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The meeting on the Committees that committee's rules is now
called to order.
We have three items on the agenda today. One will be
re-referred. We will not hear this item in committee. It is
not staying and rules. It was sent to rules and it's being
re-referred and that's just for the record. I will now call
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Thank.
Actor, Jeremy. Thank you, glad you could make it
so, at this,
So at this time, we'll begin the public comment period out
of respect. For everybody's time. Each speaker is limited
to three minutes. There are two virtual speakers, Randall,
Elliot, and Patrick door. And we do have three in person
speakers.
Ran.
Randall, Elliott.
A gentleman. Randall, Elliott is not present in bloom.
Okay, it's Patrick door.
If Patrick door, please press star 6 on your phone.
Good morning, Sherman Harris, members of the rules
committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My
name is Patrick Doran. Speaking on behalf of the
hospitality Business Association Chicago, a trade group for
Chicago's locally, owned bars restaurants and music venues
the committee briefly today in regards to the tip credit.
Minimum wage ordinance, Bill be referred, it's important
legislation and I look forward to sharing some on you tell
analysis when it's hurting committee. However, I'm speaking
today specifically to the co-sponsors and asking them for a
few simple accommodation, to have next week's city. Council
meeting to ease with likely burden of passage of this
ordinance, when it passes later this year,
traditional to
Traditional Tavern licensees in Chicago. If he can you
decline and number employment, since covid went through,
which was an enormously challenging time for them
personally, half of them never received major federal aid.
That is Mabel them to hang on and we've lost more places
since that, although sales numbers and sales tax
collections have been touted, we are still below 2019, at
least through July of this year. Once you adjust for
inflation, people are not selling. Buying more products are
visiting. A neighborhood place is more prices are just gone
out to dinner place in which has been a problem across the
economy. And later, this winter will be further stress from
any of these locally owned bars, music venues and craft
breweries when second and selling a property tax bills,
clothes arrive in the mail and need to be paid before the
end of the year.
Do you?
Few simple things that could be done before. Passage, that
could help these businesses, whether the higher class
expenses and challenges ahead,
Would.
Would be one. The inter Ordnance has introduced its being
riverford today. Definitely needs to incorporate the same
accommodation for small employers.
It's a minimum.
It's a minimum wage ordinance. Always already does the city
council in the past is understood that employers of 4 to 20
employees are not as able to bear the cost of higher
mandich higher labor mandates and we would urge that the
chip credit legislation. Adopt the same structure, the
exact same structure. The minimum wage ordinance has with a
much slower implementation schedule for
Buyers of 4020 Chicago in the second one is an expansion of
outdoor dining.
It was.
It was a major economic Boon and job Creator too many of
these businesses. It would be very helpful. If the reasons
that frankly we all understand why the council control the
outdoor dining program. Craft breweries taverns music
venues another notch, digital Sidewalk Cafe permittees or
extended this fall so they can plan ahead and have the
economic security of knowing they'll be able to offer
outdoor dining in 2024 and 2025
Ali.
I leave it to the body to discuss whether Street, then you
should return. But absolutely Chicago's taverns and smaller
retailers in the neighborhoods need outdoor. Dining
approved. Be able to absorb higher labor costs, whether you
adjusted for large, and small employers are not include
They?
Thank you. I'll Patrick door. You are your time, that's up.
Our next speaker is Nikita roads.
Known everyone. Thank you for having listening to our
comments today. My name is Natasha Kyros, I'm a national
league organizer with one Fair wage and I've been a temp
worker here in Chicago for over 15 years, making a
sub-minimum wage from 222 Administration and I just want to
urge the committee to vote this out of the committee today
ordinance. So it can pass the time is now for us to pass
one Fairway. This is a very historical moment, tipped wages
has been held back through the two administrations. Like I
said that I've been up here fighting for tipped workers and
as as myself to as its Health worker. So I just want to
thank the committee for bringing it this far and to vote it
out because this is a very urgent matter that we need to
take care of it. Should have been taken care of, when we
Did Minnie.
Did minimum wage raising, minimum wage in 2018, but two
workers was left out and so we don't want to leave tipped
workers out as inflation and everything is going up for
tipped workers as well. To work as Brent, everything, all
everything goes up for us as well. So we want a pathway
for. We want to be on the right side of
Mr.
history and a
History and the right side of history is ending this bad
part of History which we call slave wages that dated all
the way back to the Pullman Porters with. They just had a
parade and Labor Day and so we are labor workers with no
Union but we're still workers here serving every time you
come to the restaurant, every time you go to Applebee's,
every time you go to Original House of Pancakes, we are
there to serve you and so we deserve this race is a hard
fight to fight that no other industry has to fight for a
raise, but we have to go through all this led the station
to get our race. So we just grateful that we're at the
table with been at the table but we've been looked over and
so we're just grateful to move this process for. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you for.
Thank you very much for your comment.
Antoinette Simmons.
I'm a.
