Morning city council. If you can hear my voice,
My Maricopa donuts and coffee are in 208. Please help
yourself to coffee and donuts on the clerk by Muse coffee
Studio, a coffee black owned shop on the westside of
Chicago. That's right. Jessie, you get all the coffee you
want. And if you can hear the sound of my voice, please
login to your device, we will start promptly at 10:45,
please, login to your device.
but,
Good morning, city council, please login to your device. And
if you would like coffee and donuts from the clerk, please
go to 284 City, Council Members. It is courtesy of muse,
copy Studio on the west side of Chicago. Black owned
coffee, please. Visit them at Muse, coffee. Studio.com.
Midtown.
The council.
The.
The council will come to order, the council will come to
order Madam clerk. Please take a quorum roll call.
Good morning. The Quan is now. Open the corn is now open.
The car.
Decorum is now open. Please blow up on your device present.
I'll
I will call on.
We need to finish calling the roll. Please, if you all
could just bear with us this morning. Thank you for your
excitement. Madam clerk on those that have not voted their
presents Alderman, Robinson & Robinson, his present.
All.
Alderwoman Harris.
I'll
All the women here is his present. Alderman, Beale is not
present Alderman. Chico present alderwoman, Ramirez
present,
All.
Alderwoman Gutierrez, not present, Alderman Lopez, Alderman,
Lopez present, Alderman Coleman, not present Alderman,
David Moore.
Present. Alvin Mosley. Not present. Older woman. Rodriguez
Sanchez.
Nah.
Not present, Alderman Conway, not present, Alderman,
ramirez-rosa present all Roman mix.
Not.
Not present, Alderman Vasquez, not present all the time.
I'm going to wait, one second. I was going to go to your
remote people after just give me one second. I'll write
Alderman, Napolitano, Alderman, Gardner, and Alderman
Alderman. Clay. All right, I'm going to go to the folks
online.
Okay.
Are.
Alright Mayer. We have a Quorum Federal clerk. We have 38
members present while there are absent. So we do have a
quorum. Alder Vasquez Alder, Napolitano are ill allderm,
Mosley meats and Knutson have family emergencies and old.
Cigar.
Guard.
Gardner High.
A Gardener has a prior engagement related to the business
of the public body all six. Others have requested
participation remotely today under rule 59 order Lopez, you
care to make a motion. Good morning, mr. President, I move
that all other persons Vasquez napoletana mostly myth
convention in Garner. I'll be allowed to participate
remotely. Thank you, older, Lopez all those in favor of the
motion of lolling Alders Vasquez, Napolitano Mosley,
missing for Newton, and Gardiner to participate. In today's
meeting remotely signify by saying, i n e opposed say nay
and the pain of the chair, the eyes have it them clerk,
please Mark. Alder Vasquez, Napolitano mostly missed
connection as well as Gardener as president of the Quorum
call.
They?
Thank.
Thank you very much. Please rise for the Pledge of
Allegiance.
I've
I play.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One
nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for
all. Thank you very much. Please remain standing for the
invocation which we delivered today by rev. Dr. Jeanette,
Wilson. Esquire of the rainbow push coalition.
but,
Good morning. Mister mayor and members of the city council.
This is a particular issue that we will you will decide
today, my father was a chip Walker.
How about where we years? God of our silent tears. God has
brought us to this moment.
Saved us by God, we thank you for these who will make
decisions that impact the lives of ordinary people. Thank
you for these who will make a decision today about those
who work every day and never make enough to meet the needs
of family. Never make enough to pay for benefits. Never
make a minimum living on the margins. God, we thank you for
how you going to touch the hearts of these members of the
city council. And this mayor, as they wrestle with the
challenges in the city today is tipped workers. Everyday is
migrants everyday is homeless. Every day is Union striking
for more asking and demanding that the lower ranks get more
God. We ask
How did you trust?
How did you touch them? Give them a new insight. Give them
a vision for this city that we might be a model for the
rest of the nation trucks. The staff of this city that they
might know. They're not working jobs, they are serving
people.
Somehow.
Some who are hungry, some who are homeless, and who would
abandon serving children, who don't understand the
conditions under, which they are living.
Hungry in the morning, no better night. God, we ask that
you trust each one of those who make decisions and who am
plumet programs on behalf of these people that they may. I
know that these are people that God expects us to care for.
And so God we we call on you to give us the inside. Give us
the vision. Give us a commitment Beyond ourselves that we
might see me and we might meet me. And we at we ask that
everyone that has a capacity today to vote in favor of one
Fair wage. God, we know you have the power
We have.
We have the strip.
We have the strength.
and we,
And we believe it will happen because you are a God of
Justice and the Arc of the universe bends towards Justice.
Let it.
Let every heart say amen. Amen.
This portion of the meeting is dedicated to public
comments.
but,
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. Speak your cannot yield or
transfer the time to another speaker and you wouldn't, set
up and submitted will be posted and made available for
automatic review. Our first Speaker today is Zoe Lee.
Good morning. Good morning.
Listen.
This is for you, David Moore.
Eva.
You know what you going to do after this?
If?
If you are so committed to your Alderman duties such as
protecting the neighborhood in your ward at 3 in the
morning from prostitutes. Surely. As an alderman, you can
go after the money that is owed to my mother. At 3 in the
afternoon, normal business hours 2017, my mother building
was illegally demolished by the city of Chicago. You never
notified her and gave her an option, and never gave her the
option about the little money that committee on finance was
supposed to take care of. And at that time, the chairman.
So you already know at Burke and I think you also told my
godfather, they knock down the wrong building. But now you
say it was building violations, the man who is living there
didn't have at least the man, you referring to is the same
man who is on that building since 1965? He has no need. He
needs. No, least he has the Deeds. When how would you feel
if someone demolish your mother house?
How's you be?
How's you been living in for 57 years at your big ass age,
you still live with your mom. The FBI has already met with
my mother if your slow ass doesn't know know know if you
don't find my mother's money, you're going to be in the
news again. That was that was my that was that was my
generation or one that you got the mileage. I am not the
one I know you, can you not clean out the one? I want to
know. You're going to tell you something, you did
everything wrong and you been doing something wrong, you
really autistic. I don't know how you even got this job,
okay?
What?
What's?
I was minding my own business. Excuse me.
We're.
We respectfully ask that you please refrain from use of any
profanity. Thank you.
all the
I was minding my business, okay? I was living in Atlanta,
living, my good life. My mother has been fighting the city
of Chicago for five years. Okay. And she couldn't do it no
more. She ended up in the hospital. So I had to leave
Atlanta and come here. I've been protesting in front of
city hall for 17 weeks and I watch you walk past me. Each
time you didn't acknowledge me or anything in this is in
your ward.
The bus.
The black on black crime.
Tama figure out what I can do, legally.
But I'm trying.
But I'm trying to tell you, if you was if you can, you can
you talk about how great you are and how good of a man you
are by my mother money?
Farmer.
Are my mother money after I leave here. I'm heading over to
the Federal Building to amend its complaint and your name
is added but I'm just letting you know, you don't have no
paperwork, my mother got all hurt.
Thank you very much for your comments.
What's?
Once again, please remember.
What?
Once again, please remember all speakers respectfully
refrain from the use of any profanity. We thank you as well
as the outbursts.
Our next speaker is James Rodriguez.
Hello, my name is James Rodriguez. I am 32 years old. I
have worked in the restaurant industry since I was 13, I
work for a really great restaurant growing up. They were
like family to me that you give me very well. Give me pay
increases every year, but have also seen the real downside
of working in the restaurant industry. I think verbal abuse
daily discrimination. I was fired because I took one sick
day and I was refused pay for two weeks. I needed that pay
to pay my rent. I was facing an eviction at
So I also that you don't realize that there's a lot of
struggles going on in this industry. I graduated from
college and now I'm working in another industry because I
realized I can't work and afford to live working in the
restaurant industry. The current weight that I worked for
the subpar, minimum wage and tips. And I'm telling you, I'm
a little to nothing, and that's not fair. We work every day
and we work very hard for the money and to explore our
families. And to be able to afford rent in the, in the
areas that we working, and that's not possible in the city
that we live in today. And that's not fair, that needs to
change. Today, we need to make history today and change
that I have contemplated about working back in the
restaurant industry. But the only way I would be able to do
that is if we all make Fair wages and we're all able to
afford to pay for our children and our rent. So that's the
only way I will be working back in the restaurant industry.
Thank.
Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker is
Wendy Pollock.
The.
Good morning. My name is on the director of the women's
lawn policy initiative at the Sargent Shriver National
Center on Poverty Law, Center fights for racial gender and
economic Justice. And that's why we support eliminating.
The tips of minimum wage,
An average, I'm sure all of you heard of both the racial
and gender wage gap on an average black women earn only
sixty-seven cents to the dollar for every white men, that
white men are this wage Gap is exasperated by the fact that
black women disproportionate work in the lowest-paid
industries and are relegated to the lowest paid jobs within
those Industries. And the restaurant in the industry.
Exemplifies, this pattern black women in the restaurant in
or industry or learn from 5 to $8 lesson, tips an hour
compared to white men and I'm more likely not to earn
enough tips to bring them to the full minimum wage. This is
further compounded by the rampant wage. That was in that
industry over 50 billion dollars in wages. That stolen from
us workers every year and year after year. The restaurant
industry is among one of the top offenders in Illinois
about 194 million dollars.
Wages.
Wages are stolen each year with a recapture rate of only
twenty-three million dollars. That's just about 8% of
stolen wages that I return to workers. And in Chicago, in
the Chicago area about 7.6 million dollars are stolen each
week from workers, another significant problem with in the
restaurant industry and one that keeps tips low is sexual
harassment with over 70% of women restaurant workers
reporting having experienced Westmont, this preponderance
of sexual harassment in in in the industry needs workers to
leave the industry.
