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Council will come to order.
Madam Clerk, please take a quorum. Roll call.
Advised to record your votes and mark your attendance.
I will now call those who did not respond.
Alderman Robinson not present in chambers.
Alderman Hall not present in chambers.
Alderman Harris not present in chambers. Alderman Beal.
Alderman Beal is present. Alderwoman Ramirez,
not present in chambers.
Alderman Coleman not present in chambers.
Alderman Curtis. Alderman is present.
Alderman Osha alderman, OSHA is present.
Alderman Mosley not present in chambers.
Alderman Rodriguez not present in chambers. Alder person.
Fuentes not present in chambers. Alder person.
Rodriguez Sanchez not present in chambers.
Alderwoman Nugent. Alderman Nugent is present.
Alderman Vazquez not present in chambers.
Alderwoman. Clay not present in chambers.
Alderman, Hadden not present in chambers.
Your Honor, we have a quorum.
Very well. There are 38 present, 12 that are absent.
We do have a quorum. Alders Mosley, Harris
and Ramirez have requested
to participate in today's meeting remotely
for reasons stated in Rule 59.
Can we receive confirmation that they are available online?
Alderman Harris. Here, Orman Harris Here,
um, alderman Mosley.
Alderman Mosley and Alderman Rodriguez.
Ramirez is present.
Farewell. So Ramirez and Harris are both present. Mosley's
Present And Mosley is present.
Thank you Mme. McClure. Can I get a motion for the approval
of their participation remotely?
It's been moved. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
Any opposed, say nay. And the opinion of the chair?
The ayes have it. Madam MCC clerk, please, um, add them both
to the quorum role.
Call. Uh, let's stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, please.
The rise
aye 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.
You can kindly, uh, remain standing, uh, for our invocation,
which will be delivered by
Pastor Jason Heston from the church in the square.
Thank you Mayor Johnson. Let's pray.
Heavenly father, you are good
and your steadfast love endures forever.
What a gift to wake up with breath in our lungs
and purpose in our hearts.
What a joy to be commissioned as your servants
and neighbors to do justice, love, mercy,
and walk humbly with you are God.
What a privilege to seek the welfare of our city together.
I pray for my friends, these who offer their intellect,
their ability, their time,
and their volition to be a terror to bad conduct
and participants in good trouble.
I pray that in their hustle, they would know your peace,
in their weakness, they would know your strength,
and in their desire, they would know your
goodness, truth and beauty.
May the words of our mouths
and the meditations of our hearts be pleasing to you,
our Lord, our rock and our redeemer.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Amen. Alright, you may have your seat
chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.
Thank you, uh, Mr. President.
Um, looking at today's agenda, uh, the question
that I I'll ask to the body is that, uh,
we have no committee reports.
Is there any other business that is sought to be done?
Um, today? If there is no business, then uh, I would ask
for a motion to adjourn.
But if there is other business,
then we should proceed if there is other business.
So if
Yes, the chair recognizes Alman, uh, bill
And Mr. Chairman, our rules
say that if we do have a quorum, we have
to have public comment first before we look to a ground.
So, all right, let's, okay.
So the question is, do we want to proceed
with the meeting if there's no business, barring, of course,
the, um, portion of the meeting for public comment.
So the question is still the same, even with
with with public comments.
Does this body wish to
carry out an entire meeting if there's no business?
Uh, well chair recognizes Alderman Lopez.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I concur with the, with our colleague from the ninth Ward.
Unless we are suspending the rules.
Um, to avoid public comment, we have to continue
until a motion is made to adjourn in order, in the order
as prescribed by the rules of order and procedure. Very,
Very well. I think what,
and I'm just gonna interpret the,
the question was asked, should the meeting proceed?
If there's no business? It's not a matter of whether
or not public comments will be permitted.
I don't believe anybody has an issue with public comments.
But the question is absent.
Would you all need to come to order?
Otherwise, I'm gonna ask you all to leave
so public comments.
But the question is
after public comments, then, do people wish to carry on
with a meeting with no business?
