Chicago Politics

CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL 12.29.25

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Mayor Johnson presides over a meeting of the Chicago City Council.

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0:00 Recording in progress.

6:47 Good morning, members of the City Council. The meeting will begin shortly. Please remember to log in to your devices. Thank you.

7:47 or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of its committees, all individuals and their belongings are subject to search at entry, or upon request. Individuals must remain seated at all times except, 1. when entering or exiting the gallery, 2. when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting, set aside for that purpose, or 3. when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive or

8:23 defamatory behavior, or speech, which in the judgment of the meeting's chair, or the sergeant at arms, may lead to a breach of the peace, or disrupt the orderly conduct of the meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances, are not permitted when in the judgment of the meeting's chair, or the sergeant-at-arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting.

8:57 Any item that poses a potential safety hazards, as determined by the sergeant-at-arms, is prohibited in the gallery. Such items include, but are not limited to, 1. Any pointed objects, including knives of any kind. 2. Banners, flyers or other forms of signage. 3. Food and beverages, including in glass or metal canisters. 4. Backpacks, large bags and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12, are permitted and subject to search.

9:35 and 5. Firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability other individuals. to view or hear the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules

10:06 will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by the Sergeant-at-Arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings 2023-2027 Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, The sergeant-at-arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times, that a viewing gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of its committees.

10:41 All individuals and their belongings are subject to search at entry, or upon request. Individuals must remain seated at all times except, 1. when entering or exiting the gallery. 2. When providing public comment during the portion of a meeting, set aside for that purpose. Or 3. When asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Propane, threatening, harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior, or speech, which in the judgment of the meeting's chair, or the sergeant-at-arms, may lead to a breach of the peace, or disrupt the orderly conduct of the meeting, is not permitted.

11:25 Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances, are not permitted when in the judgment of the meeting's chair, or the sergeant-at-arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety hazards, as determined by the sergeant-at-arms, is prohibited in the gallery. Such items include, but are not limited to, 1. Any pointed objects, including knives of any kind.

12:02 2. Banners, flyers or other forms of signage. 3. Food and beverages, including in glass or metal canisters. 4. Backpacks, large bags and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12, are permitted and subject to search. And 5. Firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace pepper spray, and toy weapons.

12:34 Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability other individuals to view or hear the proceedings.

13:27 Council will come to order. Madam Clerk, please take a quorum roll call. All right, the voting is now open. The voting is now open. Please use your devices to record your attendance. I will now call those who have not yet responded. Alderman Laspata, not in chambers. Alderman Hopkins.

14:51 Roll 59. All right, I'll come back to you. Not in chambers. Alderman Robinson, not in chambers. Alderman Hall. Not in chambers. Alderwoman Ramirez. Not in chambers. Alderwoman Gutierrez. Not in chambers. Alderman Moore. Alderman Moore is here. Alderman Curtis. Not in chambers. Alderman O'Shea is present.

15:23 Alderwoman Tabaris, not in Chambers. Alderwoman Scott is here. Alderperson Fuentes is here. Alderwoman Cruz is here. Alderman Conway, not present in Chambers. Alderman Vasquez is here. Alderman Lawson is here.

15:56 Alderman Gardner is here. Alderman Clay, not present in chambers. Alderman Haddon, not present in chambers. All right. Your Honor, you have a quorum. There are 38 members present, 12 that are absent. We do have a quorum. The following members wish to participate.

16:28 The following members wish to participate. in today's meeting remotely for a reason stated in Rule 59, can we confirm the following Alders that are available online? Alders LaSpada, Hopkins, Clay, Curtis, Conway, Padden. Just a second, you all. Can you mute your devices, please? Alders LaSpada, Hopkins, Clay, Curtis, Conway, Padden, Gutierrez, robinson ramirez and hall yes just a second we will call on you just a second alderman

17:11 lesbada all right we'll come back alderman hopkins present it's present alderman robinson present present alderman hall present alderwoman ramirez present present alder woman gutierrez Present. Alderman Curtis. Present. Alderman Tabaris.

