Hola. Good morning.
Yo, Trees, what's up with that?
Good morning, Costco.
All right. Oh, very well.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
The Committee on the Budget and Government Operations will come to order.
We will now have a roll call to establish a quorum.
Vice Chair Lee.
Alderman Espada.
Alderman Dowell. Alderman Robinson. Alderman Yancy.
Alderman Mitchell. Alderman Harris. Alderman Beale.
Alderman Ramirez. Alderman Quinn.
Alderman Lopez.
Alderman Moore. Alderman O'Shea. Alderman Mosley.
Alderman Rodriguez. Alderman Scott.
Alderman Sitcher Lopez.
Alderman Burnett.
Burnett. No, I saw Burnett.
No.
All right, let me pass. Alderman Taliaferro.
Alderman Cardona.
Alderman Rodriguez Sanchez.
Alderman Conway.
Alderman Quezada.
Alderman Villegas. Alderman Mitz.
Alderman Sposato.
Nick Sposato's here, okay. All right. No 59 today?
Alderman Nugent.
Alderman Vasquez.
That's the trainee-
Alderman Napolitano.
Mayor Riley.
Alderman Knutson.
Alderman Martin.
Alderman Hatton.
Alderman Silverstein.
Alderman Irvin makes 15. We have a quorum.
We have the following alders who have requested...
Where? Okay.
Participation under provisions of Rule 59.
Can I get a motion to allow for Alders Robinson, Harris, Riley,
Silverstein, Mitz,
Vasquez, and Dowell to participate remotely?
So moved by... Oh, and Alderman Quezada.
Okay, and Quezada. Amend that to add Quezada to
participate remotely.
All in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed?
In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, and those Alders Robinson, Riley,
Harris, Silverstein-
Here
... Vasquez, Dowell, and Quezada will be allowed to
appear remotely. Let me go through the list.
Alderman Vasquez, are you with us?
Yes, President, Chairman.
Alderman Dowell present.
Alderman Dowell is present.
Alderman Harris,
present.
Alderman Quezada present.
Alderman Quezada.
Alderman Riley's present, too.
Alderman Riley, I have you as well.
Alderman. Yep, thanks.
Did I miss anyone online?
Alderman Moore, we have you present.
Okay.
The time now for public comment.
Public comment will be limited to three minutes per speaker.
We will start with Pastor Sandy Norman,
followed by Quishana Harris.
Good morning, everyone.
Good morning, Council. Good morning, Alderman Irvin.
And so I'm here today. I'm Pastor Sandy A. Norman.
For those of you guys that don't know me, if you want to know who I am, you can
look me up at
lifebeyondlimitinc.org. I'm here
today at the budget meeting simply because
I do CVI here in the city of Chicago.
I'm here today because I actually care about community, and so I
had to comeAlderman Irvin today because I know that
you're the budget chairperson, and your ward is
one of the wards that I focus on. We've had
mass shootings. I've been at the mass shootings on Maypole and
Pulaski. I'm usually out there
in your area, actually,
where they have the homicides, where they have the open drug markets.
And so I have to be really transparent, and I have to be honest, and I have to be
real today. One of the things I did see you down in
Springfield advocating for funding.
And so when I come down here and I'm in the community, and I'm in
these neighborhoods, including yours, where the mass shootings are going on,
I have to really continue to bring awareness.
And I do want to bring to your attention, there have been people that you
have told me to go to to connect, okay, with this person.
And I have to say to you that this is a part of the issue.
All of these people that I'm always told to go talk to this person,
connect with this person, none of these people really want to connect with
anyone. And so I'm saying this to you, and I'm saying this publicly
because we got to start making some changes.
The people that I'm told normally or who you told me to connect with,
they never mention subcontracting.
They give me a runaround, and if I could just be honest today,
"Oh, do this and do that," but they're never offering to connect.
And the problem I have with that is because I'm on those corners stopping
murders. I've been out there on those corners where I've literally-- There
could be more mass shootings if I wasn't out there because as my
presence and our teams being visibly present, we're there to
stop the violence from happening.