And blue.
And black women experience a greater amount of harassment
than their counterparts. Even though most workers don't
report the harassment most often for fear of retaliation. A
disproportionate number of sexual harassment, claims are
filed with EEOC are from restaurant. Workers eliminating,
the tips of minimum wage gets all workers a fighting chance
to work with dignity and to not live in poverty. The time
is now for Chicago to eliminate the tips of minimum wage
and pay workers the full minimum wage with tips on top.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker is
George Blakemore.
Turn.
To the status of the city of Chicago, I used to work more on
the ground for illegal immigrants from Mexico and maybe
from Ukraine upon Venezuela. All over the world will come
here and work and get this minimum wage and not even legal
citizen, the big picture.
Is racism against black people who was brought over as
slaves and they didn't get no, minimum wage, they got our
own. They black a, I'm not using profanity with you H's.
Haha. Haha. I got a code alphabet for you. So what you in
the orange you black? I want you to get minimum wage and
all kind of way, but these other people coming over. I want
them to catch nothing but transportation to the Ukraine.
What will perhaps be a civil war? Black people, you never
been free?
when you go,
when you get,
When you got your party, cuz I don't call of new-look. Did
you get it? No. Seamaster patient. Proclamation, where did
you go right back to the plantation again? Sharecropper,
you have never been free and America America hate you
America discriminate against America review you? So this is
why my ancient god of Africa, we have our own Dimension
that that spreads that's going to watch over us. And we
will overcome one day. But not, when we have elected
official that sell us out, that do not even bring up
illegal, immigrant something is wrong with black people,
you put them here at another think this young lady was
talking about the machine machine.
but the
But the Democrats, Try a Little Tenderness bad truck truck
racing.
The news to the whole system, all these people, these black
one piece of a click a democratic machine. And when they do
something watching the dates, they all going to say, that's
rubbish.
Are you?
Are you know what you could do for me to play more kiss
miss to play more?
Thank.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Annex.
Our next speaker is kwesi homes.
Are.
Our next speaker is kwesi homes.
Good morning.
My.
My name is Casey Holmes and like everybody in this room,
all Americans work is the foundation of my life.
As.
And some, some of my earliest memories of work as my
father, being a tipped worker doing service work and not
necessarily connecting it then. But understanding that I
couldn't always get what I wanted. Always when I want it,
sometimes I had to wait.
Turn.
Sometimes he was.
Sometimes he wasn't always in the best mood after work as
well. I couldn't necessarily always connect those. And I
got a job myself at the age of 14, first job working and
doing room service. My stepmom was actually my boss. So I
got a little bit more and I was still making like, $5 an
hour, maybe five and some change. And I couldn't connect
that to him getting a car, paying rent, or living any kind
of quality life. $5 an hour, just didn't add up. I was
making a couple of tips but it just didn't make sense in my
mind. And then, when I fast forward as an adult working
person with this campaign in a, in a, in a child, whose
mother is working to doing it right now. Working serving
tables.
Where would we?
Where we're living on a roller coaster, we're both taking
care of my child and we don't have a, we understand that
sometimes more funds are going to be coming in then other
times. So what we've done is we've and what have
historically had to do is build my life around and
stability. So what I'm asking you today is to vote, Yes, on
one Fair wage so that we can have stability.
Ask.
Actually, I'm a go ahead and leave it there. Thank you for
your time.
When?
Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker is
saru jayaraman.
I'm short. Hello everybody. My name is, Sarah J Ramen and I
am the co-founder and president of one Fair wage. I want to
thank Mary, Brandon Johnson, and a older people Carlos
Ramirez. Roadside Jesse Fuentes, Mike Rodriguez and so many
of you for your leadership and courage. I also want to
thank all of the incredible restaurant and service workers
who are here today with serving the city of Chicago.
Be.
Beating all of us when it have been very difficult to put
food on their own families tables. The restaurant industry
has been one of the largest and fastest-growing private
sector Employers in the city of Chicago and nationally for
decades. It's been the absolute lowest paying employer in
the United States and in Chicago for Generations dating all
the way back to emancipation and Chicago plays a very
important and sorted role in this history.
Aftermath.
After emancipation, black workers started, coming up from
Mississippi and Alabama, and Louisiana to Chicago. The
Poland train started hiring, black men, newly freed and the
restaurant industry started hiring black women, the Pullman
car Porters. Won the rights to one Fair wage back in 1937,
but the black women never got what the Pullman car part
carport, just thought, because of 1938, the National
Restaurant Association, succeeded in getting tipped workers
in the restaurant industry excluded from the fair labor
standards act, the First Federal minimum wage that passed
as part of the new deal and fast forward to today. From $0
an hour to tipped. Minimum wage of summoning. Wage for
tipped workers at the federal level is still $2.13 an hour.
and,
And here in Chicago, in the state of Illinois, you still
persist with this Legacy of slavery. You are one of now 43
states that persist, with this Legacy of slavery, which
results in a work worth, it is overwhelmingly women. And
let me say both black and brown and white and Asian women
and all women indigenous, women working for subbing them
away, just struggling with the highest rates of poverty and
sexual, harassment of any industry cuz I have to put up
with so much to get those tips. And meanwhile there are
seven states that got rid of this many decades ago,
California, Oregon Washington, Nevada, Alaska, Oregon and
your neighboring state, you're nearby state of Minnesota,
these states have higher restaurant sales, higher job
growth, how your small business growth rates than Chicago,
Fire tipping, averages, even hire people of color, own
small business restaurant growth rates in Chicago.
Everything is better one, half the rate of sexual
harassment during the pandemic. What we suffered here in
the tipped. Workforce got so much worse. Tips went down.
Harassment went up.
Million were.
Million workers walked off the job and that is why we are
winning. We won this because restaurants are having to
raise wages to recruit staff. We wanted in DC, 15 states
are moving the legislation right now. Maryland is about to
pass this later. This month, you can do this, we can do
this. We can end this Legacy of slavery once, and for all,
we can stand up to the powers of the restaurant associated.
Wake.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Aren't.
Our next, our next speaker is Beth Wagner.
Hi.
Hi, my name is Beth Wagner and I own a restaurant in Pilsen
Honky Tonk, BBQ and we operate under one Fair wage.
You know, I think that one thing that I'm going to talk
just as a small business owner because I think it's some
people are looking at one Fair wage through this little
tiny microscope of our business is going to have a hard
time with this but that is not how we have to look at this
because and I think this is the job of small businesses to
look at our community are Community brings in our
customers. It gives us our employees, it makes our business
prosper. And if that's the case, we also need to give back
and small business is always done that for communities.
We?
We have to think about who the people are that we are
surrounded by and anyone who fights one Fair wage, they're
not making one Fair wage. They're not, they're making less
than that, okay? They are not taking a bus in a. Snowstorm
to make the donuts for you. Okay. They already have their
utilities paid and their health insurance. There are many
people that don't even have these basic things. Without one
Fair wage, we need to think with a larger wide-angle, we
need to realize that everything needs to be Equitable so
that all of the people around us are given an opportunity
to take care of their children just like we want to take
care of our children. One thing that we think of as
businesses, I can't make the bottom line, we can't make the
bottom line. If the world around us is crumbling
and the
And the world around us will break apart. If we don't use
our true Humanity to think about those that need to also
have opportunity and a way to survive, okay? And that's
what it comes down to. Thank you, please vote for one Fair
wage because it is all of our world. It is not just my
small business that I have to think about. I need to think
about my community and the people around us and the City of
Chicago. Thank you very much.
Thank.
Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker is
Antonio Lightfoot.
My.
Money.
My name is Antonio Lightfoot, deputy director of the
workers Center first to Justice. Real Black Liberation
Organization on the south side and proud members of the one
Fair wage coalition.
I can't.
I can talk a lot about how important this ordinance is to
us as an organization. That's Worker Center or even my own
ship work experience, but I rather read a prepared
statement by one of our members.
Hello. My name is Kaylee and I'm a member of the workers
Center for racial Justice and the support of one Fair wage.
I've been working in the restaurant industry for over four
years jump right into what we are here for today. I like to
dress a few frustration that affect myself. And my
co-workers, in case you haven't had the pleasure of being
the tip worker, it's not all glamorous. One of the main
disadvantages to being the temp, worker is splitting tips
of people, who make more, more of a wasian. I do regardless
of the amount of work putting in doing that shift.
Unfortunately, I've had to share my chip wages with those
who make more than I do as well. As those I've had to speak
out about sexual harassment, advancements on most days.
There's a noticeable difference at the end of the day. When
I show skin, even if my attire is professional or fun
taking into consideration that I'm up. The only black woman
working in this ribbon artist a Bushman, the actions of my
boss.
Send email.
San Dimas some customers make me feel exploited. It forces
me to sell my personality, my parents and my well-being. A
few accepted expressions are on my skirt is short of the
tips are higher for. My makeup is u.s. dollars on the
bottom line for me to sign, it gets worse throughout the
different seasons. I find myself working multiple jobs in
order to make ends meet a lot of the time. I find myself
paying taxes for making too much, although I don't receive
health care benefits nor any government assistance in the
end. I'm working to essentially survive, not live after
spend most days pulling double shifts that can equate up to
14 hours per day. For multiple days of the time, do the
talk to work at a well-paying. The Salvation has definitely
crossed my mind, although it's not, it's it's easier said
than done while currently work for has his financial
investments in other Savages all over in the round. The
city, this has an effect on where I work in the future to
how much I make it also makes it impossible to complain
against him. Knowing that I'll be blackballed the main base
is my income.
Haven't.
Heavily reliant on tip wages, which fluctuates due to
seasonal change and within the neighborhood, I work in. It
gets we get a lot of terrorists from outside the United
States. They are traveling from all over the world and they
are oblivious to the fact in America's employees are
heavily dependent on tips. This is an American problem and
we have to do better. We as a nation are far behind a
properly, functioning working class with the reason to
Fairways. If Chicago, to make progress, we make progress
this evening, but with evening out the
Facebook.