The chair recognizes Alderman. Bill. Thank
You, Mr. President. Mr. President.
Uh,
after public comment, I do have business
that we need to attend to. Oh,
Okay. Well then there we have
it. The chair
recognizes Alderman Vazquez.
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
One just wanted to be kind of a roll call,
but two, I had a question related
to items on agreed calendar as we had resolutions
that might pass in this meeting.
So is that something that would
move forward as part of business?
Okay. Well, I think we've already determined
that business will proceed, so thank you.
It was just a question. Alright.
The chair recognizes Alderman Hall,
like, like to be added to the role.
Yes. Please add Alderman Alderman Hall
and Vasquez to the Quorum roll call.
Alright. Are there any other ALS that wish to be added
to the Quorum roll call?
Very well, Mr. Clerk.
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.
Our first speaker this morning is George Blakemore.
Good morning. A non-functional government,
a nonfunctional government, the mayor,
and these 50 al
non-functional government.
And you know, they, they, this is supposed
to be a part-time job,
but they get paid a full-time money over a hundred thousand
or more expense
and all they can steal,
they are all corrupt here.
A non-functional government, the black ones,
the white ones, the Hispanic, the Asian, all of them
is no check and balance.
Now, what is their political party? They're all Democrat.
They all democrats.
All my life I've been a Democrat.
But when I was looking at this non-functional government
here, I decided, uh, to change
and I said, president Trump, uh, uh, come here
and clean up this swamp.
And then they had a go raid and then flip red.
I, why are you doing this, Mr. Blakemore revenge?
I'm doing it because of revenge.
A non-functioning government like communist China
passes Germany or Russia.
No chicken. One party. That's no good.
What does it do? Mr.
Blakemore is breathe, waste, fraud and abuse.
And they all look while I'm talking.
You see this man right here, O' sha,
and they look at Mr. Hall down here,
but they disrespect us,
especially the people in the black community
with this taxation without representation.
Sit down. Okay, sit down, out in Beverly.
All of y'all, all of y'all disrespectful.
When the public comes to speak, you must keep quiet
and play like you, you listening
to the Speak the Public speaker.
I think you a bully. I think I I told you called you out.
Now you're looking at me. We got to call 'em out one by one.
We got to call 'em out one by one by name.
All of 'em. And did you know this country was
built on violence?
The French Revolution, the American Revolution. Mr.
Blakemore, how can you get 'em all out?
Uhhuh, how can you get 'em all out?
What did the a colonists do?
The Great Britain did They vote 'em out, that they try
to communicate with great.
The boss can keep. Bye.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this morning is
Zoe Lee,
The bogus budget that's trying to be passed today
through the Committee on Finance,
because Christmas is next week.
Just know we will be working hard to unsee all of you.
It's time to clean house.
And our volunteer list is growing every day.
The budget is not for the working class
and not for small businesses to grow only more money.
Tax increment financing Tiff sent to CPS
to continue harming our children.
That's why we must come
for the disgrace 50 in the pitiful 20.
It's uncomfortable truth.
Now, Brandon,
you have really embarrassed the city.
You really do not know what you're doing. You don't care.
And you are arrogant and you act like you a baddy.
You act like we owe you.
Tell Mayor Stacey Davis, gates, gates, Davis,
whatever her name is, to tell you
to step down and get somebody else in here
to save our city.
You can't tax any corporations
'cause we don't have any corporations.
Y'all killed them through COVID. Okay?
So you really owe them something.
If you want to tax corporations,
let's talk about these real estate corporations.
Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo should be paying out the
a for black people.
If you wanna talk about corporations,
you're not laying off anybody,
but you're gonna raise them raises,
then nobody should get no raise.
Nobody, nobody should get a raise. That's crazy.
No boat yacht tax. No tax. Period.
The migrant crisis. That's what you needed to talk about.
That $2.2 billion that you
and the progressive Hispanic KKK caucus stole.
Yeah, let's talk about the CVID 19 surplus money.
Let's talk about that epidemiology money.
