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Alderman Hopkins, rule
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All right, I'll come back to you. Um, not in chambers.
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Alderwoman Cruz is here.
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Alderman Vasquez is here.
Alderman Lawson is here.
Alderman Gardner is here. Alderwoman.
Clay not present in chambers.
Wo Hadden not present in chambers.
All right, your Honor. You have a quorum.
There are 38 members present, uh, 12 that are absent.
We do have a quorum.
The following members wish to participate
following Members wish to participate in today's meeting
remotely for a reason stated in Rule 59.
Can we confirm the following alders
that are available online?
Alders
President Curtis Chairman Robinson is a yes.
Just a just a second. You all.
Can you mute your mic, your devices, please.
Alders LaSpada Hopkins, clay, Curtis, Conway,
Hadden Gutierrez, Robinson Ramirez.
And Hall
Derman. Gut.
Just a second. We will call on you. Just a second.
Alderman LaSpada. All right.
We'll come back. Alderman Hopkins.
Roger Is present. Alderman Robinson.
Present. Present. Alderman Hall.
Present Alderwoman Ramirez.
Present. Present. Alder Alderwoman Gutierrez.
Present. Alderman Curtis
Present.
Alderwoman Tobar. Oh, I'm sorry.
Alderman. Um, hall. Alderman Hall is here.
Present. Alderman Conway. Present.
Sorry, Sir. Alderwoman Clay.
Present Alderwoman Hadden
Present LaSpada. One more time.
An alderman LaSpada. Are you with us?
Very well. With the exception of Alder LaSpada, all
of the other alders have acknowledged their presence.
Can I get a motion to approve the remote participation?
All those in favor of the remote
participation of the following.
Alders Hopkins, clay Curtis Conway,
Hatton Gutierrez Ramirez.
Gutierrez Robinson Ramirez And Hall.
All those in favor signify by saying Aye.
Any opposed, say nay. This motion passes.
Uh, Madam Clerk, please add those members to the quorum.
Roll call. Uh, let's 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, God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for
All.
Uh, please remain standing for our invocation,
which will be delivered today by Alderman David Moore.
And we pray, precious Father,
as we step to your throne of grace.
So, Lord, first of all, we ask that you forgive us
for our sins and our shortcomings.
Oh Lord, look beyond our faults and see our needs.
Oh Lord, as we prepare to go into this new year, we want
to first thank you for bringing us this far.
Oh Lord. Bringing us this far to just try to do it right.
Just another day. Oh Lord.
So right now, I ask that you cover every
leader in this country.
From our president to our governor,
to our county board president, oh Lord, our mayor.
And every city council person
and every elected official who has the responsibility
of taking care of the least of those Oh Lord.
So right now, oh Lord, cover us,
protect our families, oh Lord.
And give us the guiding light that we need to do your will.
In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.
Hold more.
It's a portion of the meeting for public comments.
I'll begin the public comment period, which is limited
to a maximum of 30 minutes.
Each speaker's limited the 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 all dramatic review.
Our first speaker this morning is Zoe Lee.
I understand y'all do not know the US Constitution,
the United States Constitution
and I, any of these rules do not
override the First Amendment.
Now the case of Gregory versus City
of Chicago was a landmark 1969 US Supreme Court decision.
That's Dick Greg. Dick Gregory said
that he led the teachers at that time.
He said this was the snake pick.
Dailey was the, the, the, um, the mayor.
He said, then we're gonna go to the snake's house,
which was Dailey's house.
Right? And then you guys tried to get him
for disorderly contact for a peaceful protest.
Same thing you're trying to do now.
Now mine is 1 25 dash, I mean CV
0 1 2 9 3 Marsh Lee versus City of Chicago.
It just went to discovery, uh, uh, the,
the 21st of December.
That was my birthday. That, that was my Christmas present
because I've got everybody, the world is watching.
So I'm not really talking to you. I'm talking to the world.
Now, I used to be a savage.
I used to be one of the biggest thieves.
So that's how I know they laundering money. Okay?
