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The City Council police and fire committee on Wednesday advanced the mayor’s appointments to fill upcoming vacancies on the city’s civilian police oversight board.
The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Thursday approved a measure that would require the city to disaggregate data collected about the city’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations when accounting for participation in several city programs.
At the first meeting of the city’s Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards in almost three months, alderpeople largely dug out from a backlog and advanced rezoning requests that created more than 1,900 units of housing overall, new Zoning Chair Gilbert Villegas (36) said.
The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Tuesday approved an ordinance banning so-called sweepstakes machines.
The committee approved the measure over the opposition of the city’s business affairs department.
Alderpeople at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Budget and Government Operations and Police and Fire on Tuesday pressed Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Office of Public Safety Administration (OPSA) leaders on overtime spending and medical leave policies, as well as the current status of a program to flag the early warning signs of mental health issues in officers.
The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards on Wednesday will convene for the first time in nearly three months after Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36) became the zoning chair in April, ending a monthslong pause in business.
Related: Villegas hopes to integrate technology, speed up bureaucratic processes as zoning chair
The committee now must catch up on scores of items that have piled up, and Villegas has said items introduced in April will be saved for a second meeting on May 19. The committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Tuesday will take up an ordinance that would crack down on so-called sweepstakes machines, which exist in a legal gray area and have taken advantage of Chicago’s previous prohibition on video gambling machines.
The license and consumer protection committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.
A joint meeting of the City Council’s police and fire and budget committees on Tuesday will hear about the spending this year by the Chicago Police Department on overtime as well as the latest on returning injured officers and firefighters to duty quicker.
The joint committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.