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Good morning.
medial buzzing government operations call to order
Uh, we'll start uh quick, uh roll call chairman. Ervin is
president vice chair Lee on on the spot.
on Mitchell
Alderman Moore
Alderman Moe
Alderman Mosley
Mosley you in the back got him, uh ottoman seat to Lopez
ottoman brunette.
Just sober. Oh there he is Bernett here on the toilet
pharaohs here.
Army Canton
on the Martin
Ottoman had well, I had to balance his day. Uh come in, uh
to time now is going to be for public comment a public
comment is limited to 30 minutes and everyone has 3 minutes
for uh, public comment, uh, first up for public comment
today.
Is Mr. George Blake Moore?
budget committee
Good morning, Mr. Blakemore. It's sickening.
You see what time it is.
It's sickness.
and I come down here to agitate break Doug and say what
would you tell a young black man agitate and 18, uh 96.
It's something wrong here.
It's something sinful here.
It's something in here.
And I'm particularly targeting.
these low lighting black Altima
and 1 say but you don't never talked about the white
almonds.
I specifically talking about the black.
Not a black man in here.
With found South they said the little boys are managed.
Where the black managed men?
Lil Raymond Lopez advocate for his people
These white that mix man over there advocate for his
people.
But they but but you black ones don't.
your girl
you might not be gay, but you girl.
You don't act managed.
And it's sickening.
Speaking.
your sickness
You terrible?
The ancestors hate you.
How do we get this low?
How they the black community get this low.
Something is wrong with us.
You have a mental problem you Black 1.
a mental problem
something is wrong with you.
I want to educate you because this man he he advocate for
his constituent.
Right here.
And this lady advocate for her constituent, but these white
and Mexican.
Thank you, Mr. Blakemore next we'll have Taiwan Sims.
Mr. Sams you please proceed
Excuse me.
No, just ask it if you
Oh, he asked you what my apologies.
Okay.
All right. Go ahead Sir, Mr. Irvin.
Chairman Ervin you owe me no apology. You owe it to Emma
mitts remember that?
So I had a question. How much would it cost?
What what? How did you how do you all budget in attacking a
resident of Chicago
I had to think about that.
If the annual budget is 16.6 billion.
That was 12% of that is in.
tpd spending
What 12.3 billion spending across all local funds? So that
would be everything that we spend on here in the city?
Um, we in debt 58 what?
A death of 5 what?
538 million expenditures the most expenditures our
education human services and human health
most money made off property business and income tax
but right now y'all at what 13 billion in the coffee are
with bills at 51.4 billion
and a deficit of 38 something million dollars how much how
do y'all Budget Inn screwing over a civilian like myself?
For the last few years how much money does that cost?
The pay Maria Haden and who and how what does it come from?
Does it come from the Tif is it from the new Bond?
Is it from the spending for the new arrivals? Let me know.
Because for the last few years, I I realized now that I've
been under the rest and this got to come out of this room
because you all cut the checks you all cut the checks for
the grants and everything. So tell me.
My name is Taiwan Sims. That's tiw o n s IMS. I've been
attacked by the city government now for the last few years.
Right now I'm going to go over the court and they possibly
gonna lock me up, but I'm not supposed to be in court and
I'm not supposed to be away from my child Mr. Irvin. Look
at me.
Mr. Irvin chairman Ervin
You can look at me because y'all know I'm not talk crazy
Maria Haden. Look at me pay attention because it's in you
know, no no look at me.
Pay attention because it's in you y'all think it's a joke,
but I'll guarantee y'all. Once the exposure of this
corruption is um brought out. It's going to be ugly.
You won't have a job. You won't have a job in most of y'all
being cuffs. Like y'all wanted me or y'all won't want me in
the ground better than that, right Maria.
But I'm not here to play with you, but I've been coming to
this microphone trying to get some relief. I want to see my
children.
I wanted housing I realized that y'all was never going to
help.
So I'm going to ask the citizens. My name is Taiwan Sims.
Look me up.
The citizen this this city of Chicago this committees these
committees are ultimate and that man is wrong because all
of these people are our representation don't just attack
the black ones.
All of you all of you the little 1 right there in the blue
suit all of y'all you up there. You little all of y'all.
so don't
Thank you Mr. SS.