And so we don't just move when someone get killed or when the
cameras come. We're actually on those corners being
proactive. I'm actually going to the police saying, "Give
me your most violent corners in Garfield,
and I will go." And when I mention this even to other
people, all you ever hear is, "Oh, did you talk to this person?"
And these are usually the people that get all of these millions of dollars of
funding. And I'm out here 12 months a year in all these
neighborhoods, but then you get told, "Go talk to this person.
Go talk to that person." We're talking to these people.
It's not effective because they don't want to work with people like me
because I'm actually out there, and they get all the funding.
So I'm saying this to you because it just has to change.
And I'm going to keep showing up.
Thank you for your comment.
We will add Alderman Scott to the
quorum call.
Also, Alderman Waguespack as a non-member.
Next, we have Queshanna Harris, followed by George
Blakemore.
Good morning. My name is Queshanna Harris, and I am the founder of a
new initiative to establish a sanitation system in our
city. This facility will provide essential hygiene services, offering
private shower stalls, hygiene supplies, clean clothes if needed,
creating a safe, dignified environment.
I'm here today not only to address a critical gap in our
city's resilience, but one that directly impacts health and hygiene, and followed
by many other instabilities. We are facing a public
crisis that drives up preventable illness and adding
unnecessary cost to our healthcare system.
By lowering these costs, we free up resources to other cities' priorities.
Although the facility will be located right across the street from the Chicago
Police Headquarters, it will become a central intake for individuals experiencing
homelessness. Seeking
durability, this model can expand as other facilities are being
developed, becoming an assessment point where individuals can be met based
on their unique needs and not through a deconstructed, inconsistent,
one-size-fits-all approach.
By doing this, we help people regain their identity,
dignity, and stability.
It will be a blueprint on how we can provide equitable access to
hygiene through hygiene across the city.
This system is not just about cleanliness, it's about overall sustainability
operation citywide, allowing our systems to interconnect
seamlessly, ensuring that the organizations can align, coordinate, support each
other at every level.
I'm asking for your support to ensure the sanitation system is
prioritized and not only as a budget and government impact
solution, but an all-around the board impact solution.
Your support will help integrate this critical resource into the city's fiscal
framework, ensuring long-term balance and equitable access to
essential community services.
Need I add, it's safe to say that transitions are
not only okay, but necessary. Sometime we must break down
to rebuild, align a stronger foundation so that the future
generations don't repeat the same struggles, but instead step into the future of
opportunity and prosperity. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your comment.
Next, we have George Blakemore, followed by Taiwan Sims.
Sir,
you are the chairman of one of the
most important
committees, the budget.
Sir, on Madison and Pulaski, they
have business there.
They have business there. Koreans,
Arabs,
Chinese,
everybody. But
all you said everybody, you're lying, Mr.
Blakemore, is no Black bodies.
And you see that.
And can you change that?
They give money to you for your campaign.
Now, Mr. Blakemore got a lot of sense.
There's money in the ghetto.
And budget. There's money in the ghetto, and you're getting it.
But your ward is slummy.
The young lady that just spoke said it's high crime.
It's violent. You're getting money,
so sellout.
House N
are in here
selling their people out.
That ward is rich,
but
Black people are not in power to get this money.
So it's all about the money, the budget, and how
disrespectful you have been to the citizens that come down here
and speak. Telling
the sergeants at arm and the police to lock them up.
It's something wrong with
us to have a person like you to represent
us.
It's something wrong. Well, not with you maybe, but with
us,
us Black people. Now, I deliberately put on
this red hat
with Trump. I'm doing it for revenge.
Both parties are racist.
The Klan
is alive, and what's so egregious, the Black
people mind have been messed up, all
Democrats.
You don't see the Ku Klux Klan sheets here.
Nobody use the word N here, but they treat you like
one. They treat you like one, and maybe you are
house N.
Maybe you are a house N, not in
power, not educated, not uplifting your
people. So there's something wrong with the
system.
On the plantation, the master made an N,
and Black people have a mental problem.