Let's talk about that line item for
that $220 million in this 2026 budget that you put in 2024
for new arrivals when I'm homeless,
because you won't settle my case.
'cause you arrogant.
'cause you a baddy, you a Tony Pre Winkle.
Why Tony p Pre Winkle just spent a million dollars on a new
home while y'all property taxes going up through the roof.
Trump the beautiful African ladies of Amer in Chicago,
we need your help, right?
We need your help and we need you to bring the Feds
Federal oversight.
Yeah, we need federal oversight.
'cause they stealing black people's property
and you know that, and he's doing it with the lions.
Then Joshua Davis, Steven Davis,
her the mother, I mean the su
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Alex Goldberg.
I,
Good morning.
I'm gonna do a dramatic reading
of a sometimes article from Friday in the voice
of an appalled billionaire.
Chicago's head tax was long called a job killer,
but is there evidence to back that up?
A WBZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence
that Chicago's previous head tax
or its repeal is to blame for job trends in Chicago
and sheds light on who the mayor's new proposal could affect
by Mariah Wolfel and Amy Quinn December 12th, 2025.
For as long as I've been alive,
Chicago's employer head tax has been derided in one call
for way or another as a job killer.
In 2011 when the city council voted to slash
and repeal the policy by 2014,
former Mayor Rah Emanuel plotted the council members
and declared the head tax is a job killer.
That's right, A WBZ analysis of city tax data
and publicly available economic data reviewed by four
economic and labor experts found a lack of evidence
that Chicago's previous head tax
or its repeal is to blame for job loss or growth in Chicago.
Oh, no, w b's analysis sheds light on
who would potentially be affected by Johnson's proposal.
Less than 1% of all licensed businesses in Chicago,
roughly 20% of jobs at companies across the city
and companies where an average salary is estimated
to be roughly $110,000 per year.
Johnson had argued that those cuts to large, those costs
to large companies are worth the revenue from attacks
earmarked for community safety programs
that have played a role in historic reductions in
Chicago's violent crime.
Civic feder, no Civic federation President Joe Ferguson.
Joe Ferguson has seen compelling evidence
that would constitute calling the head tax has not seen co
evidence to constitute the head tax a job killer.
Everybody asked the question, he said,
and the answer is no, I haven't seen it.
If the head tax had been designed differently
to actually encompass all employers,
I would be more concerned about it being a job killer than
the way it is currently designed.
Said Audrey Guo, an economist at Santa Clara University
when Rah Emanuel worked to kill the head tax.
The union representing librarians, the American Federation
of State County and Municipal Employees Council 31 urged
Emanuel and the city council to reverse course the defense
of a corporate tax giveaway while suggesting
that working folks take a pay cut is out of step
with most people's values.
AFSCME spokes per spokesman.
Andrews Lindel told the Chicago Tribune at the time,
why should the men and women
who make our libraries run bear the funding shortfall alone?
Mayor rah Emanuel's priorities look a lot more like those
of the president's anti-union budget slashing protect the
wealthy political opponents.
That sounds about right. The evidence
is resounding.
The head tax is not a job killer.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Zilli Adame.
I'm so sorry, what was that name again?
Zilli Adame.
Our next speaker is Dominic Capias.
Dominic Caps. Hello. Good idea.
Good morning everyone. Mayor Alders.
My name is Dominic CAPAs.
I am the general manager of Smoke station in Logan Square,
and I came here again today to once again urge you not
to pass the Quinn hemp pen and to tax
and regulate not ban hemp.
Some quick facts. I told you last week
that your press release says 88,000 people died from alcohol
related causes annually.
Well, the CDC D'S own figures put
that estimate at 178,000 for 2024.
Alcohol according to the CDC is the most commonly used
substance among people 12 and older.
Now, there have been no documented deaths from marijuana,
from cannabis, and certainly not from hemp.
But why are we even talking about banning
a substance when we tax
and regulate a substance that is demonstrably more dangerous
to our children in our communities?
We have tens of thousands of liquor stores in Chicago.
We have no problem regulating this.
