Ald. Emma Mitts (37) attends Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget address on Oct. 11, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

Alderpersons heard about the city’s short- and long-term efforts to respond to historic flooding this past summer and mitigate future flood disasters during a joint meeting of the City Council Committee on Public Safety and Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy Friday.

The city’s West Side suffered a deluge of torrential rain over the Fourth of July weekend, flooding basements and causing severe damage to homes.