You go to the Mexican area, they got business.
You go to the Chinese ar-
Thank you for your comments.
We want to add Alders O'Shea and
Alderman Knutson to the roll. Alderman
Mitch. Next, we have- Alderman Mitch ... I'm sorry.
Alderman Mitch. Thank you- Yes ... Alderman Mitch as well.
We have you, Alderman Mitch.
Next, we have-
Thank you, Chairman. Ma'am?
Thank you, Chairman. Oh, thank you much.
Next, we have Taiwan Sims, followed by Jessica Jackson.
Hey, Ms. Scott. Good morning.
Good morning, committee. Good morning.
It says, "This is not merely a public health issue.
It is a budget execution, federal grant management, and a municipal
oversight issue. Falls squarely within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Budget and Government Operations."
And I was thinking, how can a failing city, not even a failing city
also, but a failing state, afford to give back $94
million?
And so maybe
the budget man, Irvin, can explain how Dr.
Olusummu...
Can't say his name, it's kind of hard.
But how did you all manage this in a city where it says,
"Chicago moved from a cushioned recovery budget in
2022 to a structural budget crisis by
2025 and '26"? I sat in here through that.
2024, remember?
2024, November, I was kicked out of the budget hearings.
I guess in some way, you...
What did you hope? Did you hope that that would fix it?
Mr. Irvin,
Jason Irvin,
chairman of Budget and Committee, as our city continues to decline,
as our credit rating continues to decline,
tell me, what is this progressive measure that you're taking, you
and the fifth floor?
How have you propelled us forward?
$94 million. So to the young lady that came up here and
advocating for
what, with sanitation, that won't happen
because that was part of the grant.
That's the grant management part that falls in your purview.
So, Mr. Irvin, help me out.
Help her out. But you can't.
We can't even help the city out because we're broke.
Y'all paid everything into the new arrival initiative, two-point-something billion
dollars, and even though you don't think that the Black
Americans or the foundational Black Americans follow the money, we're insisting on
it. That's why we don't like for people to bother our money.
And Mr. Blakemore, right, we don't need your representation, because your
representation shows a bad face for all of us.
We're not all out scrounging, thugging, trying to figure it out.
But you wear a suit and do that.
You abuse your position, and I'm not saying this from a personal standpoint.
There's no malice intended here.
We need right leadership.
Right, miss?
So I'm back.
What trick y'all got this time? One year illegal enforcement.
One year since May 30th, that case has been SOL.
And for one year, through the judicial system, through whatever voodoo y'all do
up in this room, I've been kept out of this room, a total
violation, a grievous violation.
Thank you for your comments.
Next, we have Jessica Jackson,
followed by Zoe Lee.
Well, unlike
Tywan Sims, I am talking to you with malice.
You violated my Open Meetings Act rights
by not letting me speak and keeping us from speaking out of that
December 29th, 2025 budget hearing, and that's
on file right now, a complaint on file right now that's being
investigated. And I wasn't even going to address you with this.
And see, look how you talking to him. See, you don't know when to stop.
Brandon Johnson got you such a, his lap dog.
And because your wife got into that money thing with the FBI,
that you can't even see straight. Now, I'm not going to deal
with that. Matter of fact, can you stop my time and let them come
in? Because it's a distraction. But you not?
Okay. Let's keep going then. Let's keep going.
Because you know what? I'm not even going to deal with the budget.
You see those white aldermen on that back row? And you see Shay?
They going to deal with you, because they're tired of you and Brandon
Johnson messing up the city money.
They don't want to go there because they're scared of being called racist, and I
don't know why, because
it ain't about racism. It's about doing the right thing, and
I wish they would comfortably move into that spot and stop thinking that people
think you are racist because you say something that's right,
and get this city right back in order.
Get Brandon Johnson out of office. He's a loser.
And he's going to put this city in the ground with the help of adjacent
Irvin.
Get him out of office.
Now, this man sat up here and had them lie
on their response,
saying that in a November meeting, I stood up in
public speaking and told you all to go... What'd you say? To burn in hell.