I'm talking to my Gen Z and my gen alpha.
I'm gonna need y'all to register to vote,
and I'm gonna need you to register to vote as an independent
and a Republican because I'm gonna show you how to organize.
Okay? I'm gonna show you how to organize.
I'm not an organizer, I'm an entrepreneur. I'm a brand.
I know how to, I know how to brand. Okay?
I have a legacy that I'm gonna continue to fight
my mother's legacy in the south side of Chicago.
And my father's legacy 17.
Oh, undefeated Miami Dolphins to this day, 1972,
you're not gonna win this game.
2028.
They're supposed to do a general strike, a communism,
Marxism, socialism, and CTU.
'cause y'all keep laundering this money like that fi like
that billion dollar surplus tiff surplus
that you just laundered
because you think you're gonna take this election.
You're not gonna take the election.
I told you, if the city
of Chicago didn't settle my family's case,
because it looks like my case is gonna get settled
before my mother's case, that I
was gonna flip this city red.
I mean that the whole world is watching.
I got people from Germany reaching out to me.
I got again, it's, it's, it's cool. We good, right?
And I also said that if y'all didn't set a case,
I was gonna run for office instead of my own case.
Okay? There's nothing that you can say about me.
There's nothing that you can get on me.
I know what I used to be, but I never got caught,
never got convicted of a mugshot.
Doesn't mean anything. You are a disgrace.
And all you 20 scandalous black aldermen in here
are a disgrace too.
Y'all are c***s. My grandfather would be ashamed of y'all.
Y'all do not do nothing. Y'all don't stand up for nothing.
Y'all letting them steal this money.
Y'all looking at our communities, they blighted it.
Y'all suck just like him.
And anybody that ride with him is insane.
And you're an embarrassment to the culture. You.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Tta Thomas.
Our next speaker is Sandy, a Naman.
Praise the Lord. Everyone.
I wanna first, as a pastor, I do give honor to God.
I give honor to you Mayor Brandon Johnson,
the city council here, all of the alderman
and all of our organizations
that are representative in the house on today.
Again, as I come to the meetings, you guys will continue
to see me because I'm actually here advocating
for people like me.
And so I wanna say, um, to you, uh,
mayor Johnson over the weekend,
we have had many murders in the city of Chicago.
I wanna say to you, uh, mayor Johnson as a father,
and even as a black man, when you see, you know,
black men being killed in the street, that is something
that we should never normalize.
And I wanna ask you, as a black man, can we have a truce?
Can you do something with the gangs in the city
of Chicago as a father?
Bring these young men to the table.
Have a conversation with them.
I wanna, um, bring this also to your attention.
I, I'm a, my son was a,
a gun violence victim here in Chicago.
I have people with me that represent my organization.
We are black, I have Hispanics.
I have young people that come off of the street whites
that we have brought out of the streets.
And so I brought them here as an example to raise them up,
you know, to just to show you guys, the Bible says,
if anything good can come out,
when you really do violence prevention, good will come.
So there's an article that I saw, uh, with Creed.
And so Creed, um, they have an article or their website,
and it's talking about how they work
with the city of Chicago.
They work with the Alderman.
And so if any of you alderman work with, uh, creed, creed,
they said they work with you cred, uh, mayor Johnson
with legislation and with change in policies
and laws, I wanna say this, um, as a mother
and also having a son that experienced gun violence,
what we do, we don't just do it to talk,
but we do it to do it.
And we get the results.
And so as I'm looking at their website, it tells
that the legislators, the aldermen
that they're working, uh, with you.
And so, as I come down to advocate, I find
that the poster child of their site
where they're talking about citywide efforts, is my son.
And so they have my son on, on their website.
And so what I wanna say to you, mayor John Johnson
and all the aldermen, if you guys are working with
that organization, how about sit down with me?
How about when the funding come,
give us some of the funding.
'cause if somebody is gonna use my child as a poster child,
I honestly know what programs work.
I know that what doesn't work.
I know what's effective and I know what is needed
because I have actually lived it.