Statesville.
Page Field. It would allow us to be one of the first but
not last in the grunting Jessica, working granting Justice
for Working Class People. The workload has increased
Broadway. Just have not, please think about how many raise
this or bonuses have come across your line of work for you
and Ashley self. Why I don't deserve the same opportunity.
I heard you to vote. Yes for a wage.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is Barry.
Good morning. Darla older people. My name is Barry. I'm
here asking you to vote? Yes. On one Fair wage. I have
worked in the restaurant industry. I have never been
homeless, but let me tell you, I know people who work there
that work and they work just as hard and let's be real
harder, but what I have done is I've been 2 weeks away from
one wrench is too and not known how I was going to pay it.
That's not just scary. That's downright. Traumatizing, that
is a hurt that is going to stay with me, the rest of my
life and no one deserves that, everyone deserves a roof
over their head and ever, and deserves to know that they're
going to have a roof over their head next month.
and,
I know.
I know, I know that there's going to be some people here
who've been told that there's been a lot of beer thrown
around. And let me tell you, though, if you're really going
to let someone tell you that by raising your wages, they're
going to lower our pay. And I've got a bridge to sell you.
There is always going to be people trying to divide us. But
the truth is that when workers when we Alt
let,
Whoever you are white. Black brown. Queer straight.
Disabled in one, no matter your religion, when workers win,
we all win.
I'm
and,
I know, I hope you all vote yesterday. I hope that's
unanimous. Now, I'm guessing, there's probably going to be
at least one. Schmuck, who says, well, we got to help the
mother, wait until it's time to walk and chew gum. Today's
vote is the bare minimum.
Litter.
Literally the bare minimum. That's what they call it. The
minimum wage. The work continues tomorrow. It continues the
day, after you got to keep going. Let's win this today and
then let's keep the fire up tomorrow. Thank you. Please
vote. Yes. And everyone deserves a fair wage with tips on
top.
but you've
Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker is
Michael Young bae.
The.
Good morning. Good morning.
I've been coming to this Council for a little minute now.
Like I said, I don't been in a rage like that, I'm ignoring
and things like that, but I'm speaking for my daughter, I'm
speaking for my wife, I'm speaking for myself, I'm speaking
for what's right?
We have been discriminated against against shelters.
No we ain't been treated right on the same area all him and
hear the email will send it today just in case you
overlooked it.
just,
Just because my religious faith. I like came here and I
don't mess some kind of
Display.
Reflection and the mafia, whatever. People don't know me cuz
you're cuz I got a fast on my head.
So I want to apologize. First of y'all for any uproar that
I may have said.
But how many and my wife and child been discriminated
against and it started because we was in a shelter and my
child wanting to go to school in the shelter that they had
for the little children. They said that my child can come
there because she had epilepsy seizures, but she don't have
seizures there in the shelter and ask him. What would you
do when you called 911 and we there in the shelter as well?
Tell.
So, where are we being kicked out of c h a waiting list.
In.
You know.
You know, they purposely call and kicked us off at CH a
waiting list. I have all the evidence. I have all the text
message to emails Etc,
I'll
Also.
Are high people say about discrimination? I don't
experience that too. On the workforce, my name, Michael
Young, they look it up, Michael Young, Bae versus snarf
LLC. I work for a place where I fought for people's rights
for sexual harassment. Also done been the beneficiary.
Other.
Other people to.
Other people tips while being an assistant store manager.
So, I understand what all the people are saying since I've
been coming here.
And I think you Ottomans need to take things a little more
seriously because eventually people not going to be as
humble. They ain't going to be as patient.
You see?
You see what the migration at things. Open up the door.
What about us as Citizens as workers?
It's
Is it?
Is he and we come from all kind of backgrounds? We the
people is they are. But y'all giving these people
everything we can't, we can't even get a clean shelter.
Merry go around. Look at them, shelters.
I'ma send you the email to.
Look.
Look at those shelters.
Thank you very much for your comments or whatever your time
has expired.
You're?
Your honor, there are no further speakers who have time we
signed up for the public comment. Thank you very much. This
concludes our public comment. I've been informed that older
woman Coleman has fallen ill and wishes to attend remotely
as well. I'm Alderman Lopez. I know you are working hard
but I would ask if you would be willing to make a motion
again. Mr. President, good morning, I moved that under our
rules and procedures. We allow alderwoman Coleman to
participate, remotely
Take me to.
Thank you very much. All those in favor signify by saying, I
all those opposed name, the painting of the chair of the
eyes have it. There are no resolutions
next.
Nextstep Communications.
Oh yeah.
Oh yes, ma'am, could you add alderwoman Coleman to the to
the attendance? Robblees in the city council? The following
documents filed in my office notification of sales City of
Chicago sales tax securitization bonds. Refunding series.
2023. D &, S lien. Sale securitization bonds are funding
series 2023 c. I c, e Clark, Lindsey also inform to seek
out a copy of the substitute ordinance. So20, 23-00 ZR2
995, a mini chapter, 6-10 5 minutes to go to Chicago by
modifying section 6-10 5030 regarding minimally minimum
hourly wage in occupations, receiving gratuities and which
was recorded of comedian Workforce Development, at the
October, 4th every city council meeting at and Action Pawn
said matter was referred to publish a forum on October 6th
2023. You're out of that concludes the mayor and other
senior officers
Give me.
Community.
Give me the reports. We do not have any committee reports
today. And for the agreed-upon, calendar matters, of
agreed-upon calendar alderwoman Harris. Mister President,
we have no matters today. Very good. Thank you very much
and for new business Madam Clerk.
Zone.
Sonia Mendez, referred to the committee on sewing, lamp box
to building standards trapping regulations, traffic control
signals in traffic signs before securing a nestrian traffic
safety. Grants a privilege, on over the public way, which
you referred to committee on transportation, and public
way, exemption from physical requirement for commercial
driver, daily, access parking facilities, which you refer
to me on transportation and public way. Almond Rodriguez,
Sanchez has proposed ordinance, for a member of national
code section. 46 e2023 to allow additional package with
licenses and Porsche of North North Albany Avenue, which is
referred to coming at license and consumer protection on
Rodriguez Sanchez to his proposed orders from Emmett of
Municipal Code. Section, 46023 to allow additional package
with licenses unfortunate West Montrose Avenue, which is
reports from the unlicensed and consumer protection. Almond
Martin has proposed orders for transfer of funds within the
committee on Ethics in Government operations for the year
2023, which is referred to the committee on the budget and
government operations.
All.
All Manhattan has proposed resolution for submission of a
public question. By referendum to Chicago voters at the
March 19th, 2024 election proposing to allow voters to
determine if Chicago, she'll increased number of public
mental health clinics was referred to the committee on
committees and rules.
How many?
I'm going to head and also has proposed resolution for
submission of a public question. By referendum to Chicago
voters at the March 19th, 2024 election proposing to allow
voters to determine if Chicago can create food mitigation.
And response plan was referred to the committee on
committees and rules that concludes the presentation of all
the medic introductions. Thank you very much for
unfinished. Business to chair recognizes ottoman Mitchell
this. President, I'm aware of one piece of Unfinished
Business. It was filed by Alderman, Rodriguez, and calls
for a vote on fo 20 to 30 000 2995 which was referred and
Dipper and published on October. 4th 2023. Thank you very
much. The chair recognizes Alderman Rodriguez. Thank you
mr. President
let's,
Let's do.
Let someone wishes to speak to this item. I mean, passage
of SO2. 2023 Dash 0, 0 0, 2 9, 95 and amendments of the
municipal code. Chapter 61 05 by modifying section. 6-10
5030 regarding minimum hourly wage and occupation receiving
gratuities
Which was the first.
Which was the first in public.
Which was the first published at the October 4th, 2023
city, council meeting by roll call. Thank you very much
before we to take a boat. I have two individuals as far
that wish to speak to this chair. Recognizes ottoman will
haul. Thank you, mr. President, today I'm voting yes on
behalf of my grandfather who was a good worker and growing
up as a kid.
Royal.
Growing up as a kid, we will go over to his home. If I
birthday, she would give us a Folgers coffee cup that have
two nickels and dimes but he collected as a good worker and
told the times that we have faced, whether you start on
79th Street on Rush Street, this boat is addicted. People.
Everything is going to cost of food is going up the cost to
go to work is going up. So therefore the cost
Aaliyah.
Flip.
flip is going on. It's a workers should never have to
figure out how to make a dollar out of $0.15. And so let
this be the day that everybody in Chicago sees that we are
all in this together, and we start together. Thank you, mr.
Present, thank you very much.
Jerry.
Chair recognizes old women lie.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President I have a spoken at committee
committee that I don't actually sit on Workforce
Development about the struggles that I've had with this
ordinance and I think each one of us as elected officials
with any piece of legislation has to do with it and really
think through and talk to constituents. And I struggled
with this.
I worked in my family's restaurant. When I was younger, it
was not a week. I was not a waitress. It was a quick
service place that had many family members and extended
family members who have built wealth and creative jobs in
our community, by opening restaurants. And I talked to a
lot of them, I said, last time that I didn't know where I
was on this, and I went and talked to more, and more people
post restaurant owners, as well as servers in front of the
house, back of the house. And in my community, my community
in the 11th ward we're between Bridgeport and Chinatown of
over 150 restaurant, 90 of them and shut down. Chinatown
alone. It is the lifeblood of our community and brings a
lot of tax revenue to the city as well. And
Mike.
Mike & Stitch.
My constituents there.
My constituents there, feel that this is going to hurt more
than it's going to help our local economy.