What'd you say? That I told you all to go to hell.
You know doggone well I ain't tell you all to go to hell.
I said you all need to go to jail.
That's what I said. That's what I meant, and that's where you're going to end up
at.
Don't you misquote me, talking about go to hell.
That's God's territory.
Not mine.
But I got the documentation to get you all in jail, though.
Because God is the God of the eternal life, supernatural life, and our
natural life, and a jail cell is part of our natural life.
Don't you ever lie on me again,
in no court document or nothing else.
My name is Jessica Jackson. I don't play with you, you, you, you, you, you, or
you. I stand for me, I stand for my people, I
stand for community, and most of all, I stand for what's right.
And don't no demon like you with a lying tongue that can
get a bunch of imps to act on your behalf bother me about nothing.
Thank you for your comments.
We'll recognize Alders Robinson and Cardona
for the quorum. Also, Alderman Mitchell
and Alderman Mosley.
Let me see if this time this works. My name is Zoe Lee.
I am the founder of Chicago Flips Red.
If it's going to work this time. They probably just don't want me to be great with
this song because my...
Right here.
Because that's all you all do. See, Carisha just came out with a
song for the scamming a*s.
But
it also goes for politicians, too. These are scammers, too, kids.
Okay, these are scammers, too. Triple Double Murder, this
is what they call the chairman of the government
operations on the West Side. Triple Double Murder Irvin,
because he has so many murders in his ward, and he
doesn't do anything or say anything about it, and his wife is
over the money of the city. Okay, so
they've been stealing for a long time.
He
used to run drug houses also as well. I don't know how he's not in jail.
I don't understand. You know? But he probably is a Danny Solis.
Look up Danny Solis. Danny Solis is a snitch, and he's out here.
So I'm trying to tell you all, you all probably about to go down, because there's
no way in the world that he's still here.
But yesterday in the public safety meeting,
and my man
Sposato, shout out, because it definitely was a waste of time.
And the reason why it was a waste of time is because they don't
want to really discuss the real reason why they do
not want to give that shot detection.
The real reason why. They want to give it to Lion's Den.
And the reason why they want to give it to the Lion's family, or the Davis
family, let me read it real quick for you, because I do my research,
too. This is why they're upset as well.
So,
Joshua Davis, president of Lion's View Manufacturing
Supply, Inc. How all of a sudden I'm at 35 seconds?
How? Because you all want me to talk about it. I understand.
To be continued.
Thank you for your comments. Our final speaker is Patricia
Pate
Good morning. My name is Patricia Puente Blancas.
I have a concern.
When
the
aldermen give permits and permission
to open cannabis
in community
areas.
The reason is because these persons
are going to be selling candy
gummies to the kids,
and not only that, they're bringing
more homeless people to the city
of Chicago and giving them
free
drugs, free cannabis,
and free gummies.
But the thing is, that is my major concern.
The other thing is the ShotSpotters.
Please, can we
get those back? I did see in the news that something is being done,
but please just don't do it in one portion of a
community. Do it in all the communities.
Bring them to all the communities.
I just saw on the news that this African American had a
5K.
These weapons, the law enforcement knows where
they're getting them.
Why are they turning around
and just letting them kill innocent
people?
We need those ShotSpotters, please, or
any other system that you're trying to give.
Thank you very much, and God bless to everybody.
Thank you for your comments. That concludes public comments.
We also add Alderman Villegas to our forum
roll call.
Also joining us today from the 4th Ward, we have
It Takes a Village Leadership Academy.
Welcome to the chambers today.
All right.
These young people are studying social justice and housing,
and they're from the 4th Ward.
Also, I see we have another
young person with us from, which ward is he from?
Either the 15th or the 17th. Sitting between the-- From the 15th
Ward. Welcome, young man.
Us as assistant. I'm sorry.
Are you still young? Oh.
You like on staff, young, or? Are you 50? Okay. My bad.
All right.
Alders O'Shea, Robinson, Scott, Cardona,
Villegas, and Knudson are all recognized for quorum.