And so I'm asking you, mayor Johnson, sit down
and have a conversation with me.
Your staff did kinda write me off
because I guess they thought I wasn't important.
And as a woman, sometimes you have
to work a little bit harder to go through the doors.
But presence matters.
And this is why we're here to bring awareness.
You have young me and STL
Thank you very much for your comments.
However, your time has expired. Thank you. Thank you.
Our next speaker this morning is Miracle Thomas.
Our next speaker, this mor this morning is Brenda Rucker.
Glory be to God, your Honor.
May Brenda, God bless you. I don't have nothing against you.
I pray for you. I wanna say to you, I came down here
today with my daughter Apostle, Dr.
Sandy Norman. This is a woman of God.
This woman be all over the city of Chicago, her
and her team feeding people.
I mean, be out two
and three o'clock in the morning, work
with the Chicago police.
We love people. And I'm asking you
to give my daughter a chance.
You got a good woman. She prays for you.
And I'm gonna say, I love you. My son is from the west side.
Londale, he know you. He go to the Londale church.
He say, you a good man. I take his word for him.
I give you honor. I wouldn't, I wouldn't do nothing
to dishonor you.
God put you in your position.
He told us to honor our politician. And that's what I do.
I'm not going to disrespect no man, man or woman in here.
If I can't do nothing for you,
ain't gonna do nothing against you. God bless you all.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this morning is Craig Palmer.
Morning to everyone. Good morning.
Um, as a black man in the city of Chicago,
coming outta Inglewood, um, um,
with my Apostle Sandy Norman, we travel all over the city
and we see firsthand the hurt, the wounds,
and the scars of our city.
We see our young men have no direction.
We see our young women, I've been led astray.
So we go out on the street, we go out, we feed, we pray,
we, we, we give resources that we may have.
All we ask is from a little bit of assistance.
We'll do the work. We are not afraid to get our hands dirty.
We're not afraid to go into the, to the end,
to the byways and highways.
That's our job. Our sons and daughters are being destroyed.
They're being let every which way.
So what God do, he sends us
when there's a shooting, we are there.
We are there hurting. We are there.
Yeah. Yes, I have eight boys.
Yes,
yes. It's
Okay. It is too much.
Yes, We have opportunity now we'll go.
We just need resource. Oh, we ask.
That's okay. And if you give us the resources,
we ain't even pray to get our hands dirty.
We ain't pray to bow our knees. We pray for you.
We pray for our senators, our aldermans, our congressmen.
We just ask for a little assistance. We can do it.
We can turn this whole thing around It.
Don't take long and it's not hard. Give us the resources.
I, we, I will guarantee you we could turn it right down.
We've turned it around within six months.
Give us, give us resources. There's things that we need.
We'll travel, we don't matter. We don't mind.
So I'm just re um, uh, pleading for you on behalf
of my family and all families, the city of Chicago.
We need it. We can do it.
We've been doing it for the last three to four
or five years in the hardest places.
And we see the results. They come to us.
They're now participating. We can see their hearts.
We see them. They are willing to come and work with us.
Just give us a seat at the table.
That's all I ask. Thank
You.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker this morning is Prosperity Group.
Hello everyone. I'm gonna get started with a scripture
as I generally do.
And I'm gonna start off with Isaiah 10 and one. Whoa.
To that man that is unjust
and make those laws as such.
I'm not saying verbatim, but you all know where I'm going.
Those who issue oppressive decrees,
deprive the poor of their rights,
withhold justice from the oppressed.
My people, making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.
What will you do in a day
of reckoning when disaster comes from afar?
Where will you find help
and where will you leave your riches?
Now let's get down to it.
Last week you all jumped on Alderman Gardner,
one person in particular,
and you co-signed at the post pressor Brandon Johnson.
He stood up for us.
No one else up in here,
but Bill being the black man that stood up for us.
But when those who stand up for us, the black people,
not African American.
'cause I don't claim that like Lamont Robinson did.