In.
and,
And I, I had the conversation with many people knowing that
there was overwhelming support for this Mister mayor and I
know how hard people have fought for this and I applaud my
colleagues who have fought for this and everybody that is
scary, this is not an easy thing and knowing that this was
likely going to pass. And I said this to my constituents,
not just the Chinese ones, but others, but especially in
the Asian Community. When one business owner at a meeting
said to me, we know that the mayor's go at the votes, are
there? This is, why haven't we will comply. We will comply
with that.
but we really
But we really need you to send somebody because you're an
office now to stand up for us. In a way that we've never
been stood up for it because of that. Today, I'm going to
be a no, thank you.
Thank you for.
Thank you very much. Thank you. The chair recognizes
Alderman. David Moore.
Thank you, mr. President, go on committees. I gave my
Andrew press conference. I gave my own personal testimonies
and I won't repeat those. And sometimes you listen to
different organizations. You listen to different people
have cancerous including restaurants,
Everything. And you do your homework and then there's some
things that says clear to me. This was, it was clear. And
then there's some things that you like mad. You don't know
who to believe and then you looking at your dad and you
still trying to figure it out. But you go with, what is a
feeling and I've been doing that since I was ever come out
of me. Would I be able to sleep at night? And that's my
litmus test, even with some things I wanted to vote for, if
I felt I couldn't sleep at night, then I will have to back
that because that's when the Holy Spirit is talking to you.
And so, if I voted against this, I knew I wouldn't be able
to sleep at night, but this was an easy one, as we try to
make sure that people have some type of livable wage and
it's not even a livable wage.
This is my.
This is not even a livable wage, it's something that's just
going to help to keep entire that not together. And so,
what made it even easier for me, it was already easy. It
says, you talked to, some of the businesses that we're just
getting started and I'll talk to some Biz, just get
started. You would think those would be the ones that were
hurting the most and for them to say, I'm doing this
already. I think we should do that. I'm like, what aren't
you going to go broke to know. And so and so we have to be
real about this with Chicago is going to be okay or
businesses are going to be okay, we're going to continue to
do things to support them. We got to look at bureaucratic
things that make it hard for business.
To get start.
To get started so that they're not spending.
To get started so that they're not spending money and that
fashion while we're helping our core. So I definitely stand
in support of one Fair wage and I'll be excited the cast of
Yes, vote, Senate passes.
Thank.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alder, Minot
hoppenworth.
Thank.
Thank you, mister president.
as a as a small business owner and somebody who was part of
the chamber for
2020 years. I recognize what my colleague is saying about
how this is going to impact small businesses, especially
Asian owned businesses. I think about my own Ward, Uptown
Asian Ark Island bird. You know, we're struggling over
there, but truly small businesses and we have so many
business. Corridors and Anderson, don't touch water in
uptown that are hurting right now. It is because they're
having trouble bringing people in and employing people and
keeping people there. And I think about,
Miley.
My life growing up. And I have been a tip worker since I've
been 17. And I want to say that chip workers are the
greatest worker.
But it is, it's really difficult if we want people, young
people. Students artist to come to Chicago, we need to have
reasons why we need to have employment that supports a
living wage. I, as I was growing up, I live in an SRO and
we all know that sros are like one step away from being out
late. So we have to build into our policies and structures,
especially now we have an opportunity to end this passage
of slavery. I, we can do that in Chicago but not stop here
in the city. Work at the county level and at the state
level and everywhere. So no matter where you are,
So, I stand in support in solidarity with my color. So
thank you all for being here, and thank you for sharing
your lived experiences with us because we, we need you to
make good decisions that will benefit all of us, no matter
who we are and where we live in Chicago, you know, whether
you live in Andersonville or Englewood,
This.
Need this and let's pass one. Fair wage today.
They?
Thank.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Julio Ramirez.
Mr. President, I stand in support of one Fair wage.
in the
In large part, my support comes because of my late brother
and the young people of Chicago, my brother, he went to
four different high schools. He didn't like school. He
didn't want to go to college and he started working at a
restaurant. And I remember the very first time he called me
when he made tips, and I mean, he was really happy. He
couldn't even believe that he bought tickets to go to the
Bulls game. He took his girlfriend and he was so happy, and
then there after the owner started taking away my brother's
tips, and I know that if my brother was still alive today,
he would be here sharing that story and advocating for the
young people that are part of this industry, because I'm in
support of any opportunity that we can build for young
people of Chicago. And I think the restaurant industry is
one of those places.
so, when you want,
So, when young people want to start of their first job, I
believe that we need to build stability that they can. You
do make enough money to take their girlfriend to the Bulls
game, and, and build support for their family and I believe
in the world and, you know, in a place in a community like
mine, like Brighton Park that although, you know are, are
restaurants are struggling. That we are going to hire
local, that we're going to spend local. And that we're
going to, we're going to keep spending the money within our
own community. And I've been seeing it already, I see it
and I really want to shout out the back of the Yards coffee
house. I don't know if Jesse's in the room today but he's
already practice practicing that. And thank you so much to
the owner of honky tonk for speaking on that and the 25th
Ward. Thank you for the people that are being exemplary
today. I know it is difficult but I stand in solidarity and
you know, willing to do the work ahead. So thank you so
much Miss president.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, older woman. The chair recognizes
Alder Taylor.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President, my father drove a cab when I was
a kid. And so for me I remember him having these
conversations with my mother about, I don't got it.
Is.
and so,
To the restaurant owners that are complaining about this.
You got bailed out. We bailed you out doing Colby, we
bailed out these corporations, but we refused to bail out
the people.
It's all gone for this today is a EZ lift. If you care
about the people you're paid to represent.
We continue to talk about what we do and in this chamber
when they raise minimum wage in the last Administration
they left out tip work cuz they use. So we could have done
this two or three years ago. But we continue to kick the
balls down the road, and then you wonder why. When you go
to a restaurant, your food is cold. You wonder why your
drink say, Nan time. You wonder why they ain't broke no
crayons and paper for your kids, cuz they make it $3. And I
hope that this same group is fighting on the federal level,
because I thought that on the federal level, this is $3
with this country thinks about work.
We got to get you a place where the people are the
priority.
And if you got into this work, just like I did for the
reasons I get in service to others. It won't be hard for
you to go. Yes. Unless them same. So she trying to protect
I get.
I give.
I give you money during election time.
The thought that women that look like me and a bunch of
co-workers, it here or over sexualized in these faces and
not protected is sad, it's real sad that people y'all
worried but y'all don't always talking about why kids in
the streets. They in the streets cuz I'm working 80 hours a
week cuz you won't pay me what you get paid. That's why you
wonder why we have this Mass confusion around our young
people cuz our families are not at home. They working day
and night just so they have a roof over their head.
Is.
It's always on it. It's on us. This is our opportunity to
make it right.
If?
At the end of the day, people shouldn't have to come down
here and cuss us out and go out for us to do our jobs it. I
used to tell people, when I would do speaking engagements I
make $140,000 a year, I get good health benefits and free.
Dental, thanks to the great taxpayers of the city of
Chicago. And I appreciate everyone last one of y'all, but
if y'all let them get away with, we continue to mistreat
y'all. That's on y'all. Thank you mr. President.
They?
Thank.
Thank you very much older woman chair. Recognizes Alder,
Daniel Espada.
Thank.
Thank you very much, mr. President I always reached out to
buy a number of the restaurant groups in my ward and they
sent me Alton and there's a lot of people who trust you or
going to respect your voice on this and how you vote might
bring others with you. And to that effect, I want to be
Crystal Clear, why I support one Fair wage and why I'm
excited today.
Or.
Or that comes from my experience as a server. I'm I'm right
there with you all the one in Monopoly. North, I remember
working at Red Lobster and I remember that the jobs that I
had, that we're actually minimum wage at that point where I
live 535 an hour and I remember coming in and being like I
like I could do the 5:35 and on top of tips, like maybe I
can actually have a college, then you go into the training
there, like 2:35 an hour as a tipped employee like took my
breath away. The first time I heard that takes your breath
away, the nights, you get a big table. You feel like this
is really going to work out for me tonight. And then they,
they decide how we're going to divide the check among the
three of us and then $135 Bill ends up tipping you $3.
For.
For an hour of work. What in the hell? And I know everybody
in this room has stories like that, and I know that it's
not just stories because we have that tipped workers study,
that was forwarded to us. Now, we know how many tipped
workers in. This city are getting paid under minimum wage
on a regular basis. We're getting sexually harassed on a
regular basis who are being subsidized. You are other ones
were having to rely on Healthcare substance on Social
Security. 43% of are tipped workers, reported being
homeless, at least one day a week, one day your last year.
That's unacceptable. It's unacceptable. And I am not so
desperate for cheaper, chicken sandwich. That I I need to
balance my bill on the backs of your poverty. I don't need
to live like that. You don't need to live like that.
I am happy to pay incrementally more cuz it's incrementally
more were talking about so you don't have to live in
poverty and maybe the folks reaching out to us are right,
maybe the sky really is going to fall in when we pass this
ordinance but the sky didn't fall when we fought for and
won a $15 minimum wage for everyone else. The sky didn't
fall when we pair passed, the fair Work Week warden in the
sky den.
when we pay,
When we passed enough like a child leave sick. Leave from
family. System keeps on falling.
Somehow somehow I have a feeling that the sky is not going
to fall today, either. And guess what? Even if it does,
this is a phase implementation and we have the opportunity
to study what we're doing to make sure that we're doing it,
right? And we're doing it well, but the sky isn't going to
fall. All we're going to do is lift the floor for everybody
else who's out there working hard. So we can have a great
time when we go out. So, thank you for everything that you
do for all of us in our communities and thank you, mr.
President, for bringing this to us, thank you.
