# Committee on Public Safety meeting, January 14, 2025

- When: Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 9:30 AM (Chicago time)
- Where: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602
- Status: Scheduled & Published
- Committee: [Committee on Public Safety](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/public-safety)
- Video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8928579/video/1046553881
- Transcript: [full text](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/transcripts/1046553881.txt) (4,596 words, official captions)

## Meeting notes

> AI-written from the transcript. Speakers are inferred from cues in the recording, so treat names as estimates and check the video at the linked time.

The Committee on Public Safety heard five public commenters, including a request for an ordinance expanding Chicago Police Department drone use and several speakers criticizing the city's Welcoming City ordinance. The committee approved its October 2024 Rule 45 report. It then held a hearing on a resolution adopting the 2024-2029 Cook County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan and the City of Chicago annex, which the Office of Emergency Management and Communications said is required to keep the city eligible for FEMA hazard mitigation grants. The chair asked how dam failures, sabotage and rail hazmat incidents are treated under the plan, and the meeting adjourned without a vote on the resolution being recorded in the transcript.

Topics: Hazard mitigation plan, FEMA grant eligibility, Emergency preparedness, Police drones, Welcoming City ordinance, Public comment

### Agenda items discussed

- [1:07:00](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/99925E94-4ABE-EF11-B8E9-001DD8306DF0?t=4020) Approval of October 2024 Rule 45 report: passed
- [1:07:23](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/99925E94-4ABE-EF11-B8E9-001DD8306DF0?t=4043) Resolution adopting the Cook County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan and City annex for 2024-2029: discussed

### Alderpersons who spoke

- [Brian Hopkins](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/2) (chair): Said the hearing was needed to preserve the city's eligibility for federal disaster mitigation funds. ([1:07:14](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/99925E94-4ABE-EF11-B8E9-001DD8306DF0?t=4034)); Asked how a dam failure, a man-made structure, is classified as a natural hazard. ([1:18:10](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/99925E94-4ABE-EF11-B8E9-001DD8306DF0?t=4690)); Asked whether the plan addresses sabotage that could mimic a natural disaster and rail incidents involving flammable materials. ([1:18:42](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/99925E94-4ABE-EF11-B8E9-001DD8306DF0?t=4722))

## Documents

- [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/08f8b4dd-37ab-41a4-9202-7932030800d4.pdf)
- [Summary](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/f97dce02-2f81-4b58-bf3f-4cc0842b9221.pdf)
- [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/16961156-7478-461f-9cce-841235ec96e0.pdf)
- [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/9db87764-ea3f-4f96-a97c-5493db9170d4.pdf)

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