I claim Black American
born here native as I stated before,
and you turned your back on us.
You actually let us down.
Now let's get to the reparations that y'all
supposedly have for us.
$500,000 spent somewhere,
but we not seeing it in our communities.
And when you all say that a white man cannot
represent the black community, y'all got errors
and faults and problems.
Napolitano stood up for us. Redmond Lopez stood up for us.
Ultimate Bill stood up for us.
But all you blacks that voted against us in this budget,
because y'all don't know about assets
and liabilities, y'all got DEI people up in here don't,
don't know about accounting, knowing
that you run the businesses out.
Who is it gonna hit? Like the property taxes already did.
Brandon Johnson on the south side and the west side.
So when you run them out,
who gonna pay those property taxes?
Brandon Johnson. Yeah.
So when you talking about tax the rich, you need to know
what happens as a downfall.
'cause the rich can pack up and leave.
Whereas you got the rest of the citizens, citizens,
citizens, citizens that are here paying that money,
those taxes out of our pockets.
Okay? So I just wanna make sure that we touch on that.
Don't step on the white man for helping the black community.
He supported us and we support him
and anybody else that support us, we support them.
Make that clear. I don't care what color you are.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Tyree Johnson.
How y'all doing?
I'm speaking on behalf of, uh, I'm speaking on behalf
of Pastor Sandy, uh, uh, in the chain breakers.
I'll be on the west side of Chicago.
Uh, pastor Sandy, she came riding around one day
and, uh, she stopped and talked to me in a few
of my friends, you know, and, uh,
told us some encouraging words, you know, uh,
that they was doing some things down the street on Madison
and, uh, I mean Madison and Springfield.
And, uh, so we went down there and it was some good people.
And now I'm proud. I'm proud of, uh, what they got going on.
You know, I helped them out and they good people.
You know, I actually known Pastor
Sandy since I've been a child.
We, uh, known each other from my grandmother's church.
But, uh, other than that, man, they just really good people
and I love helping 'em out.
You know, they, uh, anything that we need
or whatever, they help us out.
You know what I'm saying? They come talk
to us in the community, they actually care
and they go all the way to some real areas that a lot
of people don't like going to, that's talked down on,
you know, and any way they can help
us, man, these people help us.
You know what I'm saying? Like, whatever they could do
talking if they need help
with rides, anything, you know what I'm saying?
Like trying to help you find a job.
Anything like you want to help start a business.
Anything like, you know, they just real genuine people,
you know, that, that help out the community out they own
pocket and they don't ask for nothing.
They just smile and just give, you know,
and I'm just here to, you know what I'm saying?
Uh, I appreciate 'em, you know what I'm saying?
And we just have, we can get, like they say we need help.
There's more people like me that, that's willing to help.
You know what I'm saying? I know I'm young
and all y'all, the young people don't probably come speak,
but I'm here speaking on the young
people behalf and you know what I'm saying?
That, that we here, we,
we want to, we want to get help, you know?
Thank you Y'all. Thank y'all. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank
You. Thank you very much for your
comments.
Our next speaker is Angel Thomas.
Our next speaker is Guadalupe Diaz.
Good morning Mayor. Good morning.
And city councilman, it's a privilege
to be here this morning.
Um, I just wanna express that I am a part
of the chain breakers under Sandy Norman.
You, you have to forgive me.
I have a compassion for what she is doing.
I am a 77-year-old woman, comes from the south side
of Chicago to the west side.
Yeah. And we are out there two o'clock in the morning. Yeah.
If I can do this, many of you can come out
and see for yourself the work that's being done.
Yes. We need resources, we need finances,
we feed the people.
These are hot meals that are going
to the people on the west side of Chicago.
We provide clothing for the prayers
and whatever other resources that we have available.
Yeah, I come from the 10th ward
and I trapped that far.
Come out and see that the Lord is good
and what he is doing under the apo, under the leadership
of Apostle Sandy.
Thank you for this time.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.
Thank you. Do we have any more public speakers?