I meant when I said, I live in the 20th, Ward and I am here
because we want to and I know you all will pass out, you
know, it's regarding the rules committee. We really need
this as single women and women with that have families
here. And we're not going back to work because
Not livable. The wage isn't livable and we need it to live
and take care of our families to be stable, okay? So what
I'm saying today, let's do what we need to do. I don't have
to repeat when this hockey just said. She said this
happened in 2018, why haven't we done? It. Is that you all
want to keep us in this level of just not having a
successful life and being able to pay and take care of our
children while they go to college and we got to work three
jobs, staying what we need. So help us help us today. And
thank you. Hey.
Thank.
Thank you very much.
All right, last speaker is Jerry Evans.
Good answer.
Good afternoon. I'm sorry. Hi. Good afternoon. My name is
Terry Evans on the proud owner of Windy City, ribs and
windy city, ribs and whiskey. I met this organization in
2018 and it was at that time that I met siroo. And she had
the book for and I was it was brought to my attention as of
as a new person entering the food industry has been 17
years in Corporate America. So I was blown away when I
walked into the kitchen and realize that people had worked
in this industry for decades and no saving it. So it took
it, it's it's
Call my cell.
Myself to kind of educate myself on what was going on with
this waste system in the food industry. And I was like how
people show up for work. And he's hot kitchen, and these
environments hours after hours and have nothing to show her
for their family, beyond the wages that they get, and
they're struggling to pay their bills. And so, I rip the
Band-Aid off. It was difficult, it was hard, I went through
training, Mikey and Itachi, the team Illustrated to me how
to do this, how to make this make sense. And a lot of the
restaurants here will say this is impossible. Well, I've
done it and I've been able to scale while doing it. So it
is possible and it's about numbers. It's about knowing The
Narrative of your number. I have an MBA from Northwestern.
So I'm the first person to tell you that profits have to
make sense for me to be in business and it's been tough,
It's been a challenge. But, do I go to sleep better at
night? Because I can feed the people that are working for
me everyday.
that's,
That's why.
That's what this is about. I'm a third-generation, my
great-grandfather, so whiskey and land as a free slaves, to
be able to take his family and to be able to give them the
Financial Freedom that we have. So, how could I do this as
a black woman? Not take it upon myself, to figure out how
to take care of the people that come to work for me
everyday. So I just asked for you to have some compassion
to think about the people. When you walk out of here and go
have lunch, how are they feeding their family? How are they
paying their bills?
Do you?
Do you watch?
do you want your people that are
Do you want your people that are feeding you is serving? You
not to be able to pay their phone bill. Like that doesn't
sit well for me when I get in my car, I can go and pay for
gas. But a lot of the people that are showing up to go to
work in these restaurants, can I still think about that? I
just I want you to just have some compassion for the people
that are going to work every day in these industries that
are showing up for us. Let's show up for them and do the
right thing. Thank you for the opportunity. Thank you
Terry.
This concludes the public comment period, as I stated
earlier, we have three items on the agenda. This morning
items. One and two are Corrections at a city council
Journal proceedings of October 26th, 2022 and March 15th of
2023 ordinance. 2023 Dash, 1725 and ordinance. 2023 Dash
12:44. If there are no questions, can I get a motion by all
them and Chico to approve of both the journal? Correction,
Tell.
Tell move that ottoman Chico. All those in favor of
approving, both Ordnance, correction 020-2317, 25 and 0 2-0
to say I'm sorry 2023 Dash 1244 by saying, I all those in
favor, all those opposed, in my opinion, the chair, the
eyes have, it hearing no objections.
Matters are approved.
Matters are approved and will be reported out of the next
city council meeting on September 13th. 2023 and our final
item is item. Three to the determination of the appropriate
committee for re referral of the following ordinance
ordinance. 20 to 3-2 99 sponsors by all the persons who
enters amendments of the municipal code chapter, 6-10 5 by
modifying section. 6-10 5-0, 30 regarding minimum hourly
wage in occupations receiving
Touch.
Talk to it. He's given the subject matter of item 3. The
appropriate committee for re referral is the committee on
Workforce Development. Are there any questions or comments?
Can I get a motel move? OK, Google community.
Hello, I'm so sorry. I do miss pasado. Just a question man
of Jared. Are we are we discussing anything about this now?
I know referred to the committee so we just all the
discussions going to be in order for no discussion right
now. Absolutely. What can we discuss is in the wrong
committee so we're going to send it to it's appropriate
committee, we're all of us. If we have questions, whether
we're sitting on that committee and not we should be in
that room. Discussing the issue.
we agree or
We agree or disagree. We should be in the space, so no
discussion here. Good suggestion, Madam chair. So everybody
should be at a meeting on their show. This affects
everybody exactly every business in your lord. Lot of
misinformation about this. Like a lot of good at a lot of
good information like a bad information. So I would, I
would love to see we have 50 people at the meeting where we
discuss this. Oh okay. So ottoman more renews his motion to
recommended item. Three be referred to the committee on
workforce and development, everybody in favor signify by I
everybody opposed anybody opposed and my opinion, all in an
opinion of the share, the eyes have it. The re referral
recommendation has passed and will be reported out at the
next city council meeting on September 13th, 2023.
There being no further business before this committee. Can
I get a motion to adjourn? So, moved by my neighbor and all
those in favor of the motion to adjourn signify, by all
those opposed, Nate, and the opinion of the shares, the
eyes, having the meeting on the Committees and committee's
rules is adjourn.