The chair recognizes Olga. Rodriguez, Sanchez.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President, I am so grateful to all of the
workers that have made this campaign. Get to this point
that have Spotlight house that we can be here this stopping
this right now. I am grateful to Other Woman. One says, who
was bold enough to come in here and her first time and say
we're going to talk why the fairways
Sherman. My Rodriguez, a floor leader California restaurants
and everybody that is here today so that we can discuss
this item and we can pass it. I am incredibly excited to
vote. Yes to pass one. Fair wage for everybody.
and I,
And I was thinking about four years ago when we passed a
15-minute one wage at the end of that boat, there was a
brother here.
Who after the item passed yelled in the back you left out
tipped workers. He yelled at so many times and I felt that
in my heart, I knew that. Moment was an opportunity for us
to do that, and we didn't do it. The votes were not there
to do it for years ago, and it took has four more years on
the Progressive Movement, to push for this and be able to
pass it now. And I, I I I I am so excited.
In Spain.
I'm thinking about this brother today wherever he is, this
vote is dedicated to you today. I do all of the sisters.
Will have naught to work on their horrible conditions. Being
sexually harassed every day. Every night that you will take
a shift so that you can take money home. That's
unacceptable. We are ending that today and I really hope
that all of you colleagues, but to pass one Fairways for
everybody because Chicago Disturbed this. Thank you mr.
President.
They?
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes all day Ruth
Cruise.
Thank you, mr. President, I also rise in support of one
Fair wage.
Big.
Because every worker deserves dignity and a living wage. I
also come from a temp wages family, a family that have been
working nonstop for many years, who have X have two jobs to
be able to provide for our families to be able to have a
college education. So, while I understand this business, I
say we have been working hard. So those are workers, have
been working hard as well, where were here? And where were
they asking? And what we fighting is war, a economic
Justice. Something that is going to be a credible and fair
for all Chicago resident.
We?
We all want to.
We all want to survive from my businesses and from our
employees to jump routes is going to call my family today
and share this moment as my family. And I do not speak
politics, but my uncle pull me to the science and Mija. Are
you going to support this? And I said, absolutely Uncle.
This is for our family. This is for our communities and
this is for all the workers. There hear that. Thank you for
holding us accountable. Thank you for keeping us grounded.
And we're here again to bake a more Equitable Chicago for a
while. Thank you, mr. Preston.
Thank.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alderman. Mike
Rodriguez.
Thank.
Thank you, mister president.
You.
you know, it's
it's a great honor to be the chair of the Workforce
Development Committee, you know, my career. I look back
Upon Our work and the work that I want to do and I think
about our nation's history and what are places as Workforce
Development Committee and is a city council in our nation's
history because the fact is our children, our grandchildren
will be, we will be reading about the work that we do.
It was an eye.
It was in 1914. When Henry, when Ford Motor Company gave a
living wage to its workers, only $5 an hour at that point.
But that $5 an hour was a bit radical at that time and
allowed for the workers to have a living wage.
Turn.
Turn over disappeared and the workers were then able to
consume the products that they were producing, what a novel
concept. That now, our brothers and sisters, my cousin.
Jimmy, who's the first Speaker here?
Make.
They can now get a livable wage.
I'm in.
A minimum-wage I should stay on top of chips that
potentially put them in a better position in our society.
The fact is is that workers do better. When we raise their
wages workers, do better when we improve their working
conditions.
where,
Workers do better. When elected officials are on their side
and today and today to Chicago city council.
I am very hopeful will be on the right side of history and
will be on the right side of the one Fair wage campaign. I
encourage my colleagues to join me.
The war.
The Workforce Development Committee that voted 9 to 3.
It's
It support workers and to raise wages and pass. One Fair
wage. Thank you mr. President.
Thank.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes alderwoman. Hello
Gutierrez.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President, I do rice and support
ask.
As well but not only as a vice chair of the Workforce
Development Committee but also to share a story that maybe
you'll don't know.
A screech owl.
Hospitality management and business brought me to Chicago.
I came to the city to finish my bachelor's and I did work
in that industry for a couple years. I do understand how
important it is for us to pass this today and that is why I
encourage my colleagues to vote. Yes to continue working
together. Not only for a ward before entire city of
Chicago. Thank you so much for giving us this opportunity.
Mister mayor, thank you Jesse Mike. I love every single one
of you that work in this ordinance and happy to continue to
be a supporter of good ordinances and good projects like
this. Let's keep on doing our best. Thank you.
Chair.
Chair recognizes. Alder. Timmy Knudsen.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, mr.
Thank you mister president in. Please just holler if my
audio cuts out or anything's wrong with the Internet.
Who won?
The whole world knows that restaurants are a crucial part
of the Chicago Fabric and that's even before the bear
reminded us all in Primetime. The months leading up to
today, I had honest conversations with our local
restaurants, in L service, workers and Council colleagues.
These conversations were complexed, I to work as a waiter,
but there was one sentiment that everyone seems able to
agree on and that we are the council need to continue
fighting for is this is succeed when all workers succeed,
workers succeed. When businesses succeed in Chicago is
positioned for growth only. When the Champions belt in the
last several months, on one pair wage, we push the strike
that balance. We discuss questions and concerns with your
team, Mister mayor and even brought up Alternatives such as
the alternative ordinance, a few colleagues. And I
introduced a month ago in an attempt to uplift workers
while promoting restaurants.
Throughout this back-and-forth. I seen your office. Mister
mayor have conversations with restaurants in groups
concerned about what one Fair wage would do to their
ability to hire it. Even continue, operating importantly,
to me, they continued your office, continue these
conversations, even after it was clear, the votes were
there to approve this ordinance and have committed to
continuing the conversations after today. Discontinuity is
so important to assisting restaurant especially as we help
him. Get used to implementation during the five-year
phase-in period. Negotiated by the Illinois Restaurant,
Association in addition to the Illinois Restaurant
Association compromise and endorsement all of this is what
is got me to a yes, vote today. On one Fair wage the
confidence that we will continue to work so that he impact
your becomes positive for hard-working service workers as
well as our job creating restaurants,
I come to.
I come in.
I come in this world from the Chicago business community
and I'll always advocate for IT workers in the business
Community rely on each other and they both need to be
championed by Austin government as a council. I'm hopeful
that we will work to strike this balance in a way that best
position Chicago for growth. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alder. Byron
sigcho Lopez.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President, and first and foremost, let me
think all the workers were here today. Everybody for the
one Fair wage campaign, will have thought that we're here
today at city council members to take these important both.
A special thank you to the sponsor of the bill Jesse
Fuentes. I think it is important to recognize the
difference in city council when we now have first-time
freshmen, all the persons presenting legislation, and
passing it in record time. Want to thank, I want to thank,
not only Jesse, but Mayor Johnson was well as he has to
navigate a very challenging situation. And as you hear
directly from other aldermen and all the persons that we
are bringing people together to provide solutions to the
dire need of a workers across the city. So I want a special
thanks to Mayor Johnson for being an advocate of workers.
Thank.
Thank you.
Also, for the great testimony. How many people on the
ground? This is not an easy task.
Try.
Trying to undo the Injustice of generations as Riley. Throw
was put out, but Chicago has a great history by Greg
history of Labor, but also, I'm finished business.
And this is them finished business that we are trying to
finish and we will finish today.
What?
When we continue to advocate for workers, it is important
that we remember history. As we see others trying to
pictures against each other, we got address sexism just as
much as we have to address. All the evils that we see in
our society, Anna tell you, that is great to see
constituents.
Basket on Honky Tonk who is here to provide example that
its businesses succeed in thriving Community workers
succeed, where we have thriving businesses on the city of
Chicago succeeds when we bring him together. So today, when
we see others already telling us that they got nothing
coming with us,
I'll tell you there's a lot.
I tell you there's a lot in common that we can. I not see
that is important to make sure that we don't lose your
Humanity.
As we see the tragedies in front of us.
Beep.
People who workers are asking us to advocate for workers.
You defend our communities to protect their families, to
see kids dying in the streets, or being bossy responsibly.
And I think we must work to address
Eliminate.
Try.
Child labor, that continues to affect us workers have been
waiting way too long.
Saturday.
We?
We can make history and we will make history together. I
ordered my contacts to be on the right side of history.
There are lobbyists, we've been using funding a membership
dues, that's supposed to be. Used to bring us together to
Union, bust to divide us to mislead us. These are the
people in Chicago for providing testimony on record.
We?
we also want to make sure
That.
that we encourage the state of Illinois to be the next
state to follow suit because we need to make sure that we
leave out to her values so that we provide dignity and
respect for everyone, no matter where they come from, I
would like to ask because this is very important as weak.
As we mentioned, when we connect the migration of the
South, The Great Migration. Let's Go All the Way South.
I'll let see how bring us together. Were many who use the
word okura Washington near Washington. Let's remember, Mary
and was committed to workers just as much as was committed
to a central city, that is a Siri. But realized I know I'm
at Washington. That is the city that we want for kids for
families, for the next Generations. Lefty Brown to take
this boat. Let's be proud to take this boat democratically.
I wish you would disappoint. Thank you so much.
Bank of
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes. Thank you very
much. Thank you. All the chair recognizes old woman. Clay.
Could a?
Good afternoon, mr. President still will continue to rise
or support one Fair wage and I smell like a new day.
I've been a proud Tipper since before I could calculate the
tip, because I had a great parent. My father who took us
out every weekend to every restaurant around the city and
instilled in us a very, a very moral compass that I still
keep with myself, which is to tip your workers because they
too have families that they have to go back home to do. You
know how much childcare cost in the city of Chicago right
now? Okay, talk about a room. Okay, we have to understand
that these workers are also fathers mothers. They are also
there.
They're also care for their families. They're also carrying
trying to make their own small businesses, were as well. I
really wanted to speak to this because one of the
testimonies from our friends back here, talked about
stability, and how fundamental that is, and each and every
one of our lives, this passing worker wage will give
workers, not just ability to plan through, gives the
ability to budget. This city is extremely expensive right
now, and if you cannot budget your finances for your rent,
for your lights, for your
As for your transcript.
