A voter casts a ballot during primaries in Chicago in June 2022. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Turnout for Chicago’s municipal runoff broke records in several ways and included an apparent boost in young adult turnout. A clear choice between mayoral candidates and convenience in casting a ballot could be two major drivers of that.

The finance committee will meet on Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday is set to consider approving nearly $74 million in tax-increment financing (TIF) assistance for various developments across the city ranging from park improvements to the building of affordable housing.

Chicago’s Office of Inspector General on Friday issued a notification on its urging of the City Council to adopt procedures for aldermanic transitions. The council’s budget committee will consider allocating $4.5 million in grant funding for various city departments. And the license committee will meet to consider a proposal regarding hiring and permits for people with past convictions. 

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During Thursday’s Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety meeting, a brief squabble emerged over a proposed ordinance (O2023-1325) from Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) that would tweak the Comiskey Park permit parking area during events.  

Aldermen and advocates for a municipal sidewalk plow program held a news conference in March. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Aldermen were initially scheduled to hold a hearing on a proposal to create a municipal sidewalk snow plowing pilot program, but the ordinance’s lead sponsor said they will wait until Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson takes office in May to move forward with the proposal. 

Ald. James Cappleman (46) speaks about his ordinance calling for annual reports on efforts to combat homelessness during a Thursday Health and Human Relations Committee meeting. [City Council Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations approved a measure calling for annual reports on efforts to combat homelessness and codification of a citywide task force to address gender-based violence.

Aldermen will meet virtually Friday to vote on two police board appointments. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Aldermen will take an initial vote Friday on two proposed new members of the Chicago Police Board who will fill two vacancies on the board.

Ald. James Cappleman (46), who is sponsoring a measure to require quarterly reports on efforts to combat homelessness, is pictured in City Council Chambers during Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2023 budget address. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on Thursday will consider a measure to require regular reports on efforts to combat homelessness and a measure to establish a gender-based violence task force. 

Additionally, the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety will consider an extension of the boundaries for parking restrictions around the Comiskey Park area during events at Guaranteed Rate Field.

The incoming Chicago mayor has named key leaders on his transition team. And the City Council will consider a resolution to call for a hearing on increasing equity among the city’s technology vendors and Chicagoans served by city technology.

Housing Comm. Marisa Novara, top right, speaks about changes to the 2015 Affordable Requirements Ordinance during a housing committee meeting Tuesday. [City Council Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate approved a transfer of former city land between Rush University Medical Center and the Chicago Blackhawks and an amendment to the 2015 Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO) during its Tuesday morning meeting.

Chicago is set to hold the Democratic National Convention next year, the first time the party has held its nominating convention in the Windy City since 1996. Meanwhile, another tight aldermanic race on the North Side has come to a formal close.

Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) is seen during the workforce committee meeting Monday. [City Council livestream]

The City Council Committee on Workforce Development on Monday approved a collective bargaining agreement with the union representing public sector employees and approved a measure revising and updating the salary schedule for some non-union senior management staff. 

Both the ordinance containing the labor agreement and the separate salary measure would raise pay for city workers, including department commissioners and some other staff who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.  

Ald. Harry Osterman (48), who chairs the City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate, is pictured during a City Council meeting in June 2022. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate will consider an amendment to the 2015 Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO) during a Tuesday meeting. 

The committee will also consider an amended land sale agreement with Rush University Medical Center.

Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson, who will become Chicago mayor in May, is see during a board of commissioners meeting on March 16, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has not decided when he will relinquish his seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, but he said it’s likely he will make one final appearance at the April board meeting in a few weeks before he takes office on the fifth floor of City Hall in May. 

In an interview Friday with The Daily Line, Johnson reflected on his time as a county commissioner for District 1, having served a little more than one full term before winning the election for Chicago mayor last week. 

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Aldermen on Monday will vote on a collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Workforce Development is set to vote Monday on the city’s contract with AFSCME Council 31, the labor union that represents thousands of city workers.