Next we'll have Zoe.
um, as you know, my Alderman runs out every time I have
something to say, um, I also know that my Alderman has to
be Manic and if he's manic he definitely cannot
Take care of a ward. Okay, the simple thing that I'm asking
is for him to sit down and talk with my family 1 of the
issue 1 of the uh things that he can do is sit down talk to
my mother. They find a number that they both
can reach to some type of agreement and then he can go to
pat down and see if you guys will approve it for at the
next committee on finance meeting. That's simp. That's
exactly what the Law Department said and he can't even do
that. That is that simple like a 1 2 like that like I have
blank man as my Alderman. He's not there. He's he he has a
mental condition and this is disrespectful that I have to
deal with this like this is not he's come on he lives with
his mother. He's he's almost 60 and he's been living with
his mother since he was a child and this and and and and
the fact that he doesn't even understand that when my when
I'm finding when I'm fighting for justice for my mother.
So I mean come on. I mean, I don't understand like what you
guys are doing like, you know Irving you can scroll on your
phone, but when it comes to you getting signatures y'all
make sure y'all got them hams and y'all go to them senior
buildings and get them signatures. Like y'all do all the
extra corrupt stuff for votes and money, but when it comes
to doing the right thing
With talking to your colleague who's clearly Manic and
needs to be part of Nami.
Um some there there like where where where is the
disconnect? Like that's a problem. I'm dealing with a man
who has a mental problem.
He takes medication. This is my order man.
17th Ward Alderman who runs unopposed. Do you know if I run
against him? I got a I got a year worth of documentary
stuff in my phone off of my social media. I can do a
documentary on show how much he runs and runs and runs and
runs and stuff faces the problem.
This is embarrassing.
And y'all don't do anything instead of just trying to keep
us out?
Every time I have Deborah witzburg the Inspector General and
and Susan Haley on my speed dial. I just wrote them again
because y'all this this is 30 minutes late because y'all
don't want us to speak on the mic because you know,
everybody's watching y'all may not be paying attention.
But the world is watching so I'm asking you to do something
when it comes to my to to this Alderman who is clearly
mentally incapable of running anything sit down and talk
with him 1 152 fish.
Thank you. Miss. Lee next up. We'll have Thomas Woods.
Mr. Woods
You signed up for public comment.
Mr. Woods you'd have 3 minutes for public comment. Please
proceed.
well
Good morning.
Morning.
you know, it's really a pleasure to be here to make some
comments in terms of but I I didn't expect to make any
comment in relationship to uh, any allegation made by the
former speaker. But since I'm here, I am here to talk about
The fact that I live in a community, that's mostly black.
And uh, and I my streets haven't been swept and you know 60
years and I'm wondering what's wrong with the sweeper
broke.
And I was you know, wondering whether do I need to come to
here to let the counselor know that the street that think
that we pay for is not being done, uh and and our community
as well as
Uh, the Hispanic Community as far as shiping us clean, you
used to have programs that you provided for the youngsters
who were doing the Summers. They maintain keeping Chicago
clean.
and I was wondering why we were not having the same kind of
exposure for them to
be proud of the city that they live in you know now now
that's the only common I came down here to make this
morning in reference to
what uh, all this money after I hear how much money is
being spent and where it's going. So I was just wondering
are you planning on any summer programs for the youngsters?
Who and when does it start? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Woods, uh next we'll have a Jessica Jackson.
Good morning. Um Okay, so
Real quick.
Today is going to be the last day that I come here on time
and stand in that hallway like that.
Every time from this point on that I come here on time to
get in the meeting and I'm made to stand outside. My next
trip from leaving here is going to be down there to the
Inspector General. It's going to be to the police. It's
going to be the channel 2. It's getting ready to be with
those. Uh, what is it the Watchdog people all that? You're
not going to keep violating my rights.
Now whatever type of misconception that you all have in
your heads that you could do whatever you want to do.
And it goes unchecked. This is not going to be like that.
All right. Now with that being said
because we had the ethics meeting yesterday, which was a
very good meeting.
