# Committee on Budget and Government Operations meeting, March 20, 2024 - When: Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 9:00 AM (Chicago time) - Where: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602 - Status: Reconvened - Committee: [Committee on Budget and Government Operations](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/budget-and-government-operations) - Video: https://vimeo.com/924714734?share=copy - Transcript: [full text](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/transcripts/924714734.txt) (2,082 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 Budget and Government Operations reconvened from its March 12, 2024 recess to finish its agenda, without a new public comment period. The committee accepted a substitute ordinance for item 3, a hiring preference for residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged areas; a Law Department representative explained that the substitute clarifies a 25 percent numerical preference, removes promotions from its scope over collective bargaining concerns, and drops a seven-year city residency requirement. With no questions, the committee recommended passage of item 3 for that day's City Council meeting. Item 6, sponsored by Alderperson Gilbert Villegas, was held to the next meeting because he was not present. Topics: hiring preference, socioeconomically disadvantaged areas, city employment, collective bargaining, remote participation ### Agenda items discussed - [33:27](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/E3FA320C-07E3-EE11-904C-001DD806E058?t=2007) Item 3: Ordinance establishing a socioeconomically disadvantaged area hiring preference (substitute): passed - [35:55](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/E3FA320C-07E3-EE11-904C-001DD806E058?t=2155) Item 6: Matter sponsored by Alderperson Gilbert Villegas: held ### Alderpersons who spoke ## Documents - [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/545b1869-b3c8-46fd-b1d9-732c55fa8b36.pdf) - [Summary](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/ef7e9fbc-39d4-4992-a026-616a1636f0e6.pdf) - [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/7bb966f4-742c-4f0d-a777-319a4dcd7464.pdf) --- Source: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/E3FA320C-07E3-EE11-904C-001DD806E058 ยท Chicago Politics, an independent, nonpartisan tracker of the Chicago City Council. Guide for agents: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/llms.txt