Do we have any more public speakers? Your
Honor, there are no further public speakers
who have signed time, signed up for the public comment very
Well. This concludes our,
uh, public comment portion.
I understand that Alderman LaSpada has joined us online.
Could you confirm his presence present
Alderman Lada? Are you there? Well,
for rule, rule stated
for reason stated in Rule 59, alderman LaSpada wishes
to participate in today's meeting remotely.
Can I get a motion? It's been moved.
All those in favor signify by saying Aye.
Any of opposed say nay. This motion passes.
Please add Alderman Let spotted to the quorum roll call.
We don't have any resolutions today. Communications
The Honorable Anna and Valencia city clerk informs the
city council that the following documents were filed in her
office relating to the respective subjects designated
as follows, executive order number 20 20 25 dash 10
prohibiting sale or assignment of city owned medical debt
and establishing fair public interest
debt recovery practices.
Also Executive order number 2025 dash 11 regarding oversight
of Chicago Police Department overtime
and the estimated year 2026.
Aggregate property tax Levy
City Clerk Anna Valencia also informs the city council
that all those matters, which were considered
by the city council, that the regular meeting held on
December 18th and which were required by statute
to be published in book or pamphlet form or in one
or more newspapers were publishing pamphlet form on
December 29th, 2025 by being printed and pulled texts
and printed copies of the Journal of the Proceedings
of the City of Chicago City Clerk Valencia also informs the
city council that all those matters, which were considered
by the city council at the regular meeting held on
December 19th, 2025
and which were required by statute to be published in book
or pamphlet form or in one
or more newspapers, were published in pamphlet form on
December 29th, 2025 by being printed in full text
and printed pamphlet, copies of the Journal
of the Proceedings of the City of Chicago
City Clerk Valencia also informs the city council that the,
the ordinance authorizing the issuance of City
of Chicago General Obligation Bonds 2026 dash 2027 General
obligation borrowing ordinance, which was passed
by the City council on December 18th, 2025
and which was requested to be published in special pamphlet
form was published in special pamphlet form on
December 22nd, 2025.
City Clerk Valencia also informs the city council
that the ordinance authorized the issuance of City
of Chicago general obligation bonds and
or sales securitization, corporate sales tax revenue bonds
for refunding outstanding general bonds and
or sales tax revenue bonds, which was passed by the city
of Chica City Council on December 18th, 2025.
And which was requested to be published in special pamphlet
form was published in special Pam form on
December 22nd, 2025.
City Clerk Valencia also transmits you
with the following miscellaneous communications requiring
city council action claims against the city of Chicago,
which are referred to the Committee on Finance.
And the correction of the Journal of December 19th, 2025,
which is referred to the Committee on Committees
and Rules, your Honor, that concludes the reports
communications from the mayor and other city officers.
Very well. Committee reports, uh, budget
and government operations.
The chair recognizes Chairman Irvin.
Thank you Mr. President.
Reporting for the committee on the budget
and government operations withheld, uh,
meetings on December 22nd and December 29th.
The committees has a series of reports recommending passage
of the following items from the December 22nd meeting.
Items one through five were transfers
of funds within the fourth, sixth, ninth, 28th, and 37th.
Ward. Wage allowance and automatic expense accounts.
A move passage of the following items by roll call vote
Very well.
Um, members, please use your EVO application
to record your vote at this time.
No. Okay. The e-voting is now open.
Please use the device to record your vote.
The chair recognizes alderman, osha,
Mr. President, I just
wanna, we have, uh,
and budget recommendations on, uh, I believe it's page 12,
uh, violence reduction program.
But that in fact is do we change this
after the first of the year
to the community violence intervention? The CVI,
The chair recognizes Chairman Irvin.
Yeah, I spoke with Alder Lee in relation to that.
When we do the, uh, amendment for January as part
of 9 2 5, the item will be corrected.
The challenges that we keep having these corrections kinda
on the fly and we get out, out of balance when we do that.
So spoke with Alder Lee about that
and we'll make that change in in the January
budget committee meeting.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you Chairman.