17:43 Oh, I'm sorry. Alderman Hall is here. Present. Alderman Conway. Present. Alderman Clay. Present. Alderman Haddon. Present. All right, Lesbada, one more time. And Alderman Lesbada, are you with us? Very well. With the exception of Alder LaSpada, all of the other Alders have acknowledged their presence.

18:15 Can I get a motion to approve the remote participation? All those in favor of the remote participation of the following Alders, Hopkins, Clay, Curtis, Conaway, Hatton, Gutierrez, Robinson, Ramirez, and Hall, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed say nay. This motion passes. Madam Clerk, please add those members to the quorum roll call. Let's stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

18:48 and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please remain standing for our invocation, which will be delivered today by Alderman David Moore. May we pray, precious Father, as we step to your throne of grace, O Lord. First of all, we ask that you forgive us for our sins and our shortcomings.

19:22 Lord, look beyond our faults and see our needs, oh Lord. As we prepare to go into this new year, we want to first thank you for bringing us this far, oh Lord. Bringing us this far to just try to do it right just another day, oh Lord. So right now I ask that you cover every leader in this country from our president, our governor, to our county board president, oh Lord, our mayor, and every city council person, and every elected official who has the responsibility of taking care of the least of those, O Lord. So right now, O Lord, cover us, protect our families, O Lord,

19:55 and give us the guiding light that we need to do your will. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Hold it more.

20:26 It's a portion of the meeting for public comments. I'll begin the public comment period, which is limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. Each speaker is limited to three minutes. Speakers cannot yield or transfer their time to another speaker. Any written comments that have been submitted will be posted and made available for all dramatic review. Our first speaker this morning is Zoe Lee. Now, I understand y'all do not know the U.S. Constitution, the United States Constitution, and any of these rules do not override the First Amendment.

20:58 Now, the case of Gregory v. City of Chicago was a landmark 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision. That's Dick Gregory. Dick Gregory said that he led the teachers at that time. He said this was the snake pit. Daly was the mayor. He said then we're going to go to the snake's house, which was Daly's house, right? And then you guys tried to get him for disorderly contact for a peaceful protest. Same thing you're trying to do now. Now, mine is 125 dash, I mean, CV 01293 Marshley versus City of Chicago.

21:35 It just went to Discovery the 21st of December. That's my birthday. That's my Christmas present because I've got everybody, the world is watching. So I'm not really talking to you. I'm talking to the world. Now, I used to be a savage. I used to be one of the biggest thieves. So that's how I know they launder in money. Okay. I'm talking to my Gen Z and my Gen Alpha. I'm going to need y'all to register to vote. And I'm going to need you to register to vote as an independent and a Republican.

22:08 Because I'm going to show you how to organize. I'm going to show you how to organize. I'm not an organizer. I'm an entrepreneur. I know how to brand. I have a legacy that I'm going to continue to fight. my mother's legacy in the south side of chicago and my father's legacy 17-0 undefeated miami dolphins to this day 1972 you're not going to win this game 2028 they're supposed to do a general strike the communism marxism socialism and ctu because y'all keep laundering this money like

22:45 that five like that billion dollar surplus tip surplus that you just laundered because you think you're going to take this election you're not going to take the election i told you if the city of chicago didn't settle my family's case because it looks like my case is going to get settled before my mother's case that i was going to flip this city red i mean that the whole world is watching i got people from germany reaching out to me i got yeah it's cool we good right and i also said that if y'all didn't set a case i was going to run for office instead of my own case okay there's nothing that you can say about me there's nothing that you can get on me i know

23:19 what I used to be, but I never got caught, never got convicted. A mugshot doesn't mean anything. You are a disgrace, and all you 20 scandalous black aldermen here are a disgrace too. Y'all are coons. My grandfather would be ashamed of y'all. Y'all do not do nothing. Y'all don't stand up for nothing. Y'all letting them steal this money. Y'all looking at our communities, they blighted y'all suck just like him and anybody that ride with him is insane and you are an

