All but four aldermen signed on to a measure Wednesday that would restrict the Chicago Police Department’s use of a database listing tens of thousands of Chicagoans linked to gang activity.

Inspector General Joseph Ferguson Wednesday backed Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s push to require Chicago police officers to document every time he or she points a gun at a person.

Sean Tenner, a veteran of North Side political circles, was tapped to be the 46th Ward’s Democratic Committeeman at a meeting of precinct captains Wednesday night at the Uptown Arcade.

The City Council is poised to take aim Wednesday at the Chicago nonprofit organization holding children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Chicago’s continuing effort to push back against President Donald Trump.

The measure from Aldermen Ed Burke (14) and Ald. Danny Solis (25) would require Heartland Alliance’s nine Chicago-area shelters to be licensed by the city as day-care facilities. The Finance Committee will meet at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday to consider approving the proposal — which is expected to be revised — before sending it to the full City Council for a vote.

The measure is designed to give city officials greater access to the Chicago shelters, where officials have denied aldermen’s requests for visits — as well as more information about how many children are being held after being separated from their families. [Aldermen grill organization sheltering children taken from parents at U.S.-Mexico border in Chicago]

In addition, aldermen are expected rename (O2018-5017) a portion of Congress Parkway from Columbus Drive to the point where it merges with the Eisenhower Expressway as lda B. Wells Drive to honor the Civil Rights icon. The change requires state approval as well. [Plan to rename Congress Parkway for Ida B. Wells advances]

Also up for a vote are nearly $8.5 million in settlements, including $4.5 million to end three lawsuits that alleged police misconduct

Five appointments are also up for approval:

• A2018-62 — Jamiee Rhee as aviation commissioner [Aldermen lavish praise on mayor’s pick to lead Aviation Department]


• A2018-61 — Shannon Andrews as chief procurement officer [Do more to boost contracts, jobs for blacks, Latinos and women, Aldermen tell mayoral appointee]


• Joseph Lipari as deputy public safety inspector general [Chicago at ‘historic crossroads’ over issues of public safety, police trust, deputy inspector nominee tells aldermen; NYPD assistant inspector general named new watchdog overseeing police misconduct probes]


• A2018-63 — Ald. Jason Ervin (28) to the board of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust


• A2018-56 — Salvador A. Cicero as a member and chairman of the Chicago Human Resources Board.

The City Council is also set to approve two West Loop projects that will continue to reshape the area near the Kennedy Expressway.

The first proposal (O2017-8997) to build a new 12-story building at 310 N. Sangamon St. with 7,800 square feet of ground floor retail and office space on the upper floors.

The second proposal (O2017-7018) would build an Equinox hotel with 165 rooms as well as a 30,000-square-foot sports club, 370 apartments and restaurant space at 725 W. Randolph St.

Wednesday’s session is the last meeting of the City Council until after Labor Day and the council’s traditional August recess.

Other Items Slated for Approval:

• O2018-5387 — To transform historic St. Boniface Church into market-rate condominiums


• O2018-5858 — To sell three parcels at 4317 S. Calumet Ave. for $23,500; 4512 S. Indiana Ave. for $30,500 and 4412 S. Calumet Ave. for $37,500 as part of the Parade of Homes project in Ald. Pat Dowell’s ward


• O2018-5476 — To construct an outdoor recycling center in the 24th Ward


• O2018-5018 — To prohibit parking on city-owned vacant lots even if no parking signs are not posted


• O2018-5090 — To establish the Opportunity Investment Fund, which would set aside $30 million to provide low-cost financing to help people buy multi-family housing in gentrifying areas.


• O2018-5091 —  A $30 million pilot program that would provide financial assistance for the purchase or refinance of multi-family residential buildings


• O2018-4988 — To impose an additional 2 percent tax on short-term rental guests in Chicago to help fund housing for victims of domestic violence [Aldermen agree to tack on 2% surcharge to home-sharing services to fund domestic violence services]


• Or2018-304 — To close the Chicago underpass at Lake Shore Drive between midnight and 5 a.m. from July through October.


• O2018-5012 — To impose a 30-minute time limit for pickup deliveries by commercial vehicles within curb loading zones.


• R2018-677; R2018-680; R2018-682; O2018-5002; O2018-4997 —  Five property tax breaks for firms across the city


• O2018-2516 — To approve a Garfield Ridge development set to feature 62 independent senior living units.

The Zoning Committee endorsed two West Loop projects Tuesday that will continue to reshape the area near the Kennedy Expressway.