Okay, the voting is now open.
Please use the device to record your vote.
I will now read those who have not yet responded.
Alderman LaSpada. Yes. Yes. Alderman LaSpada is a yes.
Alderman Hopkins. Yes.
Alderman Hopkins is a yes. Alder person. Robinson?
Yes. Alder person Robinson is a yes. Alderman Hall?
Yes. Alderman Hall is a yes. Alderwoman Ramirez.
Yes. Alderwoman Ramirez is a yes.
Alderwoman Gutierrez? Yes. Alderman Gutierrez is a yes.
Alderman Curtis? Yes. Alderman Curtis is a yes.
Alderman Rodriguez.
I'll come back. Alderwoman tab is a yes.
Could she Alder Alder person.
Fuentes, I'll come back.
Alderman Conway. Yes. Alderman Gardner.
Alderman Gardner is a yes. Alderwoman Clay? Yes.
Alderwoman Clay is a yes. Alder. Alderwoman Hadden. Yes.
Alder Manhattan is a yes.
Alderman Rodriguez and Alder person.
Fuentes.
Okay. Voting is now closed
For Well there are 48 yays.
Zero nays. This motion passes Altman Mitchell on a motion
to reconsider Move to reconsider vote.
All those in favor of the reconsideration
of this vote, ed by saying aye.
Any opposed, say nay. This motion fails.
Chair recognizes Altman Irvin.
Thank Mr. President. Uh,
second item number one is a communication regarding
and proposed ordinance concerning a series
of technical corrections to the 2026 annual
appropriation ordinance passed
by the city council on December 20th, 2025.
Uh, a move that this, uh, be adopted
by the first favorable roll call vote
of the committee on budgeted and government operations.
And the unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Chair recognizes Altman Rodriguez.
He, um, recorded as a yes on the, um,
previous vote on budget and the, um,
corresponding, uh, motion
To reconsider very well.
We can add you to the roll call Vote
Chair recognizes Alder Fuentes.
Uh, if I can also be associated as a yes
with the first most favorable roll call, vote and budget.
Very well, we can add Alder Fuentes as well. Alder Tabar.
I wanted to be recognized for a roll call.
Very well. Let's make sure
that Tebar is alderwoman Tebar is
added to the quorum roll call.
Alright. Seeing no other hands, um,
hearing no other objections.
So ordered,
Uh, items two or three are transfers
of funds within the 15th and 28th Ward.
Automatic a wage and expense allowance counts for year 2025.
I make the same motion if there's no objection
Hearing, no objection. So ordered this
Person. That concludes my report
Very well. Now for
the, uh, agreed upon calendar,
chair recognizes WO Harris.
Thank you Mr. President.
I've received from the city clerk, uh, Andrea
and Valencia total of five items, um, proposed
for the agreed calendar consisting
of congratulatory commemorative preparatory
resolutions from the following.
Alder person, Alder person, clay from the 46th Ward.
That con, I move these into Omnibus
Hearing, no objections.
So ordered for new business.
The clerk will call Wards beginning with the 50th
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 Exemption From physical barrier
requirements for commercial driveway alls access
to parking facilities, which are referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
All the person NuGen has post ordinance for correction
of article 26 of the of ordinance.
So 2025 dash 0 2 1 7 9,
which is referred to the Committee on Finance.
All the person Fuentes has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code section four dash 1 55 dash
0 45 regarding prohibited areas for video gaming terminals,
which is referred to the Committee on
License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Moley has a proposed ordinance for amendment
of municipal code section four dash 64 dash five 15
regarding prohibited locations
for retail tobacco dealer licenses in the 21st ward,
which is referred to the Committee on
License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Moley also has proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code section four dash four dash
3 26 regarding convenience store license issuance in the
21st ward, which is referred
to committee license and consumer protection.