It bought on a couple of things that needed to be bought to
the Forefront for this finance committee or budget meeting
today. Now, you all think that we're just coming down here
complaining and bumping our gums, but the reality is
that there are a lot of pockets of black people around the
city that's working on dealing what was happening in city
hall right now so 1 of the groups that we're working with
have come up with the contract with black Chicago 2023
2024, which we're going to change it to 22425 because the
um year is getting fiscal year is getting ready in and what
we have here is on all fronts and all categories the
amounts of money that we want allocated to Black Chicago
Doris Lewis and Erica. I forget her last name are the
original authors of this black contract for Chicago and
Because we come down here all the time. They asked me and
they asked Zoe if we would get involved and help them with
this contract. And so we did that to tailor it and to um
make it in Camp some of the issues that we see down here.
So what we're going to do is we're going to present this
contract after we see these numbers today and I could tweak
the contract the way that it needs to be tweeted. But what
we're going to do is we're going to bring this black
contract to City Hall to the black Alderman and there and
let and let's be real clear real clear. No, it's not an
option.
We're not talking about minorities. We're not talking about
black and brown because Brown is getting this. We already
know that we're not talking about a marginalized vulnerable
because we're not going to use none of those politically
correct code words that ultimately mean black people. Don't
get theirs now you all. Thank you.
Next we'll have Teresa Hughes.
Miss Hughes
and I will uh add Alderman Cardona.
Alderman Vasquez for quorum
you ready for me?
proceed
Okay, good morning. My name is Teresa TJ Hughes. I'm here
representing. Um advocating for our black.
women and men contractors and disadvantaged
this thing about the 2%
Out of the 870 plus million dollar all Citywide.
Contracts that have been let into this city.
Is just utterly ridiculous.
And I have sent letters to the mayor. I have sent letters
to all of these Alderman some white, but definitely to
every black Alderman and I have not had 1 Alderman to come
back to me.
to say anything
not even to be professional to acknowledge it and when I
went to your Vice chair.
Walter brunette
He told me that he didn't have time to go and see somebody
else. Okay. Now most of you don't know me, but the older
ottoman that have been here. They know me I came in under
Harold Washington the best mayor ever.
And he brought this WNBA to the city of Chicago to give us
a fair chance at getting things. Another thing is I like to
know what is the Quorum? What is the what is the Quorum for
passing things because I sat in a lot of meetings and it'd
be like 5 of y'all in here the rest of y'all be gone you
come in get the Quorum and then you leave out but then you
pass things. So I is that legal?
So as a black woman as a grits girl, which is a girl raised
in the south.
My ancestors are beating on my chest all the time waking me
up 2 and 3 oclock in the morning saying get your butt down
there and get these things for our people.
I am a fighter for my people. I am a warrior. I am a Shaka
Zula Geronimo all that but basically I'm a black woman that
want to see my people get their fair share because there's
enough for everybody.
And I'd like to have that or ordinance that um Alderman
Lopez started when uh when you Mr. Chairman were the
chair of the committee on
Oversight and Equity, that's just sat.
And didn't get through when he asked for it to be 33% for
black people as a black man. I'd like to ask you directly.
Why did you let it sit and why is Emma mitts not getting
the respect that she should get as a black woman who has
been here for 10 years.
So I'm not trying to be a ugly but I can get ugly but I
speak the truth and everybody know me. I'm very direct and
straightforward because that's the way my mama raised me
which was Girt your W Jordan and she was a hell of a black
woman in the state of Illinois and the City of Chicago. So
that was my question, sir.
Thank you for your comment. Uh that concludes public
comment, uh chair entertain a motion to allow for Alderman
Robinson Yancey Harris Scott Conway viegas mitts spazzo
Silverstein razi Rod Rodriguez Sanchez and Ramirez Rosa to
participate virtually Alderman Martin so moves all in favor
signify by saying I
Any opposed any opinion chairs the eyes have it? Thank you
and will be uh noted. Um, now the committee will vote to
approve the monthly rule 45 report for the month of May
2024, which was transmitted electronically to all members
can have a motion to accept
so moved by Alderman Mosley the all in favor signify by
saying I
any oppose
Being the chair of the eyes have it, uh most in passes and
the report is approved. The committee will now consider
item number 1 on the agenda item number 1. There's been a
substitute and sent around all members of the committee do
have a motion to accept the substitute, uh on item number
1. So move baldman Martin all in favor signify by saying I
any opposed any any chairs or eyes have it and the
substitute is now before the committee, uh item number 1 is
the adoption of appropriation ordinance year 2024 Amendment
within fund 925 substitute ordinance, 202400000096. Uh, we
have with us today from the Department of budget and
management Adam Slade who was the deputy budget director,
uh to uh present on behalf of the department.
