The county announced a $20 million investment in stormwater management projects countywide, and the city’s revenue subcommittee will discuss strategies for bringing in new dollars to the city’s coffers on Wednesday.

Acting zoning chair Bennett Lawson is pictured in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards will meet Tuesday to consider a proposal to replace three historic residences next to Wrigley Field with an apartment building, consider approval of the Sterling Bay development opposed by the local alderperson and consider approval of a new residential development along the west branch of the Chicago River.

The zoning committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

President Toni Preckwinkle gives her 2024 budget address in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Cook County is projecting a $218.2 million budget gap for Fiscal Year 2025, county officials said Tuesday, and although County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said she wouldn’t speculate much about how she intends to close the gap before the fall, she said taxes, fees and layoffs were not on the table.

The board president expressed confidence in the county's finance team to construct balanced budget plan as usual and said she wasn't losing sleep over the upcoming budget.

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office on Thursday announced the creation of a nine-member co-governance steering committee to help city government make decisions more collaboratively with community members.

Ald. Matt Martin is pictured at a council meeting June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Ald. Matt Martin (47) was joined by several City Council colleagues and a coalition of progressive and good government organizations Tuesday to call for passage of his ordinance to allow for public financing of aldermanic campaigns.

“Our current campaign finance system is broken,” said Martin during a news conference at City Hall Tuesday. “Too often it forces candidates to rely heavily on a few big special interest donors on their campaigns.”

The ordinance (O2024-0010156) was introduced at last week’s City Council meeting and referred to the Committee on Committees and Rules.

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday that establishes a task force to study reparations for Black Chicagoans and recommend policies to carry out a “Black Reparations Agenda.”

The announcement follows the allocation of $500,000 in the 2024 city budget to study reparations.

Tirrell Paxton speaks during a county Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee meeting on June 12, 2024. [Livestream] 

The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the appointment of a new independent inspector general Thursday, the first permanent inspector general since Pat Blanchard, who retired in 2022.

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces 10 Community Development Grant awardees at Parkway Ballroom in Bronzeville on June 13, 2024. [Livestream]

The mayor announced the first recipients of his signature Housing and Economic Development Bond program on Thursday. A community farm in West Englewood and an Austin health center are each set to receive $5 million to assist with construction costs, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced at a news conference.

The mayor told reporters Wednesday he continues to support the appointment of a current aldermanic staff member to the civilian police oversight commission, and the commissioner for the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is retiring.

Ald. Bill Conway (34) embraces a volunteer clinic escort on June 12, 2024 after his ordinance to designate the area around an abortion clinic in his ward as a quiet zone was approved. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Two alderpeople postponed a vote on a measure to codify prohibitions on lobbyist donations to mayoral campaigns at City Council Wednesday, and the council also approved a measure that places noise regulations around a West Loop abortion clinic after it faced its own delay last month.

The Chicago City Council holds a meeting in May 2024. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Wednesday will consider bond issuances for LaSalle office conversion projects, appointments to the human resources, ethics and police boards and a measure to bar lobbyists from giving to mayoral campaigns.

The council could also approve noise regulations for the area around a West Loop abortion clinic that draws frequent protests. The ordinance was deferred and published at the May council meeting. The council meets at 10 a.m.

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) is pictured during a City Council meeting in October 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards held a subject matter hearing Tuesday on the proposal from Ald. Bennett Lawson (44), the acting zoning chair, to expand the allowance of additional dwelling units (ADUs) citywide while adding and changing some rules in response to things learned during a pilot period.

No vote was taken on the ordinance (SO2024-0008918), but Lawson has said the committee could hold a vote on the measure later this month or next month. The 44th Ward alderperson said he believes he has the votes to pass it.

Ald. Pat Dowell, who chairs the Finance Committee, is seen in March 2023 at a council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance Monday approved various measures allocating tax increment financing (TIF) dollars to citywide projects and bond issuances for office space-to-housing conversions downtown.

The City Council’s zoning committee will hold a hearing on an ordinance to allow attic and basement conversion residences and coach houses citywide, and the police and fire committee will consider three appointments to the Police Board.

Finance Chair Pat Dowell is pictured in March 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance will meet Monday and hold two public hearings plus a regular meeting to consider its routine matters. 

The regular agenda includes various measures allocating tax increment financing (TIF) dollars to citywide projects, bond issuances for office space-to-housing conversions and millions of dollars in proposed settlement agreements in police misconduct cases. Finance committee business begins at 10 a.m. in council chambers.