A new commission tasked with oversight of the Chicago Police Department issued its review of the department’s proposed budget Thursday.

The city’s new interim commission tasked with providing oversight of the Chicago Police Department on Thursday released a scathing review of the police department’s budget citing concerns that the department is not using its workforce to meet Chicago’s public safety needs.

The report also calls for more transparency in the budgeting process and raises concern over “untenable and unacceptable work conditions for Chicago police officers.”

Members of the City Council will meet at City Hall Friday but a final vote on the budget is not expected until Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The City Council will meet Friday for a meeting that is expected to be short as aldermen plan to delay a vote on budget-related ordinances until Monday.

The Board of Commissioners for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago convenes for a meeting Nov. 3. [MWRD Livestream]

Four seats on the nine-member Board of Commissioners for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) are up for election Nov. 8. The board members serve staggered six-year terms and are elected at-large, meaning they represent the area as a whole and not specific districts within the MWRD.

Interim Inspector General Steven E. Cyranoski speaks to Comm. Sean Morrison (R-17) during a hearing Oct. 25. [Cook County Finance Committee Livestream]

During an Oct. 25 budget hearing before the Cook County Board of Commissioners Finance Committee, Interim Inspector General Steven E. Cyranoski told commissioners the number of complaints received by the Office of the Independent Inspector General continues to increase each year as the number of staff in the office is proposed to stay flat in 2023.

Chief Sustainability Officer Angela Tovar (upper right) speaks during a committee meeting Wednesday. [City of Chicago livestream]

The spending portions of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed 2023 budget gained key committee support on Wednesday, but some of the votes were close, potentially signaling a tight vote when the full City Council votes on the budget on Monday.

The City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations met Wednesday to give initial approval to the annual appropriation ordinance (O2022-3025) which sets spending for the next year, and the 2023 management ordinance (O2022-3580). And aldermen continued pressing city officials to reestablish the Department of Environment.

Voters could approve a tax increase for the Cook County Forest Preserve District this election to shore up the district’s finances. [Facebook/Cook County Forest Preserve District]

Advocates spent more than $1.5 million in the final months leading up to the midterm elections to promote a ballot question which aims to raise taxes and bring in more revenue for the Cook County Forest Preserve District.

Ald. Scott Waguespack (32) oversees a meeting of the finance committee on Tuesday. [City of Chicago livestream]

A vote on the ordinance that sets how the city will collect revenue as part of the 2023 budget was delayed Tuesday after confusion over certain fines that need to be chopped in half due to a recent court ruling.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi speaks to the County Finance Committee during a budget hearing Oct. 25 [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang granted a motion Tuesday to dismiss a federal monitor over the Cook County Assessor’s Office which oversaw hiring practices for a decade, affirming the office had achieved “substantial compliance” with court-ordered reforms.

Ald. George Cardenas (12) on the City Council floor. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Ald. George Cardenas (12) officially submitted his letter of resignation to Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday, teeing up the fourth aldermanic appointment Lightfoot will get to make during her first term as mayor.

Aldermen on the City Council floor. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

After approving only a portion of the funding-related ordinances for Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed 2023 budget on Tuesday, aldermen on Wednesday are set to vote on the spending plan proposed in the mayor’s budget.

Members of the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations on Wednesday will consider Lightfoot’s proposed budget recommendations, the approval of which would tee up a final vote on the 2023 spending plan for Monday.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas speaks to the Cook County Finance Committee on Oct. 25. [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas was lauded by county commissioners during a Board of Commissioners Finance Committee meeting on her office’s budget Oct. 25, nearly one week after her office released a study which showed hedge funds, private equity firms and similar entities had taken advantage of a state property tax law loophole they helped craft to profit off administrative mistakes, with the effects largely felt by communities of color.

The treasurer said more studies were on the way.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot during her budget proposal speech in October. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance is scheduled to meet Tuesday to take an initial vote on the funding portions of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget proposal for 2023.

The finance committee will meet in person in council chambers at 10 a.m. to consider the three budget-related revenue ordinances, and city budget and finance officials will be on hand to answer aldermen’s questions.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi speaks to the County Finance Committee during a budget hearing Oct. 25 [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi revealed the conclusion to a decade-long federal monitor was near, talked about ways to incentivize business development and discussed the timetable for sending out tax bills during a budget hearing before the Cook County Finance Committee Oct. 25.

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson announces his run for Mayor of Chicago at Seward Park on Oct. 27, 2022. (Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago)

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, long floated as a potential mayoral candidate, has launched his bid for City Hall.

Aldermen on Wednesday introduced two proposals aimed at stopping the use of gunshot detection technology. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Aldermen during Wednesday’s City Council meeting introduced new legislation ranging from two proposals to scrap any current or future contract with gunshot detection services, a proposal that would make central vote centers permanent and another that again seeks to change the way legislation is introduced directly into council committees.