Thank you chairman.
Adam slate Deputy budget director of community safety here
at OBM, uh here to introduce the mayor's annual
appropriation ordinance year 2024 Amendment within fund,
uh, 9:25 for the Department of Public Health. The total
appropriation request is 10 million 942,000 with 2 items.
The first item for the Department of Public Health is an
increase of 7,211 from the United States Department of
Health and Human Services for uh, HIV surveillance and
prevention HHS has granted cdph a no-cost extension to use
on obligated funds from years 1 2 and 3, totaling 7 million
7,210 $210,540 the HIV surveillance and prevention program
program seeks to improve health outcomes for persons living
with HIV through achieving and sustaining viral suppression
and reducing health related disparities by using quality
timely and complete data collection to guide HIV prevention
efforts. There are no new city positions associated.
with this grant
and for the second item for the Department of Public
Health, the amount of increase designated is 3731000 from
the United States Department of Health and Human Services
for sexually transmitted disease prevention programming.
HHS has granted cdph a no-cost extension to use unobligated
funds from year 1 2 and 2 for a total of 3730378. The
sexually transmitted disease prevention program seeks to
support and strengthen capacity of Health Department to
mitigate the spread of STI and related syndemic infections.
There will be 4 new city position positions associated with
this grant to Public Health administrators 1 data service
administrator and 1 social worker level 3. I welcome any
questions from the committee regarding this request. Thank
you very much any questions for the budget Department?
or the spa
Thank you very much cheer. Thank you for the the
explanation for the grants. Um.
My my question and I'm glad that we're getting the
extension from the HHS. Can you talk more about the
circumstances that necessitated the extension like where
did we have trouble?
Expanding these dollars in these initial years of the
grants and that's what uh requires the extension.
hello, my name is kiyoka Parks and I am a projects
administrator with public health, um with that um, there
were different factors involved in that 1 of them is being
sure that we had the appropriate Staffing so going through
the hiring process. Um, also as we all know during Co we
had a lot of Staff detailed, um away from uh, some of the
work that was going on with this. Um, so we also have those
funds and then also, um being sure that um, some of our
separate recipients were also um, having the opportunity to
use the funds awarded to them and so some of them also kind
of went through the same thing we did during Co involving,
um, you know, the loss of staff and staff being uh, working
in uh other areas,
Are are we I appreciate number 1 the explanation that I
really do or are we confident that those?
Issues have been resolved in such a way that we will now be
successful in expending.
These funds on the the timeline extension we've been given
yes, we have been working very hard to um, update many of
the work processes that we have in order to ensure that our
sub recipients are um expanding the funds, um in a timely
manner so that we can fully expand all of those funds and
also, um, we have been working very hard with uh,
DHR as well in order to fill a lot of the vacant positions
that we have and we've been very successful in getting a
lot of them filled, uh this year, um in the end of last
year, so we're very hopeful that we'll be able to um get
through this, um, you know for the remaining of this
funding period
I really appreciate that. Thank you so much for the
context. Thank you chair. Thank you ottoman any other
questions?
Okay, seeing none of our virtual participants, uh entertain
a motion to move Passage.
So move all the spot all in favor signify by saying I
any oppose any opinion that says eyes havoc in this matter
will be reported out.
At our next regular city council meeting on June 12th 2024.
Thank you. Uh next we will have the item number 2 is the
adoption of a proposed resolution amending regulations
governing and administration of
classification plan and employee benefits for
classification positions set forth in the annual
appropriation ordinance the salary resolution. Uh, we have
uh, Kevin Murphy, uh, Deputy budget director, uh to speak
on this matter Mr. Murphy.
Good morning committee. I'm Kevin Murphy managing Deputy
budget director. Um this resolution is to introduce, uh
revised BX and gy schedules and introduce new schedules for
non-represented senior managers, um, refer to as PX and LX.
Um, the gy schedule is our non-representative.
Technical Services schedule, um and introduces new pay
grades, um at a higher level pay rate 13 and 14. Um, the BX
schedule is for our non-represented staff.
Um, it introduces, uh adjusted steps as well as new pay
grades. Um, and then we have the PX schedule which is for
our Public Service information officers, um, and the LX
schedule which is equivalent to um, the X schedule that
committee passed last year, but is focused on our Legal
Services non-represented, uh, supervisors and managers in
the legal department.