We will
now move to,
vote to approve the monthly Rule 45 report for April 2026 for
the meetings held on April 2nd and 27th, which was
transmitted electronically to members. Can we get a motion to accept?
So moved by Alderman LaSpada. All in favor signify by saying aye.
Any opposed? Any opinion changes?
The ayes have it, and
we move forward.
We going
to--
Where's Lamont?
Oh, included.
Go ahead. Take a so
you get to pose with the children.
All right. Now the committee will move to consider item number one on our agenda,
which is a direct introduction to communication and recommending the adoption of
the annual appropriation ordinance year 2026, amendment
within Fund 925. In
the box we have Matthew Schmitz, who's the managing deputy budget director,
along with others from various departments. I got you, Felix.
For
explanation,
Deputy Director Schmitz, you may proceed.
Thank you. Good morning. My name is Matthew Schmitz.
I'm the managing deputy budget director for the City of Chicago.
I'm here on behalf of the administration to present an ordinance amending Fund
925 to accept an additional $43,000
in federal funds from the Chicago Housing Authority for the home
modification program under the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities to
modify CHA properties.
In addition to that,
we've received an additional $5,000 for the Chicago Police
Department for the National Crime Victims Rights Week
Community Awareness Project. I am now
available along with members of each department to answer any questions that you
may have. Thank you.
Thank you, Deputy Director Schmitz. Alderman Moore?
Thank you, Chairman.
So let me understand first. So how much from the housing authority again?
Matthew Schmitz, managing deputy budget director, $48,000.
Oh, only $48,000. It's just for home modifications.
Are these for just
Section 8 units or what, when you say for CHA housing?
Scatter sites?
I'll pass that one over to a representative from the Mayor's Office for People with
Disabilities.
This is Esther Gutierrez, senior policy analyst, MOPD.
So it's not the Section 8 program, but it is aThe Choose
to Own program. So it's the private housing, not the public housing.
Oh, it's the private housing, Choose to
Own, and it's for people
with disabilities, right?
Correct.
All right. To modify those homes that they're purchasing.
Yes.
All right. Just wanted to be clear. Thank you so much.
Thank you, Chairman.
Thank you, Alderman Moore. Any other questions?
Vice Chair Lee.
Thank you, Chair. Just to clarify, you said 48,000 because the documents say 43.
Yeah, sorry, 48,000 is the total for the ordinance. You're correct.
It's 43,000 for MOPD and then 5,000 for CPD.
43. Got it. Okay.
Yeah. That was my mistake. Thank you.
For CPD, for the National Crime Victim Rights Week Community Awareness
Project.
Cool.
No.
Hold on, hold on. Let her finish, and then we'll come back
to you. Go ahead. Are you finished, Vice Chair?
No, not yet.
Okay.
Thanks for the clarification. So it's $48,000 total is what we're working
with transfers today. 43,000 additional for
MOPD. Question for MOPD, what's
an additional 43,000 going to buy us? How many more home modifications?
I know that's going to vary home to home, but on the
average, how much additional resource is that?
This is Esther. Approximately two more households. Two more houses. Okay, great.
Thank you. That's all I've got.
Thank you. Alderman Moore?
I'm sorry, what was the 5,000 again?
The 5,000 is for the National Crime Victims' Rights Week
Community Awareness Project.
Okay, explain that.
Is this-
I will pass that to the police department.
Tim Ferry, Detective, Chicago Police Department, Bureau of Detectives.
The National Crime Victims' Rights Week is annually every
April, and the CAPS is the Community Awareness Project, and it's a grant
that we apply for, and it's for $5,000, which we've been awarded since
2023.
All right. Thank you.
And CAPS. All right.
Yeah, you're all good.
Thank you, Chairman. I'm good.
Thank you. Any other questions relating to the 925?
There's a motion on the floor moved due fast.
All in favor, signify by saying "Aye."
Any opposed? Any opinion that sheds the ayes have it.
