Party. We vote however we wanna vote.
So says the water holes and the dog bites that my mother and father
took in Jim Crow Mississippi. Do you understand that?
Do you understand that I am 63 years old and I've been voting since I was 18
years old? I vote the way I wanna vote, and so does everybody
else in the United States of America.
That's what peaceful protest looks like, not a bunch of
weirdos attacking ICE cars and ICE
agents,
having to get tear gas because they're attacking the
police. Police attacked us.
That's how we got the right to vote.
You're gonna respect that. And everybody else in this
room, we don't have to vote for y'all while y'all sitting around dogging us out,
not giving us our money. My property taxes are increasing, but it's
nonsense for Mexicans and immigrants, while at the
same time, Mexico is asking for Trump to intervene in
Mexico 'cause they want the Americans out of Mexico.
They don't want Guatemalans and all that in their country.
And he gonna come over here with this nonsense at this mic.
I'm telling you, you don't never bother me.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Your Honor, there are no further speakers who have timely signed up for the
public comment period. Very well. This concludes the public comment period.
Chair recognizes Alder Halu
Gutierrez.
Thank you, Mayor. Just wanted to be recorded.
I've been here, but wasn't as a panelist. Thank you.
Mr. Clerk, could you please add Alder
Gutierrez?
We don't. Could you add her to the, uh, quorum roll call? Thank you.
The chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, can I be, uh, uh, recognized as present for the purpose...
We can do that. Mr. Clerk, please add Alderman Mitchell to the, uh,
quorum roll call. The chair recognizes Alderman Curtis.
Also would like to be added to the roll call.
Very well. Mr. Clerk, could you please add Alderman Derek Curtis to the quorum roll
call? Are there any other alders that we missed that wish to be added to the
quorum? Very well. The next up is resolutions.
We don't have any. Communications. Mr.
Clerk, do we have any?
Uh, comm- uh, communication from His Honor the Mayor to the, uh, the honorable City
Council of the City of Chicago. Ladies and gentlemen, at the request of the
Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmitted with an ordinance amending
Enterprise Zone 2. Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be
appreciated. Very truly yours, signed Brandon Johnson, Mayor.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
The honorable Annable- Anna Valencia, city clerk, hereby informs the City Council
that the following document was filed in her office.
The Executive Order 2025-9, Coordination of Outreach,
Logistical Support, and Relief Efforts Related to SNAP Benefit
Disruptions and Economic Destabilization Related to Immigration
Enforcement. City Clerk Valencia also transmits the following miscellaneous
communications requiring City Council action.
Claims against the City of Chicago, which are referred to the Committee on Finance,
zoning reclassification of areas shown on map number 17-G at
6925 through 6939 North Sheridan Road and
1151 through 1163 West Morse Avenue, which
is referred to Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards.
Your Honor, that concludes the reports and communications from the Honor- honorable
Mayor Johnson and other city officers.
Very well. Committee reports, we have one.
The chair recognizes Finance Chair
Dowell.
Uh, same...
One second. The chair recognizes Alderman, just pardon me, Rodriguez-Sanchez.
Mr. President, can I be added to the roll, please?
Mr. Clerk, very well. Could you add
Alder Rodriguez-Sanchez to the quorum roll call? Pardon me.
The chair recognizes Chairwoman Dowell.
Uh, thank you, Mr. President. Uh, Mr.
President and members of the City Council, the City Council's Committee on
Finance held a meeting on November 17th,
2025 to consider an ordinance amending titles
1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11,
14A, 14B and 14X of the municipal
code and other amendments which relate to revenue derived
from certain taxes, fines and fees, also known as the
2026 Revenue Ordinance. This item received a do
not pass recommendation in committee.
Chairman Urmson and I defer and publish this item.
Very well. Chairman Urmson, can you confirm? Very well.
This item will be deferred in publics. Thank you.
Next up, the agreed upon
calendar.
...
