Budget Chair Jason Ervin (28) is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 17, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The Committee on Budget and Government Operations on Wednesday evening voted 21-13 to approve an amended version of the 2026 annual appropriation ordinance that incorporates changes made on the revenue side by a group of alderpeople opposed to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s original plan.

The approval came despite the mayor’s budget team presenting an analysis of the new revenue ordinance, which passed the finance committee Tuesday, that claimed the rival revenue plan would leave the 2026 budget about $163 million short.