Ald. Sophia King (4) (upper right) speaks the Wednesday City Council meeting [City of Chicago livestream]

Aldermen on Wednesday scuttled a last-minute proposal from a close ally of the mayor to name a new chair of the City Council Committee on Education and Child Development — a position that has been vacant since the beginning of June.

Aldermen on the City Council floor. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Multiple aldermen during Wednesday’s City Council meeting were planning to call a vote on proposed legislation that has faced delays over the past months and years, but backers of two of the four measures had withdrawn their calls by Tuesday evening.

Wednesday’s City Council meeting will also include a public hearing on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed 2023 spending plan.

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Ald. Brendan Reilly (42) speaks during a rules committee meeting Tuesday. [City of Chicago livestream]

Ald. Brendan Reilly (42) defended his proposal to change how proposed legislation can be introduced directly into committee at the last minute as a way to bring transparency to the legislative process and ensure that aldermen and the mayor’s office are held to the same standard.

But after about two hours of contentious discussion, aldermen in the City Council Committee on Committees and Rules voted 24-17 against Reilly’s proposal, citing concerns about potential lawsuits and ensuring that the measure will not be reported with a favorable recommendation during Wednesday’s City Council meeting.

Chicago Corporation Counsel Celia Meza (third from left) speaks during a budget hearing Monday. [City of Chicago livestream]

Leaders of the city’s Department of Law explained why they need to hike pay for attorneys within the department and aldermen probed vacancies within the Chicago Public Library during the final day of departmental budget hearings Monday.

Four City Council committees are scheduled to meet Tuesday.

Aldermen are scheduled to hold four regular committee meetings Tuesday in preparation for Wednesday’s City Council meeting. The string of meetings comes just one day after departmental budget hearings wrapped up on Monday.

CPD Supt. David Brown answers questions during a budget hearing Friday. [City of Chicago livestream]

Aldermen used a 7-hour hearing on the Chicago Police Department’s proposed budget for 2023 to grill Supt. David Brown on overtime pay and staffing for large special events, mental health clinicians for officers and how police are working with the CTA.

Chicago Board of Ethics Executive Director Steve Berlin listens to comments from Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30), top right, during a City Council budget committee hearing Friday. [City Council Livestream]

Aldermen breezed through a Friday morning budget hearing on the Chicago Board of Ethics ahead of a lengthy hearing on the Chicago Police Department budget.

During the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations meeting, aldermen praised the board for its work and asked only questions about improving and ensuring completion of online ethics training courses by city officials, aldermen and lobbyists and ensuring compliance with ethical practices and requirements.

Chicago’s Corporation Counsel Celia Meza (second from left) speaks during the law department’s 2021 budget hearing. (City of Chicago livestream)

Departmental budget hearings are set to wrap up Monday with leaders from the Chicago Public Library, Department of Law and Department of Transportation set to detail their proposed spending plans during a 9 a.m. meeting of the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Oversight.

Chief Fire Department Comm. Annette Nance-Holt (third from left) answers questions during a budget hearing Thursday. [City of Chicago livestream]

The Chicago Fire Department is preparing to hold its first firefighter exam in nearly 10 years, and fire department Comm. Annette Nance-Holt told aldermen that ensuring diversity in the testing class will allow the department to grow more diverse in years to come.

Tim Jeffries speaks during a finance committee meeting Thursday. [City of Chicago livestream]

With no discussion and quick votes, aldermen during a Thursday committee approved extensions of six tax-increment financing (TIF) districts throughout the city. Aldermen also approved the early termination of four TIF districts.

Cook County Human Resources Bureau Chief Velisha Haddox, left, speaks about Deloitte’s work recruiting new county employees during a board of commissioners meeting Thursday. [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

Cook County commissioners on Thursday approved a nearly $1 million contract extension with a firm that’s assisting the county in recruiting employees to address numerous vacancies across departments. But the approval didn’t come without some county lawmakers questioning the effectiveness of the firm’s work so far, resulting in several detractors during the vote.

Cook County Comm. Donna Miller (D-6) speaks about a proposal to reduce property taxes for supermarkets which open in underserved areas during a board meeting Sept. 22, 2022. [Cook County Board of Commissioners Livestream]

The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the creation of a new property tax incentive class during their regular meeting Thursday. The new classification provides for reduced tax rates for supermarkets that open or are located in food deserts.

Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown answers questions during the 2021 budget hearing. [City of Chicago livestream]

The city’s Board of Ethics and the Chicago Police Department will defend their 2023 budget proposals during a meeting of the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations set to begin at 9 a.m. Friday.

Office of Public Safety Administration Executive Director Anastasia Walker speaks during a budget hearing Wednesday. [City of Chicago livestream]

Next year’s budget for the city’s Office of Public Safety Administration is proposed to grow by $13.5 million and aldermen on Wednesday pressed the executive director on camera and gunshot technology and whether the office is actually saving the city the money it is supposed to.

BACP Comm. Ken Meyer speaks during a budget hearing Wednesday. [City of Chicago livestream]

The leader of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection explained the proposed expansion of the department’s Office of Labor Standards and fielded questions from aldermen on ride share cost regulation during a budget hearing Wednesday.