As for your transportation, your entire life isn't ship.
I also want to recognize that when we were talking about
the history of shift workers that it was in the black
woman's interest, right to get tips. And I want to state
that for the record that when black women win the entire
world with it,
So again for the history books and again for all of our
neighbors who have shared their real life stories, I say
thank you, I say, I appreciate you for bringing this to the
Forefront of the major city like Chicago because it's been
a long time coming, okay? I also want to make sure that we
understand that this is a two-fold. Yes, we have to raise
the minimum wage for tipped workers, but we also have to
enforce the folks, we're not going to follow the rules. We
have to stand on the business that we are presenting here
today. And understand that if you are not holding up your
end of the bargain, as a business owner, that you will be
fine, heavily understand, that enforcement is also a part
of this. People shouldn't have to sell themselves. They
shouldn't have to sell their character, in their dignity,
to get an extra $10 an hour.
We are.
We are here to make a stand and understand that each. And
every last one of our tipped workers means the world to us
this economy in the city of Chicago is heavily based on
tourism. I know a lot of people in here who are going to
five star restaurants in said, I'll never go back because
my service was horrible.
Not understanding that that person probably is trying to
figure out how they're going to pay their rent tomorrow. So
all of that energy that energy, that people carry with them
into work every single day trickles down into the consumed,
right? So as a consumer, as a mother, as a beautiful proud
black woman, I'm excited to support one Fairway. Thank you
mr. President.
Gerald.
Chair. Recognizes ottoman Desmond, Yancey.
Could a?
Good afternoon, mr. President, I too am honored to stand in
support of one. Fair wage and raising the bar for tipped
workers.
I personally have never been a service worker a tip worker
but I believe in Fair day's pay for a fair day's work and
as a former Union or former Union organizer I believe in
fighting for all workers. When I think about tipplers, I
think about a good friend of mine, we're still friends to
this day been friends, almost 40 years who was the typical
worker who worked in the traveler transported O'Hare. And I
think about how at the same time I was working in retail
and he was working at O'Hare that a much longer commute
than I did.
I was Raising.
I was raising a newborn baby girl and was making half the
money I made all because he chose a career in which he was
paid tipped wages. Instead of what I would call Fareway,
So yo.
Well, I think about how important this work is to the
really raise the floor for all workers. It is nothing but
honor that I have to be able to stand in support for this
ordinance, Mayor Johnson, all the person Puente and
chairman Rodriguez for their leadership in this effort and
supplied, all the workers who have left testimony, we've
shared a very, very personal points about their life about
how difficult it is to get up and go to work everyday and
not receive a fair way. I appreciate all that you share
today because all that has made us hopefully a better body
as we think about the work that we do going forward. Thank
you. Thank you.
It's
The chair recognizes alderman. Sposato.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President, thank you for the opportunity to
speak.
I can.
I cannot agree with the majority of my colleagues. Early,
only agree, one colleague, so far, Nest, Nicole Lee. I just
want to set the table a little though, I was 100% for $15
an hour minimum wage. I said at that time you couldn't get
Workers for $15 an hour and you still can't get Workers for
$15 an hour. So McDonald's in my ward, they start you at
$17 an hour, you work at McDonald's, the airport you
started dating. So it's a tough tastic.
Workers II.
Workers. I understand that.
I've been.
I've been a protective unit member for 45 years so I never
had a really go through that. Although I did work a
part-time job, 37 years at a family-owned restaurant which
was unlike some of my colleagues, just a wonderful. And
some of the speakers also, just a great experience, going
to work for nicer people. A lot of reason. I am the man, I
am the man I am today is because of them. You treated me
fairly taught me how to treat people fairly and they also
like my colleague said her father taught her out a tip.
Well I'm also a great Shepherd. I think we're missing the
boat here. We should be educating people on how to chip a.
Right lot of people don't know how to talk while you keep
workers would agree with that. Some people get their
calculators out, they figure out what 18% is, it comes out
to $18.59 and they tipped me $18.59 red and round about
220. A tip on the credit card. You should be tipping in
cash. So these are things. We should educate our community
on. I am a border Lord is, you know, there's a handful of
us here to report Awards.
We're going to get the.
We're going to get destroyed.
We're going to get destroyed with this.
Some facts. I know some people say call me. I like to call
me and say I'm entitled to my opinion that my fax. These
are some facts. You can all look this up 60% of restaurants
fail in the first year. I didn't make that up. I Googled
it. I checked it out eighty percent 80% of restaurants fail
in five years. I didn't make that up. I Google it and
that's what it said.
so,
So, why?
So once again, we need to educate people on a tip.
What?
One.
1 years of my life. I work two jobs and I never complained
about it. My side job was except worker, I was a bartender,
I was a waiter, it did whatever. I used to deliver a man,
whatever. The people I work for whatever they needed, they
were just bought some people and friends. I would do
whatever I could do to help them. There's only one reason
and I appreciate the ramp up, by the way, Mister president
and and and whoever negotiated this the chairman of
I appreciate that the 5-year Ram but it still still going
to be a killer, I think so. And I'm my opinion. You never
said anything to me. The only reason the Restaurant
Association as part of this is basically. They were
threatened, they had no choice either. Support us will give
you a five-year ramp implemented in a year till
Restaurant.
restaurants at
Restaurants, have a very slim profit, margin people, very
slim. I don't know. Everybody said they talked to the
restaurants about this stuff. Three to 5% profit margin,
don't accuse me of, make it up my own fax, just look it up.
All right, you'll see three to 5%. You know, this shouldn't
be a city thing either. Folks, you should be a county
thing, estate thing, you know, once again, the Border
Ward's, we're going to get destroyed, restaurants, are
going to be cutting jobs, going to be raising prices are to
be hitting you up with service charges. So what occurs?
Will not.
Will not do better when business is closed. So this is a
job-killer, a business killer. Once again litotes
restaurant, you know, you don't start you don't start
serving
it.
it's
It shows pizza and go to Gibson's from that. Alright, lot
of servers lot of people in here and Khalid went to
college. You were part time you worked as a bartender or
waiter or waitress whatever. So with that I appreciate
everybody at me and let me have my say but I cannot support
this. I will not support this. I believe this is a business
killer a job-killer and I do not support this but thank
you, mr. President, thank you, mr. Thank you.
They?
Thank.
Thank you.
All right, so I don't know. Alright, thank you very much. I
know how much you are appreciated, so we're okay, we hoping
we have people. Use me all them in there. Are people who
are clapping, I've asked people who are whooping and
hollering to chill out. We do that on Sunday mornings and
black churches. We're going to be just fine. Okay, so
relax, thank you. You're welcome.
All.
Alright, thank you very much.
The chair recognizes Alderman. Carlos Ramirez, Rosa.
I should.
Or should I say good afternoon, mr. President.
I was in.
I was going to say anything because everyone has spoken so
eloquently, but we've been fighting for this for a really
long time. So I would be remiss if I didn't stand up and
say a couple words and support.
You.
You know, we forgot to include tip workers. We failed to
include chip workers when we increase the minimum wage,
and,
and despite the fact that in that moment, tipped workers
were left behind tipped workers, continue to come together
and fight to make this change a reality. And, so, first and
foremost, I want to, I want to thank thank. I want to thank
the one Fair wage Coalition for being Resolute, or fighting
for organizing for getting us here to this point.
I saw.
As so many have said, I want to thank all the woman Jesse
went this, because she got to this body and she said, I'm
going to get to work to make sure that black and brown
women. See you erase
it's
And so importantly, I want to thank you mr. Babe, I want to
thank you for being a man of your word. For remembering
your campaign promises because on the campaign Trail, you
did server for a day with the one Fair wage Coalition. At
once you were elected in this seat of power. You didn't
forget about the people that you said you were going to
fight for and you did what you said you were going to do
you were server for a day as the mayor of the city of
Chicago, the first time that's ever happened and because of
your tenacity, because of your commitment because you are a
God-fearing man who remembered the biblical Commandment
that, what you do, for the least of these my sisters and
brothers you do for me to Laura.
So today is a beautiful day.
We're coming together as a city to make sure that some of
the most vulnerable workers, get a little bit more dignity,
get a little bit more Justice.
We're on our way to a better Chicago forever because people
came together because the restaurant sociation came
together with the one Fair wage Coalition because our mayor
said we're going to get this done for black and brown women
and because a majority of this city council said, it's the
right thing to do. So thank you, thank you, thank you. I
can't wait till we got this vote today.
Thank you very much.
Thank.
Thank you. Tear recognizes alderamin Lopez.
good after
Good afternoon again. Mr. President members of the city
council.
No, it's always enlightening to hear my calling speak.
Especially when we talk about what life was like for many
of us before we got into this room.
I'm
I know.
I never would have guessed. My colleague worked at Red
Lobster.
And they.
I never would have guessed.
And for some of you in this chamber, you probably never
would have guessed that. I was a tip worker for longer than
I was in Alden 12 years working for an airline for tips,
only at Southwest Airlines at Midway Airport.
so I say, I
Do I say I have a very personal perspective on this not
unique, but very personal.
First.
Personal because I understand what it's like to try to have
that extraordinary Financial discipline necessary. When you
work for tips, not knowing how you going to be able to go
one day, one week, one month of the next because you are
dependent on people, you have never met
You.
You are dependent on situations, you can't account for in
your alliance on stability. That quite frankly just doesn't
exist. I get that 100%
but,
but I also know that when I was a tipped worker when I
first started working for Southwest Airlines as a skycap in
2002,
at the,
At that time, the tip rate, the tip wage was the same as it
is without you I think lower than it is right now.
but,
but we
But what I was paid as a tipped Airline employee when
everyone else was making roughly $2 an hour, I was making
$6 an hour.