I'll be glad to entertain any questions you may have.
Your questions from the body.
Uh 1 question, uh, is there an accompanying list of
positions and where they fall in the new salary schedule?
Yeah, so that the department of human resources and uh
budget are working on aggregating that list we can
certainly provide that to uh the committee.
could you provide 1 studies completed provide that through
the chair so we can uh provide that because it is an
adjustment from what will be uh published as it relates to
what position qualifies at what particular uh, salary, uh
schedule and the uh, stepping grade of that particular
schedule. Okay? Yes any other questions automatically
spotter?
Thank you. Tara. Don't mean to dominate the mic. Um, I was
wondering if you could share what what the sound like
schedule and fun of US represents in terms of potential
impact on the physical year 2025 budget.
Uh physical year 2025 or current year the Year approaching
us the budget we will vote on this fall.
So, um, we assessed that the the cost of adjusting, uh
positions which are currently unscheduled. Um, so they have
no step increases currently, um, and we are transitioning
them to schedules. We're also regrading certain positions.
Um, we've assessed the current cost for implementation this
year at about 1 million dollars. Um, and then uh, next year
we anticipate that to be approximately 2 million dollars.
It's across all funds across across all across all funds.
Um for the corporate fund, its approximately 1 million.
Very interesting, okay.
I'm going to trust that. Thank you chair.
Could you also go on to uh, the rationale behind the
changes that has been made? Yeah, absolutely. So in 2009,
um due to budget constraints, um a number of positions were
um at that point taken off salary schedules, um and
created, uh, what we called the SR rated positions which
are static rated, um, those positions essentially, um had
no opportunity for merit increases. They were only um
eligible for Cola increases based on uh, year-to-year
budget and so, um as a result of uh, 15 years of kind of
holding people at a certain line our Union Partners have uh
began to exceed, um, the rates that most of our managers
have and it's created what we call salary compression. Um,
and so, um, the model of salary adjustments, uh is is not
sustainable. Um, we've been having issues recruiting and
retaining management staff. Our Union employees are
refusing to promote up.
due to the lack of Merit increases and or Cola increases,
uh, which our Union Partners have through collective
bargaining obviously and so, um, we decided about 2 years
ago to do a salary study to ensure that we're paying Market
rates. This is part of that upcoming, uh, that ongoing
study we've been doing um last year as I mentioned Council
approved schedule X, which was for deputy.
Equivalent, uh deputy and assistant director or commissioner
level positions. Um, and so this is part of that wave of
employees that were not moved to a schedule at that time.
Um, and so we're trying to essentially mirror our Union
Partners in terms of uh, pay schedules, uh, and how we kind
of prevent that excuse me how we present those positions to
them. Um, creating grades also creates better Equity pay
Equity, um, people have a range and um that they're defined
steps, uh that are associated with it. Um, the current
model of the static rates, uh, creates disparity and um,
we've had positions where employees that may have vacated
their budget position at a higher rate is filled by a newer
person at a higher rate where somebody who is kind of in
the middle and been with the city for a couple years.
They weren't moved to the higher rate. They're at their
current rate because of the static rated system. So we're
trying to make sure that we're Equitable in our paid
systems.
Right. And is this the last of the unscheduled uh employees
of the city that are going on the schedule are do we still
have more of these outstanding? Yeah. This is the bulk of
positions that are moving to a schedule. This is kind of
the last wave of that. We're doing ongoing set salary
studies for those that are already on schedules for BX and
gy. Um, but that's a smaller work group. Okay. All right
very well ultimately.
Thank you chairman. Um, and I'm really happy to see the
progress with the um wage schedules. I've talked about wage
compression in the past and I really appreciate the work
that OBM has done, um to fix this problem because it has
been making it very challenging. Um, I experienced it
myself in my ward. Um, and I understand that uh,
this is the bulk of it. Do we know when um, the police
department might do that as well? Because I I think that
this is also an issue at the police department level as
well with people not wanting to take on promotions because
the the financial hardship it proposed it proposes to them.
Yeah, this warrant positions have not been reviewed yet.
