Finance Committee Chair Pat Dowell (3) is pictured at a City Council meeting on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday approved city financial assistance for several projects, the appointment of a new comptroller and multiple million-dollar settlements but narrowly rejected an effort to require a supermajority of the council to approve new debt issuance.

Ald. Matt Martin (47) is pictured during a City Council meeting on Oct. 9, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s ethics committee on Monday approved a revised version of a measure aimed at addressing concerns about alleged Department of Law interference in Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations as well as the department’s alleged lack of cooperation with some investigations.

Ald. Marty Quinn (13) is pictured during a City Council meeting on January 15, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday will consider the mayor’s appointment for city comptroller, multiple legal settlements, disbursements of city financial assistance and an ordinance giving the City Council greater say over bond issuances. 

The finance committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

Ethics Chair Matt Martin is pictured at a City Council meeting on Oct. 9, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

This story was updated at 8:50 a.m. to reflect developments over the weekend.

Following an agreement struck over the weekend with the city's law department, the City Council Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight on Monday will consider a new version of a proposal aimed at addressing concerns about alleged Department of Law interference in Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations as well as the department’s alleged lack of cooperation with some investigations.

Luis Bermudez testifies at a confirmation hearing before the Committee on Police and Fire on July 10, 2025. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Police and Fire on Thursday voted to appoint a youth development and education leader to the vacant position on the 17th Police District Council.

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at a news conference at City Hall on April 1, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling this year’s iteration of the city’s youth summer jobs program a success, with the program on track to hit the mayor’s goal of 29,000 young people hired this summer, the mayor and city Department of Family and Support Services, which administers the program, said.

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25), chair of the housing committee, is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 7, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council housing committee on Wednesday approved appointments to the board of Chicago’s Green Social Housing program development corporation and an ordinance enacting changes to the City Lots for Working Families Program.

The Committee on Housing and Real Estate also held a subject matter hearing on concerns surrounding software that’s alleged to facilitate illegal rent-fixing.

Ald. Bill Conway (34) is pictured at a City Council meeting on June 18, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way on Wednesday held a resolution that calls for a crackdown on people smoking on city trains and buses, with the sponsor opting to wait until the acting head of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) testifies before council members later this month. 

But the committee approved a resolution that calls for the establishment of a pilot program to utilize public transit to provide safe travel for youth in Austin to and from events. 

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling for the City Council to approve a long-deferred ordinance next week that would allow additional dwelling units (ADUs) to be established citywide, while some alderpeople want carveouts to protect the impact on single-family zoning districts.

The City Council’s arts, events and culture committee on Tuesday approved city assistance for a neighborhood garden project, and the council’s public safety committee this week will consider a proposal to punish people who act in a threatening manner toward city officials.

Paul Simon Job Corps Center Director William Otter speaks to Ald. Andre Vasquez (40) during a Committee on Workforce Development meeting on July 7, 2025. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Workforce Development on Monday approved a resolution to support the Paul Simon Job Corps Center and to urge continued funding for the federal program. The technical school is facing a possible closure as part of a broader shutdown of the program, which is over 60 years old and operates across the country, by the Trump administration.

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25), chair of the housing committee, is pictured at a City Council meeting on April 7, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s housing committee on Wednesday will hold a subject matter hearing on algorithmic price fixing for housing and will consider appointments to the board of Chicago’s Green Social Housing program development corporation and proposed changes to the City Lots for Working Families Program.

The Committee on Housing and Real Estate will meet at 11 a.m. in council chambers. 

A CTA logo and train are pictured.

The City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way on Wednesday will consider a resolution to call on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to better enforce anti-smoking rules on trains and buses. 

The transportation committee will meet at 10:15 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall. 

Ald. Nick Sposato (38), chair of the Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation, is pictured at a council meeting Oct. 11, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation on Tuesday will consider a measure to disburse open space funding to a project in Logan Square.

Ald. Debra Silverstein (50), chair of the license and consumer protection committee, is pictured at a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Tuesday will consider multiple measures affecting the allowance of liquor and package goods licenses across the city. 

The meeting will occur as a recent downtown shooting led the local alderman to call on the city to revoke the license for the nightclub where the incident occurred. 

The committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. in Room 201A at City Hall.