Now, I'm not against alcohol, I'm a drinker. Mm-hmm.
But we must treat our regulations with reason not rhetoric
and not demagoguery.
Let me show you a quick story with my, one
of my regulars, her name is Miriam.
She and her mother live in severe chronic pain
and only the strong edibles that hemp stores sell,
give them any relief.
Dispensaries are prohibited from selling str uh,
cannabinoids with strength in that, in that quantity.
You can't get over a hundred milligrams from a dispensary
that, I'm sorry for people with severe pain.
That's just not enough.
Looks like I have plenty of time.
My god, I'm faster than I thought.
Number one, I'm gonna speak a bit off the cuff here
with the 50 min, with the 50 seconds that I have.
Look, we sell hemp to regular people.
We card every single individual.
We have never sold hemp to anyone under 21.
I warn people when they ask
for my strong stuff from the strong edibles
and the strong flower DL to be careful
to only do this when you have weight tolerance.
I I point them to a mild product.
If they don't, uh, if I don't think they'll be able
to handle what they're looking at.
And frankly, I do not appreciate being called shady
when we have certificates of authenticity.
Excuse me, COAs,
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this morning is Marla Bramble.
Hi. Good morning, mayor City Council.
Um, I've had the pleasure
and sometimes not pleasure of coming here for years.
I've been fighting to work, uh,
to improve Chicago residents lives,
bringing affordable housing, community safety, healthcare,
and dozens of issues that, that frankly,
if we weren't organizing wouldn't happen in this city.
And you know it, I've worked with many
of you here in this council over many, many years.
We fought side by side
and I want to believe that many
of us still share these values together.
So today I am here supporting the Protect Chicago budget.
We need to keep moving in this direction.
The community safety surcharge
doesn't only protect people
who benefit from the pro programs that it funds,
it benefits all of Chicago.
For years, we've been hearing people say,
Chicago is so dangerous.
No one wants to live here. Everyone's moving out.
The businesses are moving out
while violence still happens,
and none is ever okay, the
statistics are trending downward.
Why would we not fund programs that help
continue on this track?
Why would we stop doing what we know works?
We are finally seeing statistics that we haven't seen
in decades, and we need money to pay for it.
Just like everything we're talking about
for the corporate head tax, we're talking about the top 1%
of corporations with the adjusted, um,
with the adjusted numbers of who pays for this.
Taking this to the top, uh, to corporations
that have over 500 employees.
Y'all, these are, this isn't small business.
These are multimillion multi-billion dollar corporations.
It is less than 2 cents on the dollar for them.
People don't even have pennies in their pocket anymore.
That's how irrelevant it's become.
Not these mil, not the people who are working there
and the salaries that are most affected are over
a hundred thousand dollars.
What are we really talking about?
Do we wanna see violence continue so
that we can have a reason to continue to fight
for draconian measures?
Is that really the agenda?
I really encourage you
to think about when you came into office,
when you were sworn into office and who you pledge to serve.
Are you serving Chicagoans? Are you serving corporations?
Because the way our country is going, we're at risk
of losing our democracy.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Thank you very much. Our next speaker is Brenda Duncans.
Our next speaker is Angie l.
Good morning mayor and members of city council.
My name is Angie and I'm here
with the Latino Union of Chicago.
Across the city, black
and brown workers who keep Chicago running are being pushed
into dangerous and formal labor markets
with almost no protection.
Day. Laborers and street vendors are routinely exposed
to wage theft, discrimination, ice targeting,
and violence simply because they're looking for work
and are brown hiring.
Coroners have become sites of fear and harm where abuse
and intimidation are normalized
and accountability is absent.
As bambino, the face of fascism itself returns to the city.
The risk facing workers only intensify at this moment.
It is paramount that the City
of Chicago offers workers dignified places to work, to look
for work and dignified working conditions rather than
leaving them exposed to violence,
harassment and exploitation.
Because of the, because the city has failed everyday
residents have had to fill the gap.
