Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36), the council's new zoning chair, is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 15, 2026. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A Northwest Side alderman will convene the first City Council zoning committee meeting in a matter of months next week after his surprise ascension to the chairmanship of the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards broke a monthslong impasse.