We don't have any. Very well.... for a
new business. Do we have any, Mr. Clerk?
The clerk will begin with the 50th.
Present. Just... or, Scott, I'll, I'll take care of the greet.
Oh, we don't... We don't, uh, we don't have any.
Okay.
So we're good. Thank you, though. For new business, the clerk will call the wards
beginning with the 50th 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; an
exemption from physical barrier requirements for commercial driveway alley access
to parking facilities, which are referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Public Way; Alderperson Taylor has a proposed ordinance for amendment of the annual
appropriation ordinance to transfer funds within the Committee on Education,
Contractual Services to Personnel Services, which is referred to the Committee on
the Budget and Government Operations; Alderperson Taylor also has a proposed
ordinance for amendment of the annual appropriation ordinance to transfer funds
within the Committee on Education, Contingencies to Personnel Services, which is
referred to the Committee on the Budget and Government Operations; Alderperson
Ramirez has a proposed ordinance for support of a Class 6B tax incentive for the
property at 2234 West 43rd Street, which is referred to the Committee on
Economic, Capital and Technology Development; and Alderperson Hall has a proposed
ordinance for amendment of Municipal Code, sections- section
4-4-331, to prohibit sale of cannabinoid hemp products
in Grand Crossing Chatham residential area, which is referred to the Committee on
License and Consumer Protection.
Your Honor, that concludes the presentation of aldermanic introductions.
Thank you, Mr. Clerk. There is no journal to be approved.
Now for unfinished business. Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I'm aware of one piece of unfinished business.
It was filed by Alderman Conway and I defer to him.
Very well. The chair recognizes Alderman Conway.
Uh, thank you, Mr. President. Uh, this
item was- was D and P'd last week. You might have seen that I was pretty fired up
when it was. In fact, I think Alders Quinn and O'Shay came up to me and said,
"You know, we weren't really sure you were Irish until we saw how you responded to
that." And I will tell you why I was- why I was a bit upset, is because this is
a pretty, uh, a- a pretty important project.
We have 400,000 square feet of
vacant space at 105 West Adams, um,
that will be reused here to- to create 400
residential units,
300 union construction jobs. Um,
so also, we have a- it is a minority-owned developer, Primera
Group, whose principal and owner is Gabriel Martinez, a son of Little
Village. Uh, and the- and the, uh,
developer's committed to- to going above and beyond the MBE requirements of
44% MBE, as well as WBE and veteran-owned
housing, so- or veteran-owned, uh, development rather, hiring.
So, um, based on the importance of this project
to the redevelopment efforts of the
City of Chicago, I would
kindly, yet firmly ask you to pass it.
Very well. Do you wish to make a motion, Alderman Conway?
And- and- and I'm happy to have that done by voice vote.
Very well. What's your motion?
An, uh, motion, uh, to pass.
Very well. There's a motion on the floor by Alderman Conway
on item
020250020463 regarding the
historic lan- historical landmark designation for the Bankers
Building at 105 West Adams. Um, a
voice vote is what's been requested.
All those in favor of the passage of this item, signify by saying, "Aye."
Aye. Any opposed, say, "Nay." The motion passes.
Alderman Mitchell, a motion to reconsider?
Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
All those the reconsideration of this motion, signify by saying, "Aye." Any
opposed, say, "No."
This motion fails. Alderman Mitchell, anything else for
unfinished business?
Mr. President, I'm not aware of any more unfinished business.
Very well. For miscellaneous business, Alderman Mitchell.
Except for the ordinance setting a date and time of the next meeting, I am not
aware of- of any miscellaneous business.
And for the date and time of the next meeting, Alderman Mitchell.
Okay. The chair recognizes Alderman Beale.
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I would like to offer...
Well, first I would like to, um, suspend the rules for a temporary
consideration of a resolution.
Okay. There's a motion on the floor for the suspension of the rules to take up a- a
consideration or a resolution.
Mr. President, uh-
Ho- ho- hold on a second. The chair recognizes Alderman
Irvin.