The Latino Union built a network
of more than a hundred volunteers
who show up at hiring corners to accompany workers
deescalate conflict and document harm.
Neighbors stepped in because government
protections were absent.
While this volunteer network reflects the strength
of our community, it also exposes a bleak reality,
a clear gap in governmental responsibility.
Safe hiring sites offers a real concrete alternative.
They would provide indoor designated locations
where workers can connect with employers safely, earn income
with dignity and access basic protections, especially during
extreme weather and a period
of heightened targeting of our communities.
Without funding this initiative,
exploitation will continue to happen.
We'll continue to go unchecked,
and workers will keep paying the price with their bodies,
their wages, and their livelihoods.
This is not a costly, unrealistic proposal.
This safe hiring side pilot requires $500,000 less than a
fraction of 1% of Chicago's budget
and can be funded through ex existing resources.
Without cutting essential services
for such a modest investment, the city can reduce harm,
limit liability,
and bring stability to neighborhoods
that are currently being ignored.
Chicago depends on the labor
of day laborers and street vendors.
Yet at the moment that labor is being exploited in fuel view
of city, of city Hall, first city
that prides itself on progressive values.
Leaving black and brown workers
behind is not something to be proud.
We urge the city to move forward and fund safe hiring sites.
Thank you. And for the audience and for the audience.
Um, the, the, over the summer, the, uh, a lot
of the hiring corners saw an in surge
of Haitian immigrants there.
So this is a black and brown issue.
This affects, this affects our working class.
And as you can see, xenophobia is rampant.
There are de laborers right now on the street
running from their lives.
I, I just saw it in my,
I just saw it in my in in my in my group chat.
We need government action. Thank
You very much for your comments.
Thank you very much. Our next speaker is Len Feum Thomas.
Don't count this to my minutes,
but black people are the freed men of, uh,
the descendants of slaves only.
There's no such thing as black
and brown if you're not acknowledging descendants
of slaves only when you say black,
but members of the council,
Chicago is facing a 1.15 billion corporate fund deficit
that reality demands, discipline
and shared sacrifice, not gimmicks, not carve outs,
and not raises for people inside this building.
Let's start with facts. The proposed $33 head tax raises
about 80 million less than 7% of the deficit.
While discoursing hiring
and hurting small businesses and nonprofits.
It does not fix the problem, it distracts from it.
If we want real solutions, we have to look at
where the money is actually going first.
Overtime, the CPD reto routinely budgets about 100 million
for overtime and spends closer to 190 million.
Instead of fixing this,
the fiscal year 2006 proposal raises the overtime line
to 200 million normalizing overspending
like the fire department.
We need enforceable caps.
Pre-approval event cost recovery
and civilian scheduling reforms can conservatively save 100
to 150 million a year.
Take this down, uh, counsel, without reducing public safety.
Second wages
and personnel costs, no one is calling for layoffs,
but in a billion dollar deficit year,
a one year pause on across the board raises
for non-critical positions is, is responsible,
protect frontline workers and step in increases.
But Paul's blanket raises that saves one 20 to 180 million.
And that pause must include this body.
Each older person earns about 142,000 a year.
A typical cola adds roughly 7,000 per alderman over
350,000 annually across the council,
compounding into future bus budgets.
In a deficit year, no alderman elected
or appointed should receive a raise
that's about credibility.
Third contract Chicago spends billions annually on vendors
targeted rebidding and, and consolidation in high cost
categories like IT, security
and facilities can generate 150
to 200 million without cutting services for program audit.
Since 2020, many programs expanded using temporary temporary
federal funds, those dollars are gone.
But the cost remain a 90 day outcomes audit
and sunset process can save 150 million while
protecting core services.
Now, C-P-S-C-P-S budgets
for 370 million in TIF surplus support.
Yet the proposal says 552 million.
That's 173 more than planned with no conditions.
That excess should be redirected
to stabilize the city budget.
CPS has acknowledged the ability
to make 175 million payment back to the city,
which should be formalized and tied to efficiency reforms.
That's 348 million without cutting classrooms.
