Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle gives her 2023 budget address during a special board of commissioners meeting on Thursday. [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle presented her proposed 2023 spending plan in a speech before the county board of commissioners Thursday morning, touting the $8.75 billion budget as a bold investment in addressing economic insecurity and the root causes of violence.

Preckwinkle noted the spending plan has been bolstered by a federal injection of pandemic relief dollars, which will allow the county to launch an array of new programs, including a basic income pilot the board president announced she intends to make permanent.

City Clerk Anna Valencia and Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin during Monday’s budget address [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Leaders of the City Clerk and Treasurer’s offices and the Department of Human Resources are set to defend their budget proposals for next year during a Friday hearing in front of aldermen.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Democratic candidates speak at a Cook County Democratic Party news conference and voting event in Kenwood in June 2022 [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is set on Thursday to unveil her $8.75 billion proposed budget for the 2023 fiscal year — a plan she said spends millions on equity programs and pandemic relief without raising taxes or eliminating crucial services.

City Department leaders during Monday’s budget address [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s 12 days of budget hearings spanning a little more than two weeks kicks off Thursday with an overview of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed $16.4 billion spending plan from city budget and finance officials.

Chicago aldermen during a City Council meeting [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Chicago City Council committees, including those that have met only once or not at all this year, are set to see across-the-board boosts to their budgets under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed budget.

Cook County is reminding residents that applications will open this week for its guaranteed income pilot program. The City of Chicago has won its sixth straight award from a major travel magazine.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a City Council meeting Monday. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday unveiled her $16.4 billion spending plan for 2023, dubbing it her “stability budget” and touting a positive financial outlook as she and members of the City Council gear up for election season.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is pictured on the city council floor on Monday. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Lori Lightfoot used her budget address Monday to announce plans to establish an executive office dedicated to overseeing the city’s climate and environmental policies. But the announcement seems to fall short of a promise the mayor made during her first campaign.

Lightfoot speaks during her budget forecast address in August. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will kick off this year’s budget season on Monday when she introduces her proposed 2023 spending plan in front of aldermen at City Hall.

Frank Chapman speaks during a news conference on Aug. 30, 2022 [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Longtime local advocates for police reform recognized Thursday as a “historic” moment as the city’s civilian police oversight commission met for the first time and elected a president and vice president, set its meeting schedule and announced an upcoming special meeting focused on the Chicago Police Department budget.

But some still urged the new commission to ensure it has an adequate budget and proper staffing level as it begins its work.

Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg speaks during a committee meeting in April. [City of Chicago livestream]

Chicago’s Inspector General found “shortcomings” in the city’s data collection on legal claims against the Chicago Police Department and its employees that resulted in more than $250 million in payments from 2017 through 2020.

Imperial Zinc Corporation's new building in Pullman. [City of Chicago livestream]

Aldermen sent a pair of property tax incentives for a Pullman zinc manufacturing company to the City Council for final approval but delayed a vote on another tax incentive until the local alderman can learn more about the proposal.

Cook County Comm. Donna Miller (D-6) speaks about a proposal to reduce property taxes for supermarkets which open in underserved areas during a board meeting Sept. 22, 2022. [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

A proposed property tax incentive class would attract and retain grocery stores in areas of Cook County that lack sufficient access to healthy food.

The Business and Economic Development Committee could take up the proposed ordinance as soon as its Oct. 19 meeting. If approved by the committee, it would still need the approval of the full Cook County Board of Commissioners. The item was referred to the committee during the Sept. 22 board meeting.

The above map shows locations of the city’s current special service areas. [City of Chicago]

A City Council committee on Thursday will hear proposals for three new special service areas across the city and consider a property tax incentive for a company that manufactures zinc in Pullman.

The council’s Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development will consider the proposals and appointments to existing special service areas (SSAs) during its 2 p.m. meeting Thursday.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference Aug. 29, 2022. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The civilian commission tasked with oversight of the Chicago Police Department will hold its first meeting Thursday.