City Council meeting, February 21, 2024

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The February 21, 2024 City Council meeting opened with public comment from five speakers, then the council heard extended remarks on and adopted three resolutions honoring Black History Month, the Divine Nine Black fraternities and sororities, and the 157th anniversary of Morehouse College. Committee reports were approved, including Finance Committee TIF and affordable housing items, several police-related legal settlements (with some members recorded as voting no), and the appointments of Alfonso (Randy) Conner as Commissioner of Water Management and Lisette Castaneda as Commissioner of Housing, both of which drew many supportive remarks. Under unfinished business, Alderman Matthew J. O'Shea called for a vote on his substitute ordinance regulating small box (dollar) stores, requiring posted contact placards and limiting new stores within one mile of a same-company store; it passed 42 to 7 after debate. New introductions included ordinances on lithium-ion battery safety, Wrigley Field liquor licensing, and hearings on Chicago Board of Education school safety policy.

Topics: Black History Month, Divine Nine, Morehouse College, Public comment, TIF and affordable housing, Police misconduct settlements, Water Management commissioner, Housing commissioner, Dollar store ordinance, Board of Education school resource officers

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