Finally, revenue without taxing jobs,
high value real estate transaction tiers
and enforcement of existing business taxes can raise 150
to 250 million added up in that.
Thank you very much for your comments.
However, your time has expired.
Thank you very much for your comments.
However your time has expired.
Thank you very much for your comments.
However your time has expired.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Brianna Champion.
Good morning everyone. We are disappointed.
We are all disappointed by
how agreeing on this budget has been a fight
and has divided seemingly connected members of city council
from each other and from the communities that you represent.
Some of you ran on similar platforms
and have the same values years ago,
I remember being a much younger organizer in this city
a time before some of you occupied the
seats that you are in today.
And I looked up to you,
I've worked alongside you in some instances
and fighting for the many
and not the few was a value we shared.
What happened since then?
You know, there is no evidence to show that a,
a corporate head tax is a job killer.
That argument only serves the interest of those who stand
to benefit and that is not the majority of Chicagoans.
I understand Nuan nuance and we know there will be give
and take throughout this budget process,
but the facts are very clear.
It's been two months since the Protect Chicago
budget has been proposed.
Does this alternative proposal
even have viable revenue solutions in it?
It honestly appears to have been a rushed attempt
to not tax very large businesses,
and that is dangerous policy practice.
You cannot claim to champion public safety
and be supporting this alternative package.
It should not be this hard
to agree on common sense solutions.
There are other aspects of this budget
and we need to move on to that.
There are only two weeks
before the implications are dire organizing works.
We've seen it year after year, even in these past few weeks.
And important concessions happen when we do the work.
You all have a lot of organizing to do amongst yourselves
and the communities you represent,
not just billionaire funders or large car corporations.
Please have courage in this moment
and stand up for your neighbors that are in economic crisis.
Thank you to the alders who have been courageous so far.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next, our next speaker is Lolly Adame.
Our next speaker is Brenda Duncans.
Your honor, there are no further speakers
who have timely signed up for the public
Very well. Thank you for all the public
comments. There are two members
that wish to participate, uh, remotely, but
before we get to them, chair recognizes Alder Fuentes.
Uh, good morning Mr. President.
I would like to be acknowledged for
the purposes of quorum. Thank you.
Very well. Please add, uh, Alder Fuentes
to the quorum roll call.
The chair chair recognizes Rodriguez Sanchez.
Mr. President, I would like to
be added to the roll please.
Very well. Please add Alder Rodriguez
Sanchez to the quorum please.
There are two members that the chair recognizes. Alder Clay.
Thank you Mr. President. I'd like to be recognized for
Quorum. Very well. Please
add Alderwoman
Clay to the quorum roll call.
The chair recognizes Alderwoman Coleman
Be recognized to be added to the quorum. Very
Well. Mr. Clerk,
please add
Alderwoman Coleman to the corn roll call.
The chair recognizes Alderman Robinson.
He added for roll call. Thank you. Very well.
Please add Alderman Robinson as well.
The two alders that are wishing to participate remotely, uh,
for reason stating in Rule 59 are Alders Hadden.
Mr. Clerk, could you confirm Alder Hadden?
Alder Hadden. Are you there Present?
Alderman Hadden is present. Okay,
and was there anyone else?
We already have Harris Ramirez already.
All right. Can I get a motion for the, for Alder Hadden
to participate in today's meeting remotely?
It's been moved. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
Any opposed, say nay. And the chair. The ayes have it.
Thank you. Uh, resolutions. We do not have any.
Uh, next sub communications.
The Honorable Anna and Valencia city clerk hereby informs
the city council that the following documents were filed in
her office relating to the respective subjects designated
as follows, selection of CPS HR Consulting
to create Inspector General Qualified Candidate Pool
and the Office of Inspector General's report on Chicago's
police department's discipline implementation options
and rec record keeping City Clerk Valencia also informs the
city council that ordinances authorizing the imposition
of tax levies approval of, of budgets
and execution of service pro provider agreements
for special service areas three
and 59 dash 2022, which were passed
by the city council on December 10th, 2025
and which were requested to be published in special pamphlet
form were published in special pamphlet form on
December 11th, 2025.