I,
I had a higher hourly rate despite being a tipped employee
because that's what my industry. My employer believed in,
As.
as we have this discussion today,
I cannot say no to what I had nearly 15 years ago.
What?
What I had been is what you want now.
I'm
I know what it's like to work in volatile Industries, and
as my colleague said, I think the restaurant industry is
probably the most volatile. The most profit margin
industry. There is, I actually don't believe your number is
Nick. I think they're lower than what you said. I don't
believe that the mark, the profit margins 5%. I think it's
actually 3% for most and I'll Google it later.
What?
What I do know is this? Yes, people don't know how to tip.
People. Look at a bill of $17 and throw a 20 and think
they've done a great thing, which is not a great thing. And
if anyone is curious, you should just look at what the
taxes on your tip on your charges and double it, and give
that as a tip, cuz that's usually a pretty good. Starting
point, Cook County, considering taxes are about 11%. So you
can be tipping, at least 20% to ever serving you. But I
also know that as we're asking this
The step up to give me.
The step up to give workers some stability as we're asking
work to employers to pay for the fair work week to pay for
the $15 an hour. This body to must keep in mind that we put
so much on business that we need to learn how to step back
to allow them the ability to do exactly everything that
we're asking them to do. If we want them to be able to pay
more, if we want them to reduce their cost of that, they
can help spread the wealth that way. Then the people in
this room need to make sure that the people upstairs aren't
sticking it to them every chance they get by slowing
business. Slowing permitting. Slowing the process. Is that
allows them to spend millions of dollars in this city just
to navigate bierocracy.
If?
If you want to help fund what we're talking about. Mr.
President, that we need to get our departments to
streamline business operations. Streamline permitting,
streamline. All of what this bureaucracy does. So that
instead of waiting 18 months to get an answer for anything,
they could get it within 60 days, because that money saved
his money that can go to everyone here.
I'm
I know that there was a lot of contention two days ago when
we were talking about this mr. President.
and,
and I,
And I want to end with this because I believe that many of
us in here. Feel that our moral compass leads us to need to
do what's right for the people of the city of Chicago.
We cannot get so clouded in our rush to do things that we
jeopardize the end result.
Run.
Russia.
rushing, the way we did ignoring law and process and rule
jeopardizes, this
Because of the fact that we did not properly Post-it. We
improperly took action on Wednesday that we are here today
in a continuation of that action jeopardizes. This that
we're doing today, no matter if you agree or disagree, it
is a disservice to the city of Chicago. When we think that
our moral license gives us the opportunity to ignore the
rule of law. We saw how dangerous that was under the
previous administration. When someone who in an attempt to
bring in the light, put this city in utter Darkness.
We cannot go back to those.
We cannot go back to those days. Mr. President, we cannot
all of my chairman allow human error to Cloud the business
of this body. We can do great things, we will do great
things, we continue to do great things, when others fail
like, addressing minimum wage,
But we can.
But we can't jeopardize it by skipping process and order.
Thank you, mr. Present, thank you share recognizes
Alderman. Anthony Napolitano.
Take.
Take me to president buhari sir. I can hear you. Thank you
so much for the opportunity to speak on this like my
colleague and I too am a border War. I feel that a move
like this is really going to hurt all the board Awards
throughout the city. If you look back over the last couple
of years, it is really decimated the restaurant industry.
They probably were the ones that suffer the most. They
didn't get bail out. They were helped the littlest out of
all businesses. The doors were forced to be closed. They
beg to have cafes outside just to be able to have her to
give service to people and to keep the doors open.
Following after.
Following after that and before that was crying crime. In
our city has heard a lot of a restaurant and a lot of our
business, throughout the city, for some businesses that use
other locations us out of the city of Chicago, stay for
location.
Well.
File, my taxes, taxes, and forced a lot of landlords, to
raise the amount of money that they're charging
restaurants, are all businesses to work to order to operate
in those storefronts. My ward has seemed an astronomical
amount of business is closed and leave and go to the
suburbs as well as many of my colleagues in the borders as
well. As many of my colleagues throughout the entire city
who bought business his hand over fist. What I'm afraid of
here in this conversation is were treating our businesses
or was she nice restaurants? Is there the enemy?
We're talking about them is that they're holding out
against everyone else even though they're all trying to
make a living to do my word, they're all mom-and-pop shops,
very little corporate here.
What?
What we're going to lose in this situation is the
hospitality Chicago offers to everybody.
You're going to lose jobs, instead of gaining jobs, what's
you're going to get is you're going to get a run or system
or you're going to get an upfront system.
We're first.
Or person comes in and places an order upfront, they call
your number to come and get it losing. The hospitality in
the strength of why people come to City, Chicago for
incredible, gourmet meals from all across the country.
Watching them like they were at home being served by their
mother or the father themselves. We're going to lose that
because it's going to be cheaper not to pay a waiter or
waitress, or the higher, a waiter or waitress at all. And
she go to a runner system.
This.
This scares me.
I'm losing business has a bag and businesses to come to our
Ward. I know my colleagues around me are doing the same
thing. I was right there with everybody fighting 4:15. I
thought it was a great cause and I agree with a lot of my
colleagues. If not all of them, we did miss the boat, we
didn't include the tipped workers, but I thought I think
that should have been brought to a different scale. It
should have been done a little bit different because this
price is going to go on the place, the food in the
hospitality and and the be in that restaurant on top of a
expensive and insulation is cause good to go up
astronomically
people.
People are in.
People are not go.
People are not going to tip on top of that bill. You're
going to lose a lot of money as a server. I think everybody
in this chamber including myself as been a server.
Ultra.
All throughout College. I worked in places where I made
nothing in scrapes and barely made it. But then I found
places where I can make more money being a server and I
did. So, as a Chicago fireman, I also worked in a
restaurant you to support my family and work on tips.
That's a bad point to make today still with the Chicago
fireman, but I seen the system of how it works for the
Tipping and it was me that presented myself as a great
worker or the strong were the hospital worker that
increased chips because people wanted to come in to my
tables, or wanted to come to where I was working. I get
what we're doing here, but we are going to hurt this
industry. We are going to force businesses, especially on
the border to go into Park, Ridge to go into Niles to go in
the Morton Grove to go in a Howard Heights to go into
Norwich to go into Skokie. Those are my borders. That's
where everyone's doing already, because it's a little bit
cheaper, and it's a hell of a lot safer, and they have
gaming out and in those restaurants, as well.
So I think we need to take a step back here and stop
looking at the businesses as the app, as the enemy here and
look for a smarter and a stronger way to work with those
businesses. So they don't they don't close down so they
don't leave Chicago.
So,
So they don't go to a upfront service and I didn't have no
waiters anymore.
Set.
Set of demonizing these businesses. I think we should be
working with them and ask them how we could do this more
effectively.
no, but
Nobody in the air.
Nobody in the industry is voting for this or supporting it
because they think it's a good idea. Let's be realistic,
they're voting for it. Or they're supporting it because
they know you already have the votes in that chamber and
they don't want to get hurt on the back end.
Do.
There was no strong agreements made. There was no
concessions. Made the ramp up. If anything was was a decent
ideology but at the end, it's going to hurt our industry. I
celebrate my colleagues for looking into this and working
at it, but I just think we're missing the boat and it's
going to hurt us in the long run and you are going to be
killing jobs and you are going to be closing more doors. I
know On the Border, I apologize to be the Doomsday speech
on this one, but I'm feeling the effects of it already
covid. We never made it back from. This is going to hurt us
even more. I cheer you on for Champion, a great cause you
guys did this. Well, you brought every person in the speak
on behalf of it. I didn't see anyone else speak against it,
but I just think we're missing the boat here in in and
that's the way I feel. I know the northwest side feels that
way in the be honest. I've heard from a lot of your
constituents or a beer restaurants as well. From other
words saying, how do we not make this happen, as well as a
tip servers?
Take.
Thank you, mr. President for the opportunity to speak on his
behalf. Thank you Alderman. Thank you very much.
Are.
Are there?
Are there any other Alters at which the speech before we
speak before? I give deference to the sponsor?
Okay, be at all before, I got I got them, got them. Are
there any others? I just want to mark them down. Besides
Alderman, Hopkins, are there any other Alters that wish to
be a marked as a speaker? Okay, so we're going to hear from
one more Alder. Before we turn it on the floor, over to the
chair of this ordinance, the chair recognizes Alderman,
Brian Hopkins,
I think.
I thank you. Thank you. My surprise at first, I would like
to join the caucus of former tipped employees or I think
that's probably most if not all of us. I was a bartender. I
was a server. Lot of fun memories love my job. I felt I was
underpaid as you know most most tip workers do it's a
hustle, you know, that it's not an easy job, you've got to
work hard, you have those good days and you come home with
no money in your pocket, you're feeling pretty good about
it. But, you know, the next day, will probably not be a
good day, right? Cuz it was good days and bad days yet. You
had to take the best and the worst. And that's the nature
of being a chip worker.
so, I'm going to make some
So I'm going to make some, I'm going to make one prediction
because there's been some predictions that have made here
today during the course of the debate. The first
prediction, obviously, we know is going to come true. This
is going to pass and tipped workers in Chicago. Are going
to get a raise. So congratulations to the proponents.
You're going to accomplish what you're trying to accomplish
here.
What does?
But the second thing that's going to happen, that was
predicted here as well as some businesses will close.
There's no question about that. The business Community
right now in Chicago is facing challenges from multiple
fronts. I just personally experienced the closure of a
premier restaurant in my ward and I had an opportunity to
look at their financials and of course, they're closed or
had nothing to do with this ordinance but they're closer
had everything to do with the struggle to eke out that
narrow one or 2% profit and under the current tax
Regulatory and business climate, this restaurant couldn't
do it. And 150, hard-working people lost their jobs, some
of them personal friends of mine people, I've known for
years. I was a regular at this restaurant. They lost their
jobs, the sky fell on them, ladies and gentlemen. And this
restaurant closed abruptly, and left them out in the cold.
