Chicago News
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A packed (and lengthy) Finance Committee saw passage of changes to the recent ban on body armor in the city and $6.2 million in legal settlements. But aldermen held off on an ordinance requiring banks who do business with the city not have relationships with arms companies, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s executive order to close the pay gap, and filing suit against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica over the election data breach.
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Ald. Carlos Ramirez Rosa (35) says he and Public Safety Chair Ariel Reboyras (30) reached an agreement to cancel today’s Public Safety Committee hearing, while longtime Ald. Ed Burke (14) appeared confident of his reelection chances in 2019 – without committing to the race.
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Millions were lost at the county’s hospital system and the Assessor “has established a custom and practice of non-compliance” with freedom of information act requests, the county’s inspector general found. Plus, aldermen on the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development meet at 1:30 p.m. today for a brief agenda.
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Aldermen on City Council’s Zoning Committee have a relatively routine agenda Thursday.
O2017-4871 – Ald. Brian Hopkins’ (2) ordinance aimed squarely at landmark building owners who “willfully [neglect] their property” in the hopes of redeveloping it instead is on today’s agenda (it will be substituted). Hopkins says there are some landmark property owners who have intentionally let their buildings deteriorate in the hopes they can demolish and rebuild on the site.
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Aldermen on the city’s License Committee approved the latest in a series of crackdowns on tobacco and other tobacco products – this time banning samplers from operating in the city, and mandating retailers post warnings about products like e-cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s latest ban on tobacco products is up in License Committee this morning. The ordinance prohibits tobacco product sampling and mandates the Department of Public Health design a sign to be hung up warning about the harmful effects of other tobacco products like e-cigarettes. The effort counters “decades of misleading and manipulative marketing techniques,” the mayor’s office says.
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Eddie Johnson, just shy of his two year anniversary as the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, gave a broad look at the department’s strides and upcoming challenges at a City Club appearance Tuesday afternoon. On his list: changes to allow citizens to be removed from the city’s gang database, an internal review of each use of force incident, and an early intervention pilot before the end of 2018.
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23rd Ward Ald. Mike Zalewski made a surprise announcement Monday – after 42 years working with the city, he would be stepping down at the end of May, opting not to finish his term. He has been serving as alderman in the Southwest Side ward since 1995, as committeeman since 2005, and as chair of the Aviation Committee since 2011. He got his start as a city garbage man and rose to deputy commissioner for the Department of Streets and Sanitation under Mayor Richard M. Daley, later becoming Daley’s president pro tempore.
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Final primary vote totals have been certified by city and county election authorities, meaning a clearer picture of Cook County Democratic Party leadership elections has emerged, showing suburban committeemen have the most heft, though no one committeeman has the power to tip the scales.