City Clerk Valencia also informs the city council
that the ordinance amending an ordinance
regarding the acquisition
of property at 1 14 14 South Halston Street from Albertson
LLC for use by the city as a migrant shelter,
which was passed by the city council on December 10th, 2025.
And which was requested
to be published in special pamphlet form was published in
special pamphlet form on December 11th, 2025.
Your Honor, that concludes the reports
and communications from the
mayor and other city offices. Very
Well. Thank you. We don't have any
committee reports either.
Matters of agreed upon calendar.
The chair recognizes all woman Dow.
Uh, thank you Mr. President.
I have received from the city clerk Anna Valencia, a total
of 40 items proposed for the agreed calendar consisting
of congratulatory, commemorative
and tributary tributary resolutions from Clerk Valencia
and the following, alderman persons Alderman Lopez,
alderman Fuentes, alderman Vasquez,
and Alderman Silverstein.
I move passage of the agreed calendar in the omnibus
Hearing. No objection.
So ordered now for new business.
The clerk will call the wars beginning with the 50th
Zoning amendments, which are referred
to the committee on zoning landmarks
and building standards, traffic regulations,
traffic control singles and traffic signs,
which are referred to the Committee on Pedestrian
and Traffic Safety 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 admits has, has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of the annual appropriation ordinance.
The transfer funds from the 37th Ward allowance account
to the automatic expense account for the year 2025,
which is referred to the committee on the budget
and Government operations der person.
Conway has two proposed orders for the issuance s permits
for signed sign boards at 400 South Well Street,
which are referred to the Committee on zoning
landmarks and building standards.
All the person, Conway also has a proposed ordinance
for clarification of the original 2019 a bond ordinance
regarding authorization
and debt issuance, which
is referred to the Committee on Finance.
All the person Irvin has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of the annual appropriation ordinance
to transfer funds from the 28th Ward Al automatic expense
account to the wage allowance account for the year 2025.
And also an amendment for the
annual appropriation ordinance.
The transfer funds from the 28th Ward automatic expense
account to the wage allowance account for the year 2025,
both which are referred to the committee on the budget
and government operations.
Alder per alder person. Coleman has proposed ordinance
for amendment of ms, the code section four dash 60 dash 23
to allow additional, uh, excuse me,
to allow additional packaged good licenses on portions
of West Garfield Boulevard, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Lopez has proposed orders for amendment
of municipal code chapter two dash 32
by adding a new section two dash 32 dash 1 45
regarding employee back pay in event
of annual appropriation ordinances not enacted,
which is referred to the committee on the budget
and government operations.
All the person Bill has proposed ordinance for amendment
of the MS code section four dash 1 0 8 dash 80
regarding filling station hours of operation,
which is referred to the Committee on
Licens and Consumer Protection.
All the person Robinson has proposed to ordinance
for amendment of the annual appropriation ordinance
to transfer funds from the fourth Ward Ultimate expense
account to the wage allowance account for the year 2025,
which is referred to the committee on the budget
and Government Operations.
All the person was spotted
and others have proposed to ordinance for appropriations
for expenditures and amounts levied
for the fiscal year 2026, which is referred
to the Committee on Finance while the person LaSpada
and others also have proposed orders for amendment
of the 2026 budget recommendations, revenue estimates
and expenditures, which is referred
to the committee on the budget and Government Operations.
Your Honor, that concludes the
presentation of all the medic introduction.
Very well. Thank you Mr. Clark
for the approval of the ajour.
We don't have a journal to be approved for today.
Unfinished business. The chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I'm not aware
of any unfinished business very well
for miscellaneous business.
Alderman Mitchell. I'm not aware
of any miscellaneous business either.
Thank you. And for the date
and time of the next meeting, which has been previous,
previously set, uh, by ordinance.
Uh, thank you very much. Um, president?
Yes, the chair recognizes Alderman Bill President.
I would like to offer up a substitute resolution, um,
to amend the current schedule for the, uh,
next few city council meetings
if we can get that passed out.