23:53 embarrassment to the culture you thank you very much for your comments our next speaker is Lynetta Thomas our next speaker is Sandy A. Nonman praise the lord everyone I want to first as a pastor I do give honor to God I give honor to you Mayor Brandon Johnson the city council here, all of the aldermen, and all of our organizations that are representative in the

24:27 House on today. Again, as I come to the meetings, you guys will continue to see me, because I'm actually here advocating for people like me. And so I want to say to you, Mayor Johnson, over the weekend, we have had many murders in the city of Chicago. I want to say to you, Mayor Johnson, as a father and even as a black man when you see you know black men being killed in the street that is something that we should never normalize and i want to ask you as a black man

24:59 Can we have a truce? Can you do something with the gangs in the city of Chicago as a father? Bring these young men to the table. Have a conversation with them. I want to bring this also to your attention. My son was a gun violence victim here in Chicago. I have people with me that represent my organization. We are black. I have Hispanics. I have young people that come off of the street, whites, that we have brought out of the streets. And so I brought them here as an example to raise them up, you know, just to show you guys, the Bible says if anything good can come out, when you really do violence prevention, good will come.

25:38 So there's an article that I saw with Creed. And so Creed, they have an article on their website, and it's talking about how they work with the city of Chicago. They work with the aldermen. And so if any of you aldermen work with Creed, they say they work with CRED, Mayor Johnson, with legislation and with changing policies and laws, I want to say this, as a mother and also having a son that experienced gun violence, what we do, we don't just do it to talk, but we do it to do it, and we get the results.

26:11 And so as I'm looking at their website, it tells that the legislators, the aldermen, that they're working with you. And so as I come down to advocate, I find that the poster child of their site where they're talking about citywide efforts is my son. And so they have my son on their website. And so what I want to say to you, Mayor Johnson and all the aldermen, if you guys are working with that organization, how about sit down with me? How about when the funding come, give us some of the funding, because if somebody is going to use my child as a poster child, I honestly know what programs work.

26:48 I know that what doesn't work, I know what's effective, and I know what is needed because I have actually lived it. And so I'm asking you, Mayor Johnson, sit down and have a conversation with me. Your staff did kind of write me off because I guess they thought I wasn't important. And as a woman, sometimes you have to work a little bit harder to go through the doors. But presence matters, and this is why we're here, to bring awareness. You have young me and STL. Thank you very much for your comments, however your time has expired.

27:20 Thank you. Our next speaker this morning is Miracle Thomas. Our next speaker this morning is Brenda Rucker. Glory be to God. Your Honor, Mayor Brandon, God bless you.

27:50 I don't have nothing against you. I pray for you. I want to say to you, I came down here today with my daughter, a pastor, Dr. Sandy A. Norman. This is a woman of God. This woman be all over the city of Chicago, her and her team feeding people. I mean, be out 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, work with the Chicago police. We love people. And I'm asking you to give my daughter a chance. You got a good woman.

28:21 She prays for you. And I'm going to say I love you. My son is from the west side of Lundell. He know you. He go to the Lundell church. He say you're a good man. I take his word for him. I give you honor. I wouldn't do nothing to dishonor you. God put you in your position. He told us to honor our politician. And that's what I do. I'm not going to disrespect no man or woman in here. If I can't do nothing for you, I ain't going to do nothing against you. God bless you all. Thank you.

28:53 Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker this morning is Craig Palmer. Good morning to everyone. Good morning. As a black man in the city of Chicago, coming out of Englewood, with my apostle Sandy Norman, we travel all over the city. And we see firsthand the hurt, the wounds, and the scars of our city.

29:24 We see our young men have no direction. We see our young women have been led astray. So we go out on the street. We go out, we feed, we pray, we give resources that we may have. All we ask is a little bit of assistance. We'll do the work. We're not afraid to get our hands dirty. We're not afraid to go into the byways and highways. That's our job. Our sons and daughters are being destroyed.

29:56 They're being led every which way. So what does God do? He sends us. When there's a shooting, we're there. When there's a shooting, we're there. I have eight boys. It's too much. It's too much. We have opportunity now. We'll go.