All other person, Mosley also has a proposed ordinance
for amendment of municipal code section four dash four dash
3 25 regarding beauty supply store prohibited license
issuance in the 21st ward, which is referred
to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
All the person Coleman has proposed ordinance
for the amendment of the annual appropriation ordinance
to transfer funds from the 16th ward wage allowance account
to the all automatic expense account for the year 2024,
which is referred to the committee on the
budget and government operations.
All the person Robinson has proposed ordinance
for opening a public street at 8 79
through 8 81 East Oakwood Boulevard
and 39 28 South Lake Park Avenue, which is referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.
Your Honor, that concludes the presentation
of al thematic introductions
Very well. For the approval
of the journals,
the chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I'm not aware of any corrections
to the journal from the December 18th
and December 19th meetings and move that they be approved.
Hearing no objection.
So ordered now for unfinished business. Alderman Mitchell.
Mr. President, I'm not aware of any unfinished business.
I thought there was one piece. There is one piece.
Still has to do it.
You understand? You have to withdraw it.
Okay, I got it. Yes. Alderman Mitchell, Mr.
President, I'm aware of one piece of unfinished business
and it was filed by Alderman Irvin and I defer to him
Very well. The chair
recognizes Alderman Irvin. Thank
You Mr. President. Wish
to withdraw the, uh, rule 41
Mitchell. Thank you. That motion
to withdraw the Rule 41.
Thank you Alderman Irvin. Uh, now for Alderman Mitchell.
Any, anything else? Any other further unfinished business
Of any further pieces of unfinished
Business? Thank you very much. Now for
miscellaneous
business, alderman Mitchell, I'm
Not aware of any miscellaneous business.
Thank you. And then for the date
and time of the next meeting that has been previously set
by ordinance, just a second.
The chair recognizes Alderman Moore.
Thank you Mr. President, just real quick, I just wanted
to final mind if I could suspend the rules, um, for a second
to recognize, um, the passing of, um, Mr.
Bob Winfield Whitfield.
Very well. There's a motion on the floor
to suspend the rules, uh, for the recognition of,
of the passing of
Bob Whitfield.
Very well. All those in favor for the suspension
of the rules for this recognition signify by saying aye.
Any opposed, say nay. And appealing the chair.
The ayes have it. Chair recognizes Alderman Moore.
Thank you Mr. President. I just want to stand
and, um, many may know him who worked at CHA,
he was also a Marine,
but, um, Bob Whitfield served as the Chief Legal Counsel
for the Chicago Housing Authority for many years.
Then after that, um, he was committed to the residence
of CHA continuing
after their, as their, um, um, legal representative
and public housing, um, representative residence, um,
advisory councils, fighting for them
to have a voice on the replacement of Robert Taylor Holmes,
Carina Green, Ida B.
Wells, and other public housing developments.
Um, I wanted to recognize him
and just keep his family in prayer.
Um, Al McDowell, as I was telling everybody informed me
that his wife had, um, died.
Died. Um, he got an email email from him saying his wife had
died, um, on the 13th and he passed on the 23rd.
And so I want to keep him
and his entire family in prayer
as he served the residents in public
housing, uh, for many years.
So if we can just have a, just
a five second moment of silence. Let's
Have a moment of silence please.
Thank you Mr. Bob Whitfield.
Thank you, Mr. President.
You're welcome. On a motion to return back
to the regular order of business Altman Moore on the motion
to return back to the regular Order of business.
So moved. You can There a motion to return back
to the regular order of business signify by saying aye.
Any opposed? Saying a motion passes.
It's now back to the regular Order of business for the date
and time of the next meeting that has been previously set,
uh, the chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell.
So the date and time of the next meeting has previously
been set by ordinance.
Very well. Thank you very much.
We'll look forward to seeing you all in the new year.
And now for the Omnibus Ottman Mitchell,
I move that matters in the omnibus be passed
by the first most favorable roll call vote
by the Committee on Budget and Government Operations
and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider
Hearing no objections.
So ordered now on a motion
to adjourn Ottman Mitchell. There be
No further business before this body.
I move that we adjourned hearing
No objections. So ordered
the meeting is adjourned. Happy New Year. Mm-hmm.