Revenue from tax increment financing in Cook County topped $1 billion for the first time in TIF history, according to Clerk David Orr’s latest report released Tuesday.

A group of commissioners and the president’s office squared off Tuesday amidst mid-year budget hearings over a new oversight body.

As the deadline approaches for city officials and Attorney General Lisa Madigan to agree on how the Chicago Police Department should be reformed in the wake of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, lawyers will head back to court Wednesday morning.

The two sides are likely to update Judge Robert Dow Jr. on the only remaining area of disagreement between attorneys representing the city and the attorney general’s office, which centers on a the attorney general’s insistence that officers should be required to document every time he or she points a gun at a person.

Eileen Boyce, a spokeswoman for Madigan, confirmed Tuesday that the attorney general continues to support such a requirement in the consent decree which tops 200 pages and covers a host of topics, including when officers can use force, how they are supervised and held accountable for misconduct.

A spokesman for the city’s Law Department did not return a message from The Daily Line.

Under the department’s general orders, officers do not currently have to file a report if they point a gun at a person, officials said.

Karen Sheley, the director of the ACLU of Illinois’ Police Practice Project, said it was “shocking” that the department’s current rules do not require officers to file a report every time they point their weapon at a member of the public.

“Having a gun pointed at you by an officer is a serious thing,” Sheley said. “It should be documented. Don’t we want to know if officers are pulling guns on people?”

In addition, similar provisions are included in 10 of 12 consent decrees and are in place in New York and Los Angeles, Sheley said.

Past coverage

• Justice Delayed: On the first anniversary of the DOJ’s investigation into Chicago police, the fight for reform is mired in bureaucracy


• ACLU, Black Lives Matter Reach Agreement With City, Attorney General Over Demands For Chicago Police Department Reform


• Black Lives Matter Unveils 10-point Plan To Be Included in Chicago Police Department Reform Package

After insisting for months that there was no need for a federal judge to oversee reforms at the CPD, Emanuel reversed course 11 months ago, sparking the negotiations that are almost complete in advance of a Sept. 1 deadline.

Madigan’s insistence that a federal judge oversee efforts to reforms were prompted by a U.S  Justice Department finding that Chicago police officers routinely violated the civil rights of residents by using excessive force. It also found that officers were poorly trained and lacked supervision.

Last month, the City Council agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a 3-year-old girl who was traumatized after officers pointed a gun at her during a raid of her family’s home.

As part of the reforms already announced by Emanuel and department brass, officers have received additional training on how to de-escalate tense situations in an effort to reduce the number of violent encounters between police and Chicagoans.

It will be impossible to assess the impact of that training unless the number of times officers use their weapons is documented, Sheley said.

ACLU officials have not yet seen the draft consent decree, and the fact that this issue remains a sticking point is concerning, Sheley said.

“I’m worried about what the rest of the consent decree looks like,” Sheley said.

Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham has called the prospect of his officers working under the rules set by a federal judge "a potential catastrophe for Chicago."

A spokesman for the police union did did not return a message from The Daily Line. Dow, the judge overseeing the case, has not ruled on the police union’s request to intervene in the case.

In a statement on its blog, the union vowed to “fight the creation of this consent decree, which, we believe, will have a devastating impact on the ability of our members to protect the public.”

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s pick to lead the city’s Procurement Department got an earful of advice from aldermen Tuesday about how to increase the number of contracts awarded to firms owned by Blacks, Latinos and women.

Ald. Walter Burnett (27) joked Monday that his years-long effort to save St. Boniface church from the wrecking ball was a solid argument against term limits.

The Zoning Committee will consider two West Loop projects that will continue to reshape the area near the Kennedy Expressway at its meeting set to start at noon Tuesday.

The Budget Committee is also set to meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday to consider Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appointment of Shannon Andrews (A2018-61) to lead the Procurement Department.

A veteran alderman shocked City Hall with an announcement that his tenure on the City Council would end in May, while county officials kicked off mid-year budget hearings with a civil — and short — session. The Democrat running for the Cook County Board's 15th District seat notched another high-profile endorsement.

Aldermen interrogated Heartland Alliance Executive Director David Sinski Monday over a report in the Washington Post that detailed allegations of physical and emotional abuse made by children who were held in Heartland Alliance’s Casa Guadalupe shelter in Chicago.

An effort to ease Chicago’s nearly quarter-century old ban on the sale of spray paint is back in limbo — where it has lingered for more than two years — in the face of opposition from aldermen reluctant to allow the sale of taggers’ favorite tool.