City Hall is pictured in this file photo. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations approved the appointment of a new Fleet and Facility Management commissioner, a measure to bring back a defunct reward program for reporting illegal dumping and an ordinance requiring that the City Council confirm public health commissioners. 

But the committee postponed a vote on an ordinance (O2023-0006443) to create a hiring preference for many city departments for residents that live in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Ald. Jason Ervin (28), the budget committee chair and item’s sponsor, said a substitute needed to be accepted. The committee was recessed until March 20.