There's a lot of reason.
There's a lot of reasons why a restaurant can close, but
I'll tell you, one reason that is not on the legitimate
list of why restaurants closed is because they're making
too much money, because they're making too much of a profit
that does not apply in this case and that will not apply to
the restaurants that will close in the coming months and
years as well as a result of this mistake that we are
making today.
The.
The next Purdue.
The next production that I'm going to make is already
happened in my word as well. There's a restaurant in my
ward. The food is outstanding is run by a relatively small,
Chicago restaurant group. I think I've got six or seven in
the chain and they just eliminated service. You go to this
restaurant, scan the QR code with your phone, you get the
menu, you order it, you put in your name and it eventually,
you hear your name on the PA system and you go to the
pass-through window at the kitchen and you get your own
food and that will be a trend that we will see in response
to the action were taking today, jobs will be lost because
of this, the third prediction that I'm going to make that
no one has touched on. Today, is many restaurants will
migrate to a system where a 20%, or maybe 25% of their
being generous. Service charge will be imposed on the bill
as currently is the standard practice when you got a party
of six or 12 or whatever. And they tell you, when Advanced,
we're going to put the gratuity on to the bill.
Edible.
It'll be cash.
And it will be calculated for you. There's no law that
says, it has to be a party of six or more in order for that
to happen and many restaurants will migrate to a system
where that is imposed as a standard practice and all of
their checks. And the minute people hear about that,
they're just going to stop tipping cash to be like, okay, I
don't even have to calculate it in my mind that it's going
to be added to the bill. For me, it's part of what I pay
and that's that. And then what's going to happen? There is
that money is subject to payroll, taxes, and withholding.
And the restaurant will have the
22 divided up among all the staff.
Bility to divided up among all the staff and believe me the
back of the house staff right now. They deserve a raise
arguably more than most of the servers doing. They're not
getting it by what we're doing today. But they will be able
to get it if the restaurant go to a system like that, that
is an unintended consequence of what we're doing today.
Again, the need to pay restaurant workers better the need
for a living wage. I think we all agree with that,
especially those of us who remember what it was like to
struggle and live paycheck-to-paycheck. This is not the
answer and the unintended consequences. Outweigh the
benefits of this legislation. I respect the sponsors, but
I'll be voting. No, thank you. Thank you old man.
Thank.
Thank you very much into close the chair. Recognizes Alder,
Jesse Fuentes.
Miss.
Mr. President, I feel with joy today and if I wouldn't
throw my back out, I do backflips.
Because the city is Chicago, deserves this today.
it's
It's a great thing. When we watch workers organized, we
watch workers win and today are tipped workers will win.
We fought for the fight 215.
I'll have.
All Hospitality workers were so they had to wait.
When?
When the Pullman Porters eliminated the sub-minimum wage,
our Hospitality workers were told to wait.
Today we are done waited.
Are.
Are tipped workers. And we know based on Research, not just
the Google engine.
The black and brown women are disproportionately impacted
by sexual, harassment and discrimination.
We know it's a struggle.
How to make angry?
I remember what it was like to have to plug in an extension
cord to the hallway of my building so I can have lights.
I found.
A family should have to live in the city of Chicago and
plug-in extension cords to the hallway to provide their
children. Like they shouldn't have to make difficult
decisions between paint Atomic bill.
Putting food on the table or pay rent. I have a heat in the
winter in a city that has somebody most brutal Winters.
Awesome.
Our families deserve go to work.
Make a minimum wage.
My financial sustainability stability is what we are
talking about here today.
When you look at all of the people that spoke today. I
mean, I asked my college look at the room. Look at the
room, those are black and brown faces in for a ring.
Do.
Those are individuals that live on the west and south side
of our communities, and we show up every day and said that
those Investments are needed to make us any safer so that
young people can have work to become Financial providers in
their households. So we're seeking to do here today
Seeking to make our communities safe.
Slim-Fast on the southwest side to invest in the families
that have waited too long.
city of
City of Chicago has always shown up for the hospitality
industry today. We are showing up for workers.
Look.
Look over 85 years ago, the Pullman Porters eliminated. The
sub-minimum wage.
Today we're going to do the same for hospitality industry
by one acknowledge these folks. David Peterson the leader
of the Pullman Porter museum is in the room.
where,
Worker Center for racial. Justice is in the room.
With.
Women employed is in the room.
Epic.
SEIU is in the room.
DeKalb.
Chicago, Teachers Union is in the room. United Working
Families is in the room.
The old.
To all the members that make up the wrong Fairways
Coalition. I want to thank you. I want to thank you for not
giving up. I want to thank you for every single time a
person told you. No, and shut the door if you dare to still
kick it open. Because today is your victory.
Old.
All them in the Sparta.
The sky is not going to fall.
In fact, the sky is our limit.
I want to.
I'm going to work every single day and this Council to make
sure that we are doing what is needed for our people that
we are fighting for the communities that have historically
been this invested in. Ain't it a great day when you have
elected officials that show up and show out and keep their
promises.
What's the price?
Mr. President, I want to thank you.
Be.
Being a proud black man from the west side.
Michelle.
Showing us what code governance. Looks like.
The show.
The showing us what it means to be authentic transparent
and accountable, we introduced this ordinance, you make
sure that we would bring stakeholders to the table, and
then we would put forward an ordinance, that was good for
everybody.
I'll check.
Are tipped workers.
Are.
Add.
And our business owners, this ramp-up will allow us to do.
Just that
Give.
give all workers a raise every year, but allow our
employers to do it in a way, that makes sense their
finances. So that they can pesos the minimum wage and make
a profit.
We?
We are the city of Chicago, the epicenter of culinary, we
have the best food in the country.
Are.
All restaurants in going anywhere.
Is.
You see in the face of fear, we show up and we get to work
today. We're going to pass one Fair wage and I'm going to
make sure that all restaurants can get it done on the. Make
sure they can make a profit because we have always shown up
for the hospitality industry and that doesn't end today.
Add.
The day, we just make sure that workers are part of that
process, too. So
It's been a pleasure to walk in as a freshman to stand with
movement.
I took.
and to be able to bring the voices that have been ignored
to the chamber,
So, that way.
so that we all
So that we all can hear it.
Demarco.
My colleagues who have expressed their know today.
I hope.
I hope that you know, also comes with an understanding
The, our communities need us.
and,
And if there is work ahead of us.
and the
And it if you are no is going to cast itself on his board
in a few minutes that you also join the fight. For one Fair
wage at the state level. Then so that the board of words
don't have to.
This fight. This fight is for every young person that lives
in the city of Chicago, that wants to be able to walk in
their communities and feel safe.
This.
This vote today is for every woman that has had to deal
with.
Discrimination and sexual harassment.
This vote today is for black and brown communities that
have suffered enough.
This.
This vote is about putting them first, when many other
people didn't want to.
On.
How many folks were scared to?
I have no reason to be scared. It's rooms filled with love.
And today I choose to love my people. Mr. President.
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you very much members. Please use the Evo
application to record your vote at this time.
Why?
While you cash your votes.
All right, the Voting is now open. The Voting is now open,
please use the device for the Voting is now open.
What?
Please remain order in the chamber order of the chamber.
Please, thank you very much order the chamber. Thank you.
Lee.
Please order the chamber.
Why you?
While you cash your boat. The chair would like to recognize
and take some privileged Year. From the other side of the
building, the Cook County, Commissioner of the 8th
District. Anthony quesada is here.
Are.
I'll
I will now take a a Voice vote for those who have not cast
their vote on the EVO device Alderman Robinson.
All.
All the night.
Alderman Lopez.
Almond.
Almond cow.
Almond, call the woman Coleman. Yes, all the one in common
if you can please but please be quiet. I cannot hear the
boat. Thank you all the woman Coleman. Yes Alderman Coleman
is a yes Alderman Mosley.
Yes. All the Mosley is a yet.
All.
Alderman Villegas.
all the
Olive.
All the Vegas is not in Chambers all doing woman mix.
Yes. Meant to say yes, Alderman's tostado.
The song.
Besides.
Pasado is no Alderman Vasquez, no false idols and no they
know Alderman Knutson.
Alderman Lawson.
I'm in Los.
Oven Lots is not in Chambers, Alderman. Gardiner is a no
The.
The Voting is now closed. I get everyone on the jacket in
everyone on the zoom.
Okay, the Boating is now closed.
There are 36. Yay. There are 10 days. This matter has
passed.
Chair. The chair recognizes the chair recognizes ottoman
Mitchell with surprise. And I moved to reconsider to vote
all those in favor. There's a motion on the floor to
reconsider all those in favor. Say, aye, all those opposed
say this motion has failed
All.
Call Autumn and Mitchell. Are you aware of any further
unfinished business? I am not aware of any on any further,
unfinished business, miscellaneous business, ottoman
Mitchell, except for the ordinance setting, the date and
time of the next meeting. I'm not aware of any
miscellaneous business. All right, the date and time for
the next meeting, ottoman Mitchell. I've had it up in our
ordinance to the clerk said, the date and time of the next
meeting.
Let him court. Please read the ordinance. Chicago City,
Chicago should be held on Wednesday, October 11th 2023,
beginning at 12 noon and the council chamber on the second
floor. In City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago,
Illinois section. She was ordered to pay of that, take it
back and being forced from and after its passage, passage
in the omnibus hearing no objections to order Omnibus order
Mitchell. I moved, that matters in the Omnibus be passed by
Voice vote. All those in favor of passing on the Bus, Say i
n e. Opposed say, nay in the opinion of the chair, the eyes
have it. I'm just I'm nervous is past Autumn Mitchell, on a
motion to adjourn there. Been no further business before
this body. I move that we adjourn. This meeting is
adjourned to order.