30:29 We just need resource. That's all we ask. and if you give us the resource we ain't pray to get our hands dirty we ain't pray to bow our knees we pray for you we pray for our senators, our aldermans, our congressmen we just ask for a little assistance we can do it we can turn this whole thing around it don't take long and it's not hard give us the resource I will guarantee you

30:59 we can turn this around within six months give us resources. There's things that we need. We'll travel. We don't matter. We don't mind. So I'm just pleading for you on behalf of my family and all families of the city of Chicago. We need it. We can do it. We've been doing it for the last three to four or five years in the hardest places. And we see the result. They come to us. They are now participating.

31:32 We can see their hearts. We see them. They are willing to come and work with us. Just give a seat at the table. That's all I ask. Thank you. Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker this morning is Prosperity Group. Hello, everyone. I'm going to get started with a scripture, as I generally do. And I'm going to start off with Isaiah 10 and 1.

32:03 Woe to that man that is unjust and make those laws as such. I'm not saying verbatim, but you all know where I'm going. Those who issue oppressive decrees, deprive the poor of their rights, withhold justice from the oppressed, my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. What will you do in the day of reckoning when disaster comes from afar?

32:35 Where will you find help and where will you leave your riches? Now let's get down to it. Last week, you all jumped on Alderman Gardner. One person in particular, and you co-signed at the Post Presser, Brandon Johnson. He stood up for us. No one else up in here but Bill being the black man that stood up for us. But when those who stand up for us, the black people, not African American,

33:07 because I don't claim that like Lamont Robinson did. I claim black American, born here native, as I stated before. And you turned your back on us. you actually let us down now let's get to the reparations that y'all supposedly have for us $500,000 spent somewhere but we're not seeing it in our communities

33:38 and when you all say that a white man cannot represent the black community y'all got errors and faults and problems Napolitano stood up for us Raymond Lopez stood up for us. Alderman Bill stood up for us. But all you blacks that voted against us in this budget, because y'all don't know about assets and liabilities. Y'all got DEI people up in here don't know about accounting. Knowing that you run the businesses out, who is it

34:09 going to hit? Like the property taxes already did, Brandon Johnson, on the south side and the west side. So when you run them out, who going to pay those property taxes? Brandon in Johnson. Yeah. So when you're talking about tax the rich, you need to know what happens as a downfall because the rich can pack up and leave. Whereas you got the rest of the citizens, citizens, citizens, citizens that are here paying that money, those taxes out of our pockets. Okay. So I just want to make sure that we touch on that. Don't step on

34:43 the white man for helping the black community. He supported us, and we support him. And anybody else that support us, we support them. Make that clear. I don't care what color you are. Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker is Tyree Johnson.

35:22 How y'all doing? I'm speaking on the half of Pastor Sandy in the Chain Breakers. I'll be on the west side of Chicago. Pastor Sandy, she came riding around one day, and she stopped and talked to me and a few of my friends, you know, And told us some encouraging words, you know, that they was doing some things down the street on Madison, I mean, Madison and Springfield. And so we went down there, and it was some good people. And now I'm a product of what they got going on.

35:56 You know, I helped them out, and they're good people. You know, I actually know Pastor Sandy since I've been a child. We've known each other from my grandmother's church. But other than that, man, they're just really good people, and I love helping them out. You know, anything that we need or whatever, they help us out. You know what I'm saying? They come talk to us in the community. They actually care. And they go all the way to some real areas that a lot of people don't like going to. That's talked down on, you know. Any way they can help us, man, these people help us. You know what I'm saying?

36:26 Like, whatever they can do. Talking. If they need help with RAS, anything. You know what I'm saying? Like, trying to help you find a job. Anything. Like, you want to help start a business. Anything. Like, you know, they just real, genuine people, you know, that help out the community out their own pocket, and they don't ask for nothing. They just smile and just give, you know, and I'm just here to, you know what I'm saying, I appreciate them, you know what I'm saying, and we just have what we can get. Like they say, we need help. There's more people like me that's willing to help, you know what I'm saying.