Yes, uh, what resolution are we considering?
This has been-
Suspension of rules, right here.
Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Need to know what we're considering the suspension of rules for
before we s-
Hold
W- why... Then pass it out before we-
Stay here. So Alderman Irvin is asking Alderman Beale
before we-
Can I have the clerk pass that, please?
Uh, before for the suspension of the rules, this body is asking what the resolution
is. Okay? So-
No problem.
... Alderman Beale is prepared to pass that resolution out.
Uh, could we help-
Resolution's being passed right... Mr.- Mr.
President, it is a simple-
Oh, just a second. The rules have not been suspended yet.
Let's give a second so that the resolution can be considered, and then I'm
happy to defer back to you. Please, uh, please
continue. Yes, you can pass it out.
I don't- I don't think that's out of order.
She's got both, both
privileges.
Here, you need it in on that top.
All
right. Wow, that should... Okay.
You
got to... Perfect. They did
both, everything for me. Right back to my kitchen.
Everything.
So funny.
Like that one, right?
Mm-hmm.
Does everyone have a copy of the resolution?
Very well. Does this body need time to read the
resolution?
Yes.
Thank you.
Thank
you.
Thank you.
I'm good. Thank you. Chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.
Thank you, Mr. President. Um, with the resolution that has been
given, uh, this is an item that normally goes to our committee on committees and
rules-
That's true. Mr. President-
Um, I gotchu, I gotchu.
Um, this is an item that normally would go to our committee on committees and
rules. And, uh, with that, I object to the c- uh, the suspension of the
rules and ask for a roll call vote.
Very well. There's a motion on the floor
for the suspension of the rules to be able to take up this resolution.
There's a motion for a roll call vote.
Can I explain the resolution, Mr. President?
The chair recognizes Alderman Beale.
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, this is a very simple
resolution that only requires, um, 26 votes to
suspend the rules, but I think we can all agree...
I think, I think I got the floor.
I think we can all agree that Mr. Bennett Lawson has done
a yeoman's job as acting chair of the zoning
committee, and I think we all
have a great level of respect for the job that he has done.
And I think it, it behooves us to move
forward and remove the acting chair from
Mr. Lawson, who has probably been chair this term longer
than anybody else that has been in that position this
term. The business community respects
him. We respect him. And I think it just
behooves us to go ahead and move forward in putting him in as
permanent chair of the zoning committee.
I think we owe that to him because of the job that he has done
so we can move forward in this city. Thank you, Mr. President.
Uh, you're welcome. You're welcome.
Chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Thank you, Mr. President, and good morning members of the committee.
I just wish to speak to the motion on, on taking this up as a point of
business today.
The motion for suspending
the rules? The motion for suspending the rules.
Suspending the rules?
Correct.
Okay.
We have within our ability,
the, the power to suspend the rules,
but also to take this up in an immediate nature because this is a matter of
internal
concern. This does not affect city policy.
This is a, a resolution for this chamber which allows us to
introduce it today, to act today, and to get it done today.
And I think that's what the, to my co- my other colleague who said
that normally we would have this go to rules,
yes, we have a lot of things go to rules in a timely fashion,
but to the point that our colleague just made, this has been
going on for months and months and months on end.
And both for your administration and for the workings of this
body, we need a
permanent chair and I would ask all of my colleagues to know that you
have the full weight and authority to suspend now, act
now, and move on now. Thank you.
Thank you. Alderwoman Harris also wishes to be
added to the quorum roll call. Uh,
Mr., Madam Clerk, could you please confirm
Alderwoman Harris's participation online?
Alderwoman Harris.
Alderwoman Harris is here.
Alderwoman Harris is online.
Very well. Please add Alderwoman Harris to the quorum roll call.
There's a motion on the floor to suspend the rules.
