A car booting company has donated more than $11,000 to aldermen this year. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Aldermen last week delayed a proposal to legalize private car booting citywide but the only private booting company in the city has spent more than $11,000 on donations to aldermen and their campaign committees.

Cook County Comm. Kevin Morrison (15) speaks about the proposed elimination of the county wheel tax during a board of commissioners meeting Sept. 22, 2022. [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

The Cook County Board of Commissioners has eliminated the county’s wheel tax, a move that advocates and officials say helps taxpayers more than it hurts county coffers.

The amendment to eliminate the tax from county code (22-5295) passed during the Sept. 22 county board meeting with 16 unanimous votes in its favor. One commissioner had an excused absence.

A map of the new 34th Ward [Chris Kanich]

The Chicago municipal election is five months away and the race for the city’s new 34th Ward is already expensive with two candidates making large donations — $50,0000 and $12,000 — to their own campaigns.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference Monday.

Flanked by other city officials and downtown leaders, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday unveiled a new plan to offer city funding to revitalize downtown’s LaSalle Street Corridor and add virtually nonexistent affordable housing to the city’s center.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference last week. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Three aldermen last week proposed measures that would retool the salaries and pay raises for members of the City Council, but Ald. Greg Mitchell (7) sent two of the measures to the council’s rules committee, effectively placing the proposals in purgatory.

Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) speaks during a committee hearing Thursday.

As a preview of budget discussions to come in the next few weeks, aldermen on Thursday prodded city officials on a potential new way to fill vacancies in the Chicago Police Department.

Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43) stands beside Mayor Lori Lightfoot after Wednesday’s City Council meeting.

The City Council in a split vote on Wednesday approved a controversial plan for a Chicago Fire soccer training facility to be built on land formerly occupied by public housing and delayed a vote on a proposal to allow banning of cars citywide.

Timmy Knudsen speaks during a committee meeting Tuesday.

Timmy Knudsen is set to be confirmed as Chicago’s newest alderman during Wednesday’s City Council meeting when aldermen are also set to consider a slew of additional measures approved by committees in the past month including a proposal that would allow booting of cars citywide.

Proposal for the Chicago Fire soccer facility [City of Chicago]

The City Council’s zoning committee on Tuesday blocked a controversial proposal for a Chicago Fire soccer facility on the former site of public housing, but the committee will reconvene Wednesday morning to “reconsider” the proposal, Ald. Tom Tunney (44), who chairs the committee, said Tuesday.

Aldermen during a Monday committee meeting approved funding for Grace Manor in the 24th Ward. [City of Chicago]

Aldermen on Monday approved paying $25.9 million for four settlements including a $15 million payment to the family of a woman who was killed during a police chase in 2020.

The Chicago Plan Commission last week approved plans for the Chicago Fire soccer training facility [City of Chicago]

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Building and Landmark Standards on Tuesday will consider plans for a Chicago Fire soccer training facility to be built on land formerly occupied by public housing, marking the controversial proposal’s likely last stop before a final vote in City Council.

Timmy Knudsen [Friends of Timmy Knudsen]

Timmy Knudsen could become Chicago’s newest alderman if his potential new colleagues approve his appointment during a committee meeting Tuesday.

Tobara Richardson speaks during a committee meeting.

Tobara Richardson is one step closer to becoming the city’s new deputy inspector general for public safety following approval from a key committee last week.

The City Council Committee on Public Safety approved Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s nomination (A2022-127) of Richardson and discussed vacant civilian positions within the police department being filled with sworn officers.

Aldermen are set to consider payments to settle lawsuits against the police department.

The City Council Committee on Finance is scheduled to consider paying $25.9 million for four settlements, three of which are related to the Chicago Police Department including a $15 million payment to the family of a woman who was killed during a police chase in 2020.

Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) speaks during a committee meeting Thursday.

A key committee on Thursday approved a controversial ordinance that if approved by the full City Council next week will allow private companies to boot cars in parking lots citywide.

Aldermen during a meeting of the City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection voted 12-6 to approve the proposal (O2022-1217) from Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) to expand the legalization of car booting to the entire city.