36:57 I know I'm young, and all the young people don't probably come speak, but I'm here speaking on the young people's behalf, and you know what I'm saying, that we want to get help, Thank you very much for your comments Our next speaker is Angel Thomas Our next speaker is Guadalupe Diaz Good morning, Mayor and City Councilman

37:29 It's a privilege to be here this morning I just want to express that I am a part of the Chain Breakers under Sandy Norman You have to forgive me I have a compassion for what she is doing. I am a 77-year-old woman, comes from the south side of Chicago to the west side, and we are out there 2 o'clock in the morning. If I can do this, many of you can come out and see for yourself the work that's being done.

38:04 We need resources. We need finances. We feed the people. These are hot meals that are going to the people on the west side of Chicago. We provide clothing for their prayers and whatever other resources that we have available. I come from the 10th Ward and I travel that far. Come out and see that the Lord is good in what he is doing under the leadership of Apostle Sandy.

38:38 thank you for this time thank you very much and God bless you all thank you do we have any more public speakers do we have any more public speakers your honor there are no further public speakers who have signed up for the public comment period very well this concludes our public comment portion I understand that Alderman Laspata has joined us online could you confirm his presence present Alderman Laspata are you there for reasons stated in rule 59

39:10 Alderman Laspata wishes to participate in today's meeting remotely. Can I get a motion? It's been moved. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Any opposed say nay. This motion passes. Please add Alderman Laspata to the quorum roll call. We don't have any resolutions today. Communications. The Honorable Anna M. Valencia, City Clerk, informs the City Council that the following documents were filed in her office relating to the respective subjects designated as follows. Executive Order No. 2025-10, prohibiting sale or assignment of city-owned medical debt

39:42 and establishing fair public interest debt recovery practices. Also, Executive Order No. 2025-11, regarding oversight of Chicago Police Department overtime. and the estimated year 2026 aggregate property tax levy. City Clerk Anna Valencia also informs the City Council that all those matters which were considered by the City Council at the regular meeting held on December 18th and which were required by statute to be published in book or pamphlet form or in one or more newspapers were published in pamphlet form on December 29th, 2025 by being printed in poll text and printed pamphlet copies of the Journal of the Proceedings of the City of Chicago.

40:15 City Clerk Valencia also informs the City Council that all those matters which were considered by the City Council at the regular meeting held on December 19, 2025, and which were required by statute to be published in book or pamphlet form or in one or more newspapers, were published in pamphlet form on December 29, 2025, by being printed in full text and printed pamphlet copies of the Journal of the Proceedings of the City of Chicago. City Clerk Valencia also informs the City Council that the ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of Chicago General Obligation Bonds, 2026-2027 General Obligation Borrowing Ordinance, which was passed by the City Council on December 18, 2025,

40:47 and which was requested to be published in special pamphlet form, was published in special pamphlet form on December 22, 2025. City Clerk Valencia also informs the City Council that the ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of Chicago general obligation bonds and or sales securitization corporate sales tax revenue bonds for refunding outstanding general bonds and or sales tax revenue bonds, which was passed by the City Council on December 18, 2025, and which was requested to be published in special pamphlet form, was published in special pamphlet form on December 22, 2025.

41:17 City Clerk Valencia also transmits herewith the following miscellaneous communications requiring city council action, claims against the City of Chicago, which are referred to the Committee on Finance, and a correction of the Journal of December 19, 2025, which is referred to the Committee on Committees and Rules. Your Honor, that concludes the reports of communications from the Mayor and other city officers. Very well. Committee reports, budget, and government operations. The Chair recognizes Chairman Irvin. Thank you, Mr. President. Reporting for the Committee on the Budget and Government Operations would held meetings on December 22nd and December 29th.

41:49 The committee has a series of reports recommending passage of the following items. From the December 22nd meeting, items 1 through 5 were transfers of funds within the 4th, 6th, 9th, 28th, and 37th Ward wage allowance and automatic expense accounts. I move passage of the following items by roll call vote. Very well. Members, please use your e-vote application to record your vote at this time.