Um, you know, they're they're more unique and we've tried
to make sure that they have been uh, receiving similar
situated increases. Um, but we'll take a look at it and be
part of our ongoing look great. Thank you. That's all I've
got you. All right. Thank you much, uh any other questions
All right, seeing none none from our uh individuals online,
uh Vice chair. You have a motion.
uh Vice chair me Lee moves do pass all in favor signify by
saying I
In your pose any pain that chairs the eyes have it the
ordinance, uh is approved and the matter will be reported
out at our next regular meeting of the city council on June
12th. 2024. Uh, thank you, uh gentlemen from budget next
we'll have item number 3, which is the adoption of a
proposed ordinance amending Municipal Code chapter 2-1 176
by modifying sections 2-1 176 010 and 2 Dash 176 D 050
regarding use storage and maintenance of information
provided by applicants utilizing online platform to to
obtain City of Chicago Municipal identification cards.
From the Department we have uh, Kathleen. Okay. Okay clerks
Chief of Staff Michelle Lavar Chief legal counsel and Ian
Barnes project manager you may proceed.
Thank you very much. Um.
Committee, so we are presenting today all of you have um,
hopefully seen it at this point. We are making a technical
Amendment to the city Key Program. Um,
As you've heard through the briefings we will be adding an
online component. Um, we're still going to be doing
in-person events, but we will be adding an online component
which means that people can um apply for the city key
online and have it mailed to them directly because it's
going to be online. We will have to maintain um some data
for those who apply online. However, there will be
um
alert boxes throughout the program to let people know about
that. Anybody who does come in person. We still will not
need to maintain their data.
All right any questions?
Alderman Martin followed by Vice chair Lee followed by
Alder Manhattan
Thank you very much chair. Um, thank you very much for this
proposal. It's really terrific to hear. Um, so uh, my
compliments to the entire clerks team clerk Valencia. Are
there other municipalities across the country to your
knowledge who have done something like this.
Uh, good morning. Uh, yes idnyc currently does also run a
program that's very similar to this. Um you it's kind of a
hybrid. It's a little different than what we're doing. But
what idnyc does is you visit them at 1 of their many
locations throughout the 5 Burrows and um, you do all the
all the paperwork there ahead of time and then they verify
your address by sending your idnyc card to your place of
residence. So it it's a little different than what we're
doing, but they are utilizing the mail system the way that
we are doing it, but this is done exclusively online in in
many situations ours or for for idea. What what yours what
your so so what we are doing what we are doing is we are
adding an online component to the already existing
in-person. The in-person process will not change at all
that will still be the same if you do.
Want to get a city key and perhaps you don't want to wait in
line and you would like to do it from the comfort of your
own home. You can get online you can apply you will have to
provide your proof of residency and your proof of identity
that will be verified, uh by our vendor and then the card
will be printed and sent uh via US mail to your house
within 7 to 10 days. Yeah. I mean, it just sounds like what
you're describing where the first or 1 of the first in the
entire country that is is giving um residents across the
city the exclusively online component, which I think is
absolutely tremendous, especially for individuals in our
communities who are disabled individuals who may lack
access to the transportation that gets them to 1 of your
various sites. So that's just something I really want to
underscore and reviewing this and talking with the team.
It's a real game changer or something that I think
positions us to be true leaders in this regard not just in
terms of other cities, but other states as well. So thank
you for the good work and I'm uh, I look,
Forward to supporting this. Thank you. Alderman.
Thank you Alderman Martin V.
Thank you chairman. Good morning. Ladies weird to see you
sitting over there in that right here, Michelle. Um
Can you talk us through I I agree with uh with my colleague
Alderman Martin. I think this is a a a great uh benefit
especially for those that are disabled or homebound. Um,
I'm wondering if can someone talk us through what the
process looks like because I'm assuming that you know part
of what the identity is verified from is you probably need
a camera on your on your computer to to do this part of it.
Can someone just walk us through that process?
So thank you all the woman. Um, we will have specific, um
requirements for a picture and you will upload that picture
into the system so you can have someone take it for you.
It's going to be right behind us. Usually it'll be be
behind a white wall. Like we'll give the dimensions. You
don't have to go out and get that but um our vendor is able
to make sure that the person's picture who is um submitted
is that person there can be no filters on it. There's any
questions it will get denied and they will have to come in
person.
