Frank Chapman speaks during a news conference Tuesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Police reform advocates urged residents to run for positions on 22 new district councils set up under the civilian police oversight ordinance approved last year as Tuesday marked the first day candidates could begin collecting petition signatures for next year’s municipal election.

The City Council’s budget committee will hear an update on the city’s budget through the end of June and an update on the Chicago Police Department’s budget. Police Supt. David Brown on Tuesday announced a new time-off policy for most sworn officers.

Ald. Tom Tunney (44) [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Ald. Tom Tunney (44) won’t seek reelection next year, ending his two-decade run representing Lakeview.

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

Chicago’s seven-member Community Commission for Public Safety and Police Accountability will begin its work Sept. 1 as Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday named the seven people she has chosen to serve on the commission tasked with oversight of the Chicago Police Department.

Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) speaks during a news conference Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The Chicago mayoral election is six months away, but Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) and at least three other mayoral hopefuls challenging Mayor Lori Lightfoot, are calling for a new city charter that would serve almost like a constitution.

Ald. Leslie Hairston (5) during a City Council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Ald. Leslie Hairston (5) will retire at the end of her term in 2023, marking an end to her 24-year run as alderwoman of the South Side ward that covers portions of Hyde Park, South Shore, Grand Crossing and Woodlawn.

Ald. Silvana Tabares (23), speaks during a committee meeting Thursday.

As aldermen are pushing the Chicago Police Department to do more to help officers facing mental health challenges and guarantee they have more regular time off, the city is struggling to fill clinical therapist positions meant to provide more support for Chicago police.

Ald. Silvana Tabares (23) speaks during a news conference in July. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Aldermen during a Thursday hearing will have the chance to ask leaders of the Chicago Police Department what they are doing to support police officers and the mental health challenges they face.

Chicago’s new ward and precinct maps includes 779 fewer precincts. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

While the new ward and precinct maps the Chicago Board of Elections released on Tuesday includes 779 fewer precincts than the previous map, voters won’t see a drastic decrease in the number of polling places for the Nov. 8 General Election, according to election officials.

CTU President Stacy Davis Gates speaks to the City Club of Chicago on Monday.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates didn’t pull any punches in her address to the City Club of Chicago on Monday as she said the city needs new leadership and put an end to questions about whether she will run for mayor herself.

Voters next year will choose people to serve on district councils created under an ordinance establishing civilian oversight over the Chicago Police Department [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Next year, Chicago voters for the first time will elect members of district councils to represent them based on the police district in which they live.

The three-member district councils across the city’s 22 police districts were created under the civilian oversight ordinance (SO2019-4132) aldermen approved last year, establishing Chicago’s first-ever citywide commission meant to provide oversight of the Chicago Police Department.

Related: City Council approves long-sought civilian oversight of CPD, but supporters say there is still work ‘to be done’

Spending on surveillance cameras through the menu program nearly quadrupled in 2021. [Chicago Inspector General’s Office]

Aldermen during the first five months of this year spent $816,100 in discretionary funds meant for street infrastructure on police surveillance cameras and license plate reader technology.

Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg announced her pick to fill the position of Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety. And the Chicago Plan Commission approved a health center expansion in Brighton Park and a car wash in Chatham.

Esperanza Health Centers is proposing an expansion to their current building in Brighton Park. [UrbanWorks]

Members of the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider an expansion for the Esperanza Health Center in Brighton Park and a proposal to build a carwash in Chatham.

The plan commission will consider the two proposals — the only two large items on this month’s thin agenda — during its 10 a.m. meeting.

Ald. Derrick Curtis (18) advertised a campaign kickoff event he hosted for Mayor Lori Lightfoot in his June 2 ward newsletter. [18th Ward]

The Chicago Board of Ethics voted on Monday to fine Ald. Derrick Curtis (18) $1,000 for violating the city’s ethics code with an email the alderman sent promoting a campaign kickoff event he hosted for Mayor Lori Lightfoot in June.