42:20 The e-voting is now open. The e-voting is now open. Please use the device to record your vote. The chair recognizes Audemant O'Shea. Mr. President, I just want to, we have budget recommendations on, I believe it's page 12, violence reduction program, but that in fact is, do we change this after the first of the year to the community violence intervention, the CVI? The chair recognizes Chairman Irvin. I spoke with Alder Lee in relation to that. When we do the

42:54 amendment for January's part of 925, that item will be corrected. The challenge is that we keep having these corrections kind of on the fly and we get out of balance when we do that. So I spoke with Alder Lee about that and we'll make that change in the January Budget Committee meeting. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Chairman. Okay. The voting is now open. Please use the device to record your vote.

44:14 I will now read those who have not yet responded. Alderman Laspata. Yes. Alderman Laspata is a yes. Alderman Hopkins. Yes. Alderman Hopkins is a yes. Alderperson Robinson. Yes. Alderperson Robinson is a yes. Alderman Hall. Yes. Alderman Hall is a yes. Alderwoman Ramirez. Yes. Alderwoman Ramirez is a yes. Alderwoman Gutierrez. Yes.

44:44 Alderman Gutierrez is a yes. Alderman Curtis. Yes. Alderman Curtis is a yes. Alderman Rodriguez. I'll come back. Alderman Tabaris is a yes. Alderperson Fuentes. I'll come back. Alderman Conway. Yes. Alderman Gardner. Alderman Gardner is a yes. Alderman Clay. Yes. Alderman Clay is a yes. Alderman Haddon. Yes.

45:24 Alderman Haddon is a yes. Alderman Rodriguez and Alderperson Fuentes. Okay, voting is now closed. Well, there are 48 yeas, 0 nays. This motion passes. Alderman Mitchell on a motion to reconsider. Move to reconsider. All those in favor of the reconsideration of this vote, signify by saying aye. Any opposed to say nay. This motion fails. Chair recognizes Alderman Irvin.

45:57 Thank you, Mr. President. Second item, number one, is the communication regarding the proposed ordinance. concerning a series of technical corrections to the 2026 Annual Appropriation Ordinance passed by the City Council on December 20, 2025. I move that this be adopted by the first favorable roll call vote of the Committee on Budget and Government Operations and the unsuccessful motion to reconsider. Chair recognizes Alderman Rodriguez. I can be recorded as a yes on the previous vote on budget

46:30 and the corresponding motion to reconsider. Very well. We can add you to the roll call vote. Chair recognizes Alder Fuentes. If I can also be associated as a yes with the first most favorable roll call vote in budget. Very well. We can add Alder Fuentes as well. Alder Tabarez. I want him to be recognized for a roll call. Very well. Let's make sure that Tabarez's alder woman, Tabarez, is added to the quorum roll call. All right. Seeing no other hands. I'm hearing no other objections, so order.

47:04 Items two or three are transfers of funds within the 15th and 28th Ward, automatic wage and expense allowance accounts for a year 2025. I make the same motion if there is no objection. Hearing no objections, so order. Mr. President, that concludes my report. Very well. Now for the agreed-upon calendar. Chair recognizes Lordwoman Harris. Thank you, Mr. President. I've received from the City Clerk, Andrea in Valencia, a total of five items proposed for the agreed calendar consisting of congratulatory, commemorative, tributary resolutions from the following Alder Person, Alder Person Clay from the 46th Ward.

47:41 I move these into omnibus. Hearing no objections, so ordered. For new business, the Clerk will call wards beginning with the 50th. Zoning amendments are referred to the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards. Traffic regulations, traffic control signals, and traffic signs, which are referred to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety. Exemption from physical barrier requirements for commercial driveway and early access to parking facilities, which are referred to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way.