This matter will be reported out at our next regular city council meeting on May
20th, 2026. The committee will now move to consider item number two on our agenda,
which is a redevelopment agreement with South Side Community Arts Center to provide
Neighborhood Opportunity Fund assistance for the renovation of the property at
3831 South Michigan Avenue in the 3rd
Ward.
You may proceed.
Good morning, Chair and members of the Committee on Budget and Government
Operations. For the record, my name is Jeffrey Cohen, Deputy
Commissioner in the Department of Planning and Development.
I'm here today to request your approval of a redevelopment agreement between the
city and South Side Community Art Center, referred to as the Center herein,
in the amount not to exceed $5 million from the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund,
commonly referred to as NOF.
The subject property is located at 3831 South Michigan Avenue within
the Douglas community area in the 3rd Ward, Southeast Planning region,
and Bronzeville TIF district. Chair Dowell has
provided a letter of support.
The property is located on South Michigan Avenue, just north of Pershing Road.
The surrounding area consists primarily of residential and institutional
properties, such as Mayo Elementary and Phillips Academy to the east,
and Douglas Technical Institute to the southwest of the subject property.
It is also worth noting that the Apostolic Church, who has been a large supporter
of the endeavor, is located across the alley.
Shown here is the property in its current condition.
The property was constructed in 1893 and became the first Black art museum in the
United States, and has been an important center for developing Chicago's African
American artists. In recognition of the property's historical significance to the
Douglas and Bronzeville communities, the property was designated a City of Chicago
landmark in 1994, recognized as a national treasure by the National
Trust for Historic Preservation in 2017, and subsequently listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
Here is another exterior of the existing conditions.
Shown here are existing interior conditions of back-of-house operations for the
archives and ballroom and a basement storage area.
The grant will assist in the rehabilitation and modernization of these areas.
And here is an additional interior photo of existing conditions of the
entrance vestibule, gallery space, and art collection storage
area.
The project team is led by Monique Brinkman-Hill, executive director of the Center.
South Side Community Arts
Center conserves, preserves, and promotes the legacy of
future of Black American art and artists while educating the community on the value
of art and cultural preservation.
The center was founded in 1940 and showcased an established
mid-career and emerging artist. This is taking pride in this rich
past. The Center today builds on its legacy while also serving as a thriving
contemporary artist and community center space.
Its programs, exhibitions, and events not only remain dedicated to its
legacy but also uplift the concerns, aesthetics, and concepts
important to Black artists of today.
The Center is supported by its development team, including advisory services from
Urban Resolves, a certified City of Chicago MBE, with
architectural services being provided by future firm, also a
certified MB and WBE. The general
contractor is a joint venture between Berglund and Brown and Momen, which is
also an MBE. The redevelopment team has an extraordinary effort over the
past three years, and the development team should be commended for its tireless
efforts to enhance the services the Center provides in ensuring its
longevity.The center proposes
renovating the approximately 8,000 square foot landmark mansion, upgrading and
modernizing the city's historic spaces, building systems in support of the
center's programming and support.
The center will also construct a 10,000 square foot ADA-accessible addition for new
exhibition space and archival storage.
The work will provide museum-grade exhibition and art storage space, meet
sustainability and operational goals through an all-electric HVAC system,
and geothermal well field. In addition, the creation of fully
accessible community space will be available throughout.
The total project cost is approximately 12.4 million.
The project will be financed with a combination of philanthropic contributions in
the amount of 5.4 million, a DCEO grant of two million, and a $5
million NOF grant to complete the capital stack.
Sources will fund approximately eight million in hard costs and four million in
soft costs.
Shown here is a bird's eye view of the to-be-constructed new addition and
ADA-accessible entrance.
Here is a rendering of the fully rehabilitated exterior and streetscape,
inclusive of a new welcoming courtyard for guests.
And here is a rendering of one of the rehabilitated gallery spaces.
And finally, here are renderings of the interiors of the proposed additions,
the additional construction for gallery space, community meetings,
and other events.