Gimme one more.
Mm-hmm.
Hopefully we don't need to, but
schedule.
Does everyone have a copy?
Chair recognizes Altman Bill. Thank
You Mr. President. Uh,
it appears everybody has a copy.
Uh, so I moved to substitute, um, the regular schedule
that was previously passed with the substitute that is
before us and I move for a roll call. Vote
Very well. The
chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I just wish to, uh, confirm with Alderman Silverstein
that we have no objection of meeting on Saturday the 20th.
Very well. I I can't answer that.
The question has been raised to me to get to you.
Alderwoman Silverstein. Uh, do you object
to the Saturday meeting chair
recognizes Alderwoman Silverstein?
I,
Um, yes, I do. Object
to Saturday. Very
Well, thank You.
No, I'm sorry. I do, sorry. I'm sorry.
Um, I am aware that, um, we have a budget crisis
and that this budget needs
to be resolved by the end of the year.
So, um, as much
as I will not be present on Saturday, um,
if this council needs to do what's best for the city,
then I do not object.
So no longer an objection, um,
from the alder of the 50th ward.
Thank you. Alman Irvin,
the chair recognizes Alderman Bill. Thank you, Mr.
President. Mr. President.
Uh, before this was done, we, we have talked
with Alderman Silverstein
and we are definitely sensitive to, um, you know,
her religion and, um, what goes with that.
Uh, however, uh, we're hoping that if things move
accordingly, that we won't need a Saturday meeting.
So, but this is just in case, uh,
for emergency purposes only. In order to move forward,
There's a motion on the floor to amend the substitution.
It's a roll call. Vote has been asked.
Fourth vote is fine for this vote. Fourth vote is fine.
All right. The roll call is in order. Um, thank you.
Madam Clerk will provide the Evo application
to record your vote at this time.
Okay. Voting is now open. Voting is all now open.
If you're having difficulty, please raise your hand.
I can see it just took me a minute. Do you mind putting,
okay.
I will now call on those who have not yet cast their vote.
Alder person Robinson Alder person Robinson is a no.
Alderwoman Harris.
Alderwoman Ramirez. No. Alderwoman Ramirez is a no.
Alderwoman Coleman. Alderwoman Coleman is a yes.
Alderman Mosley. What? Alderwoman Harris is a yes.
Alderwoman Harris is a yes. Alderman Mosley.
No Alderman. Mosley is a no Alder person.
Fuentes Alder person.
Fuentes is a no Alderwoman hadn't.
No Alderwoman had and is a no. Alderwoman Silverstein.
Alderwoman Silverstein is a yes.
Silverstein's a yes. Okay.
And Rodriguez.
Okay. Voting is now closed.
There are 30 yays, 19 nays.
The amendment passes on the motion
to reconsider Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I'll move to reconsider all those in favor
of the reconsideration of this vote.
Signified by saying aye. Any opposed, say nay. Aye.
This motion fails, uh, for the omnibus.
Mr. President, I move that matters in the omnibus be
passed by the first most favorable roll call vote
by the Committee on Police and Fire
and the associated, uh, one second.
I move that matters and the omni be passed by voice. Vote
Very well. There's
been a motion to pass the omni omnibus by voice.
Voice vote. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
Any opposed? Say no. The motion passes.
Altman Mitchell for the motion to meet. Reconsider. Motion
To reconsider the vote.
All those in favor of the reconsideration
of this vote signify by saying Aye.
Any opposed say no opinion of the chair.
This motion fails very well now
for the motion for
adjournment. Altman Mitchell. Mr. Present
There being no further business before this body.
I move that we adjourn.
Hearing No objections to order. The meeting is adjourned,
but wo men Dow has an announcement.
Uh, yes. Just wanted to, uh, remind, uh, the members
of the finance committee
that we have a meeting immediately following this meeting.
I know we started at 11 and it's
after 11, so I just wanted to say please stay,
uh, gathered. Thank you
Very well. Thank you, chairwoman.