A joint committee on Workforce Development and Health and Human Relations will meet virtually Tuesday [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Two City Council committees will hold a joint meeting Tuesday to vote on a controversial proposal that would codify the right to unionize for employees who work for organizations that receive grants from the city to administer social and health services. 

Members of the zoning committee are set to meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]  

The City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday to take up a light agenda that includes a proposal to add two stories to a U-Haul facility in South Shore.

Cook County Human Resources Bureau Chief Velisha Haddox speaks about Deloitte during the county Finance Committee meeting in January. [Cook County Government livestream] 

The Cook County Workforce, Housing and Community Development Committee will consider a resolution Tuesday that calls for a hearing on the feasibility of eliminating college requirements for applicants to county government jobs in an effort to expand the pool of potential hires.

Bryan Esenberg, managing deputy commissioner for the city’s Department of Housing, speaks during a meeting last week.

A plan to bring tiny homes to Chicago will likely take a step forward by the end of the first half of this year as the city plans to begin asking developers to propose ideas for the forthcoming low-density communities. 

The City Council Committee on Finance is set to meet at 10 a.m. Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The second phase of an equitable transit-oriented development in Bronzeville could take a step forward Monday if members of the City Council Committee on Finance approve a measure to sell city property and provide funding for the development. 

Former CPS CEO Paul Vallas and Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson give victory speeches at Election Night watch parties on Feb. 28, 2023, as both head into an April runoff for mayor. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

Millions of dollars are being pumped into both of the campaigns competing in the mayoral runoff, but the biggest sources of money flowing into Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson (D-1) and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas’ campaigns in the week since the two made the runoff contrast widely. 

With the candidates allowed to rake in an unlimited amount of campaign cash from donors, Johnson has shored up his campaign coffers with funds from large labor interests. Vallas has been able to add millions to his campaign committee by drawing on support from private equity and investment firms.

Aldermen meet in council chambers Wednesday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Aldermen in two separate committees on Wednesday approved measures that if approved by City Council next week will allocate $20 million in state funding for asylum seekers and several other proposals to sell city-owned land. 

Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas and Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson (D-1) each added to their lists of endorsements on Wednesday, with Vallas picking up support from a second former mayoral candidate and Johnson notching support from a large labor union.

Ald. Nicholas Sposato (middle) during Tuesday’s committee meeting. [City of Chicago livestream] 

Routine approval of the ordinance that sets the schedule for Chicago’s special events was held up in a City Council committee Tuesday after an alderman said he learned Monday night of plans to move the city’s signature Taste of Chicago festival out of Grant Park and to a new location near Navy Pier to accommodate the NASCAR race set to descend on the city this summer. 

From left, Ald. Daniel La Spata and Sam Royko, and from bottom left, Ald. Chris Taliaferro and CB Johnson. [Provided photos]

In the week since polls closed, the likelihood of runoffs in two aldermanic races remains unclear. But counting of mail-in ballots continues. By law, the Chicago Board of Elections must count all ballots received by March 14 as long as they are postmarked on Feb. 28 before 7 p.m. at the latest.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced her support of Brandon Johnson in the mayoral runoff. The budget committee is set to discuss Chicago Recovery Plan spending. And the housing committee will consider the sale of city-owned property. 

Ald. Nick Sposato, left, is pictured in the City Council chambers during a meeting in April 2022. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation will meet Tuesday to consider an intergovernmental agreement to install equipment to monitor air pollution at several sites and to consider the city’s annual Special Events Ordinance.

A Chicago voter participates in the 2022 primary. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Ahead of the municipal runoff election in less than a month, voters may be wondering when they can register, how they can vote or where they should vote if they’ve moved since the Feb. 28 election.

A map of the boundaries for the pilot programs approved by a committee Friday. [City of Chicago livestream] 

A key City Council committee on Friday sent two proposals related to bike, pedestrian and transit infrastructure improvements and enforcement to the City Council for final approval later this month.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday announced a new appointment to the Board of Education and a new slate of programs aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic using millions in funds gained from settlements with pharmaceutical companies.