That's great. Thank you. That was just curious as to how
that gets done these days that you know, I'm I'm sure some
people will be listening to this and they'll hear it and
the the Skeptics will think you know, now you're going to
be able to get an ID for anybody. That's simply not the
case based on what you guys are talking about here. Yeah,
it's very um, a sophisticated system and the vendor that we
use they do this for multiple other municipalities and they
actually also do this for the RTA with the um senior
discount cards, so they are able to um, they have the
software and they use different programming to make sure
that you are who you say you are.
Great. Well, they verify everything. I can't wait to give it
a try. Thank you. That's all I've got. Thank you Vice chair
Lee ottoman head.
Thank you chair. Um, I'll add a question. Um as well as my
support So 1 just very excited. Um, I know over the last
couple of years we haven't been able to allocate as much
money as we've wanted to to this program for its expansion.
Um, it's well-loved and my neighborhood both for uh, young
people right? Um, a lot of our, you know, not just our new
arrivals, but I'd say a lot of young people I've got who
like this ID. Um, uh, I guess my question on this technical
Amendment around the storage. Um, are you all do you have
enough storage? So um thinking about the digital storage
for this. Um, do you are you equipped to have enough
digital storage for what you anticipate? Um to see from uh,
the use of this new part of the program.
Sure, so we uh specifically in the office of the city clerk
will not be storing this data. This will go through our
vendor Omicron. We have been under contract with Omicron
since 2017. Um, so they will be holding on to this and uh,
we are still working with the Michelle's going to have to
help me out with the acronym the Illinois public records
board.
So we're working under the Illinois. Um, it is the local
records act. So so we we do have um, as you all know, we
follow a retention schedule under that act we are working
with them, um to determine how long we will have to keep
the digitized records. Um, right now it most likely will be
very similar to what they do at the Secretary of State for
the state ID. Um, we don't have anything in place just yet
so they will be adding that component but as um, Katherine
said
our vendor will be storing it however our vendor, um, they
cannot that's our data so they cannot share give that out.
And the only people they can share it with us.
Um, thank you for that and um excited to support this.
Thanks chair.
Thank you any other questions?
Okay, we don't have your own like I I do have 1 question.
Um
The uh, how does the state of Illinois handle? Um non
in-person identification?
How does the state yeah.
um
I'm not 100% sure how they how the state like the secretary
of state would handle that. Um, we were we have been
working through. Um, all the different laws across the
state the city and federally to make sure um,
How how we can handle it? Um
And then our vendor has done this for different
municipalities with different forms of IDs, but I cannot
speak to the Illinois Secretary of State's handling. Okay.
So uh again, this is this is our this is our own
identification card. So is is it's I I understand it so
that there's a slightly different take on that then okay,
just I just wondered if they if the state allowed for the
same, uh for you you to be able to get a state ID or a uh,
the new real ID because they mail it to you. I just got
mine in the mail. So that's why I asked that question, but
I did have to appear in person to to you know, get the ID
but it was mailed to me which we're emailing the IDS, but
you don't have to appear in person. So I was wondering if
there was a parallel process with the state to do do the
same thing. I I I'm not aware. Uh, if the Illinois
Secretary of State allows you to apply online. I know they
do have an appointment system. Um, so you can come in and
you know have a Time held for you you are able to renew
your driver's license and I believe your state ID by mail
and they
just use the information that they have on file as long as
you certify. It's the same.
All right, very well. Uh, is there a motion?
Oh Alderman Mosley, uh Mosley pass.
all in favor signify by saying I
any oppose
Any opinion that chairs the eyes have it in this matter
will be reported out at our next city council meeting on
June 12th, uh the last 3 items going to take as a whole.
However, I do have a substitute for item number 5, uh, is
there a motion to entertain a substitute for item number 5?
so move Baldwin tell you Pharaoh all in favor signify by
saying I
Any opposed independent chairs eyes have it in the
substitute for item number 5 is now before us but we'll
take items. Uh 4 5 and 6 is 1 uh, and these are uh,
These are transfer funds within uh, automatic expense
accounts. But where it's 10:23 and 47, uh Alderman
Mitchell, uh moves to pass all in favor signify by saying I
any oppose any opinion of chairs the eyes have it in this
matter and these items will be reported out at our next
city council meeting on June 12th, uh with no further
business before the committee entertain the motion to
adjourn.
So moved by Vice chair Lee all in favor signify by saying I
any oppose any appearing of chairs eyes affect. The meeting
is adjourned.