48:11 Alderperson Nugent has a proposed ordinance for a correction of Article 26 of Ordinance SO-2025-0021719, which is referred to the Committee on Finance. Alderperson Fuentes has a proposed ordinance for an amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-155-045, regarding prohibited areas for video gaming terminals, which is referred to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection. Alderperson Mosley has a proposed ordinance for amendment of municipal code section 4-64-515 regarding prohibited locations for retail tobacco dealer licenses in the 21st Ward,

48:44 which is referred to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection. Alderperson Mosley also has a proposed ordinance for amendment of municipal code section 4-4-326 regarding convenience store license issuance in the 21st Ward, which is referred to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection. Alderperson Mosley also has a proposed ordinance for Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-4-325 regarding beauty, supply, store, prohibited license issuance in the 21st Ward, which is referred to the Committee on License and Consumer Protection. Alderperson Coleman has a proposed ordinance for the Amendment of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance

49:16 to transfer funds from the 16th Ward wage allowance account to the automatic expense account for the year 2024, which is referred to the Committee on the Budget and Government Operations. Alderperson Robinson has proposed the ordinance for opening a public street at 879-881 East Oakwood Boulevard and 3928 South Lake Park Avenue, which is referred to the Committee on Transportation and Public Way. Your Honor, that concludes the presentation of Alderman Act introductions. Very well. For the approval of the journals, the Chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell. Mr. President, I'm not aware of any corrections to the journal from the December 18th and December 19th meetings and move that they be approved.

49:49 Hearing no objections, so order. Now for unfinished business, Alderman Mitchell. Mr. President, I'm not aware of any unfinished business. I thought there was one piece. There is one piece.

50:29 You understand? You have to withdraw it. Okay, I got it. Yes, Alderman Mitchell. Mr. President, I'm aware of one piece of unfinished business, and it was filed by Alderman Irvin, and I defer to him. Very well. The chair recognizes Alderman Irvin. Thank you, Mr. President. I wish to withdraw the Rule 41 mentioned. Thank you. That motion to withdraw the Rule 41, thank you, Alderman Irvin. Now, for Alderman Mitchell, anything else, any other further unfinished business? I'm not aware of any further pieces of unfinished business. Thank you very much. Now, for miscellaneous business, Alderman Mitchell?

51:02 I'm not aware of any miscellaneous business. Thank you. And then for the date and time of the next meeting that has been previously set by ordinance. Just a second. The chair recognizes Alderman Moore. Thank you, Mr. President. Just real quick, I just wanted to, if I could suspend the rules for a second, to recognize the passing of Mr. Bob Whitfield. Very well. There's a motion on the floor to suspend the rules for the recognition of the passing of

51:36 All those in favor for the suspension of the rules for this recognition, signify by saying aye. Any opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the Chair, the ayes have it. The Chair recognizes Alderman Moore. Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to stand, and many may know him who worked at CHA. He was also a Marine, but Bob Whitfield served as the Chief Legal Counsel for the Chicago Housing Authority for many years. And after that, he was committed to the residents of CHA continuing as their legal representative

52:08 and public housing representative residents, advisory councils, fighting for them to have a voice on the replacement of Robert Taylor Holmes, Kaepernick Green, Ida B. Wells, and other public housing developments. I wanted to recognize him and just keep his family in prayer. where Alderman Dow, as I was telling everybody, informed me that his wife had died. They got an e-mail from him saying his wife had died on the 13th, and he passed on the 23rd. And so I want to keep him and his entire family in prayer as he served the residents and public housing for many years.

52:43 So if we can just have a five-second moment of silence. Sure, let's have a moment of silence, please. Thank you. Mr. Bob Whitfield. Thank you, Mr. President. You're welcome. on a motion to return back to the regular order of business. Alderman Moore, on the motion to return back to the regular order of business. So moved. You can't. There's a motion to return back to the regular order of business. Signify by saying aye. Any opposed say nay. Motion passes now back to the regular order of business for the date and time of the next meeting that has been previously set.

53:17 The chair recognizes Alderman Mitchell. So the date and time of the next meeting has previously been set by ordinance. Very well. Thank you very much. We'll look forward to seeing you all in the new year. And now for the omnibus, Audubon Mitchell. I move that matters in the omnibus be passed by the first most favorable roll call vote by the Committee on Budget and Government Operations and the associated unsuccessful motion to reconsider. Hearing no objections, so order. Now on the motion to adjourn, Audubon Mitchell.

53:49 There being no further business before this body, I move that we adjourn. Hearing no objections, so order. The meeting is adjourned. Happy New Year.

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