There's been a roll call vote that requires 34 votes to suspend the
rules. Mr. Clerk, could you please make the
e-vote, Madam Clerk, the application available at this
time? Chair recognizes Alderman
Villegas.
Mr. President, I have to stand up here and, and
appreciate the, uh, the body taking the, uh,
opportunity to go ahead and, and, um, try to
resolve an issue with a vacancy that's been taking place.
Um, but there's been a lot of discussion with a lot of the members
around historically how that position, uh, has been
represented. I can tell you that in the past, we've always had
representation at the level with budget,
finance, as well as zoning. And at this time right here, there's not enough
diversity within, within the, those important chairmanships.
And so, Mr. President, in... I'd like to make a
motion to strike and insert, uh,
Alderman Villegas as the zoning chairman, uh, so that
way we can move forward. And I, and I ask for a roll call vote on
that.
There's a motion to strike a name out from a resolution to put someone else's
name in.
Just a second, you all.
In order for us to consider this resolution at all, to
add or strike names, we have to suspend the rules first.
If the rules are suspended, then we're happy to refer back
to the motion that Alderman Villegas has
made. Mr. Clerk, please proceed. M- Madam Clerk, please
proceed.
It's
coming, don't worry.
(whispers) Take a deep breath. You're okay.
Okay, voting is now open. The voting is now open.
Please use your devices. If you need assistance, please raise your
hand. Motion to suspend the rules for immediate
consideration of the
resolution.
Hold it.
I will now on, I will now call on those who have not yet cast their vote.
Alderman, Alderperson Robinson.
Alderperson Robinson is a no. Alderperson
Yancey. Alderman Yancey is a yes. Alderwoman
Harris.
Alderwoman-
Alderwoman Harris is a no. Alderman
Chico.
Alderman Chico.
Alderwoman Gutierrez.
No.
Alderwoman Gutierrez is a no.
Alderman Moore. Alderman Moore is a no.
Alderman O'Shea.
Alderman O'Shea is a yes. Thank you. Alderman Taylor.
No.
Alderman Taylor is a no. Alderman Moseley.
No.
Alderman Moseley is a no. Alderwoman Sabaris.
Yes.
Alderwoman Sabaris is a yes.
Alder, Alderperson Fuentes. Alderperson Fuentes is a
no. Alderman Burnett.
Alderman Casada.
No.
Alderman Casada is a no. Alderwoman
Mitts.
Alderwoman
Mitts.
Alderman Lawson.
Alderman Lawson is a no.
Alderman Mitts is a no.
Alderwoman Mitts is a no.
No.
Alderman Chico.
Yeah. And Alderman Burnett.
Alderman Burnett is a no.
Alderman Chico, one more time. Voting is now
closed.
There are 18 yays, 30 nays. Demotion to suspend the rules has
failed. For the date and time of the next meeting, the chair recognizes Alderman
Mitchell.
Mr. President, I ask that the ordinance setting the date
and- I've handed up an ordinance to the clerk setting the date and time of the next
meeting.
Thank you, Alderman Mitchell. Mr.
Clerk, could you please read the ordinance?
You know, by the city council of the City of Chicago, section one, the next regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Chicago shall be held on Wednesday,
December 10th, 2025 beginning at 10:00 AM in the council
chambers on the second floor in city hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago,
Illinois. Section two, this ordinance shall take effect and be enforced from and
after its passage.
Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Alderman Mitchell.
For the omnibus.
Hearing no objections, so ordered. For the omnibus, Alderman Mitchell.
I move that matters in the omnibus be passed by voice vote.
Very well. All those in favor of passing the omnibus, signify by saying aye.
Any opposed saying no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.
The omnibus is passed. Alderman Mitchell on the motion to reconsider.
I move to re- reconsider the
All those in favor of the reconsideration of the vote, signify by saying aye.
All those opp- opposed say no. Motion
fails. Very well. For adjournment,
Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, there being no further business before this body, I move that we
adjourn.
Hearing no objections, so ordered.
The meeting is
adjourned.