# Commissioner of Transportation directed to update Aldermanic Menu program to include additional eligible uses for Aldermanic Menu program funds

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Clerk's short name: Paint-and-post and bioswales

- Record number: **O2026-0029062**
- Type: Ordinance; category: City Council
- Status: In Committee (Referred)
- Sponsor: [Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/48) (48th Ward)
- Committee: [Committee on Committees and Rules](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/committees-and-rules)
- Submitted Date: Sep 29, 2026
- Introduction Date: Oct 14, 2026
- Official record: [Office of the City Clerk](https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=76920924-39BC-F111-AAAE-001DD803847B)

## Impact report

> Written by AI from [the official document](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/matterattachmentspublic/e6170df9-f6c9-4edb-8edb-33f6f2f49718.pdf). AI can make mistakes; the official document always wins.

The ordinance would let Aldermanic Menu Program funds be used for "paint and post" infrastructure and bioswales.

**Who it affects**

- **Aldermen and their wards**: Aldermen could choose to spend their Aldermanic Menu Program funds on "paint and post" infrastructure and bioswales.
- **Chicago Department of Transportation**: The Commissioner of Transportation would have to update the Aldermanic Menu Program to add these two eligible uses.

**What changes**

- "Paint and post" infrastructure would become an eligible use of Aldermanic Menu Program funds.
- Bioswales would become an eligible use of Aldermanic Menu Program funds.
- The Commissioner of Transportation would update the Aldermanic Menu Program to include these uses.

**Money**

- Aldermanic Menu Program funds could be spent on "paint and post" infrastructure and bioswales; no dollar amounts are stated.

**Where**: 48th Ward

**When**: Upon passage and publication

## Timeline

- Oct 14, 2026: Referred, City Council. Two committees having been called, the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety and the Committee on Transportation and Public Way, the matter was Referred to the Committee on Committees and Rules (Pursuant to Council Rule 42).

## Documents

- [W48 - Aldermanic Menu Additions.docx.pdf](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/matterattachmentspublic/e6170df9-f6c9-4edb-8edb-33f6f2f49718.pdf) (Legislation)

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