The NOF grant will be structured as a reimbursement after achieving construction
completion milestones of 30%, 60%, and 90% completion,
with the final payment upon the issuance of certificate of completion.
The city's investment will be protected by provisions in the RDA that require the
project to be occupied and operated for no less than five years.
If these conditions are not met, the city has the right to recapture previously
disbursed funds. Additionally, the developer must achieve the typical construction
compliance requirements for prevailing wage, MWBE, and city
residency.
Overall, DPD is highly supportive of this proposed project.
The grant will support a longstanding community asset in Douglas and Bronzeville
community areas, create and retain up to 10 full-time jobs, and allow the
center to modernize and upgrade the facility to enhance its educational mission,
ensuring the longevity of this historical and culturally significant asset.
Thank you for your consideration.
I and members of the development team are happy to answer any questions the
committee may have.
Thank you. Any questions?
First, before that, I want to go to Alderman Dowell,
who is online.
Alderman Dowell?
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I want to congratulate...
I'm sorry I can't be there with you today.
But I want to congratulate Monique Brinkman Hill
and board member Susan Smith, who I see are in the audience, for
their leadership in preserving and expanding an
important Chicago landmark and an important cultural
amenity in the Bronzeville community.
The South Side Community Art Center, which, as Jeff has
said, is the oldest African American art institution in
America,
and is deserving of this
investment of city funds to preserve its
place
in history and to preserve its location in the Bronzeville community.
I ask for my colleagues to support this effort.
And again, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Chairman Dowell.
Alderman Robinson.
Chairman, thank you very much. I first want to commend
my colleague in the Third Ward
for her work
moving this across the finish line.
When I was in the Illinois General Assembly, I secured $2 million for
this great project, and so glad to see again that
it is moving forward. I want to give some
kudos to Executive Director Hill and, as
Chairman Dowell mentioned,
Board Chair Susan Smith,
for their hard work. We know that our history in the African
American community is trying to be erased, and the South Side
Community Art Center is a great example of
Black art. And I hope that my friends from
It Takes a Village,
when it is open, they will take a tour of this great
facility. And so, again, kudos to the South Side Community Art
Center. Kudos for Alderman Dowell in the Third Ward for making this happen.
Thank you very much.
Thank you. Any other questions?
Move to pass by Alderman Lopez. All in favor, signify by saying aye.
Any opposed? Any opinion? Chair's ayes have it in this matter will be reported out
at our next regular meeting on May 20th.
The committee will now move to consider items three through five on our agenda,
which are transfers of fund ordinances.
A substitute was proposed for one of the three transfers for the
31st Ward, which was distributed to
all members. Do we have a motion to accept the substitute?
So moved by Vice Chair Lee. All in favor, signify by saying
aye. Any opposed? Any opinion of the Chair is the ayes
have it, and the substitute and the other two items are before us.
Again, which are item number three, transfer
of funds within the 10th Ward allowance and automatic expense account for
year 2026. A transfer of funds within the 29th Ward
wage, automatic expense account for year 2026.
A transfer for the 13th Ward wage
allowance and automatic expense account for 2026.
And then a transfer of funds within the 31st Ward
wage allowance and automatic expense account for
2026. We'll take those four items, three,
four, five, and six in order together.
Is there a motion to pass all four?
So moved by Alderman Rodriguez Sanchez.
All in favor, signify by saying aye. Any opposed?
Any opinion of the Chair is the ayes have it, and those four items will be reported
out. I'm sorry, those...
Okay, let me redo that motion then.
Because we have items for wards 10,
13, and 31, not 29.
So items three, four, and five are for the 10th, 13th, and
31st wards, respectively.
Would you renew your motion, Vice Chair Lee,
as amended?
So moved. All in favor, signify by saying aye.
Any opposed? In the opinion of the Chair is the ayes have it in this motion, and
these ordinances are approved and will be reported at our next regular City
Council meeting on May 26th. With there being no further business before the
committee, can we get a motion to adjourn?
So moved. All in favor, signify by saying aye. Any opposed?
Any opinion of the Chair is the ayes have it, and we are adjourned.