Esperanza Health Centers is proposing an expansion to their current building in Brighton Park. [UrbanWorks]

Members of the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider an expansion for the Esperanza Health Center in Brighton Park and a proposal to build a carwash in Chatham.

The plan commission will consider the two proposals — the only two large items on this month’s thin agenda — during its 10 a.m. meeting.

Ald. Derrick Curtis (18) advertised a campaign kickoff event he hosted for Mayor Lori Lightfoot in his June 2 ward newsletter. [18th Ward]

The Chicago Board of Ethics voted on Monday to fine Ald. Derrick Curtis (18) $1,000 for violating the city’s ethics code with an email the alderman sent promoting a campaign kickoff event he hosted for Mayor Lori Lightfoot in June.

Aldermen during an April 2021 City Council meeting. [Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times/pool]

Leadership of two City Council committees is up in the air after two aldermen who each chaired one of the council’s 19 committees have resigned during the past three months and a new election cycle looms.

The Bella Noir Wellness Hub proposed for 601-621 E. 47th St. [Seek Design + Architecture]

Members of an advisory committee on design applauded two developments proposed along Chicago’s Invest South/West corridors for their “bold” designs that are also “sensitive” to the communities where they’re planned.

U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-Ill.) says he is still considering a run for Chicago mayor. And a newly launched Cook County grant program funded with federal stimulus dollars aims to help suburban manufacturers.

CTA President Dorval Carter speaks during a City Club event Thursday.

The CTA plans to update its schedules to more accurately reflect how frequently buses and training are running, agency President Dorval Carter said Thursday during an address to the City Club of Chicago.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot presents the 2023 budget forecast Wednesday [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Chicago is facing a projected $127.9 million budget gap for the 2023 fiscal year as the City Council heads into budget season, Mayor Lightfoot said on Wednesday.

Ald. Sophia King (4) announced on Wednesday that she plans to run for mayor in 2023 (Don Vincent/The Daily Line)

Ald. Sophia King (4) announced on Wednesday that she is running for mayor in 2023, becoming the third sitting alderman to announce a challenge against Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

A biker rides in the Milwaukee Avenue bike lane. [Hannah Alani/Block Club Chicago]

More than 18,000 people submitted applications for a free bike and safety equipment including helmets and locks from the city during an 18-day application window.

The Bella Noir Wellness Hub proposed for 601-621 E. 47th St. [Seek Design + Architecture]

The design of two developments proposed as part of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Invest South/West program that invests directly in South and West side neighborhoods will come under scrutiny from a planning department committee Wednesday.

Two maps from the Chicago Department of Public Health show areas with the most cases of monkeypox virus and where vaccines for the virus have been distributed.

Chicago public health officials have “ramped up” testing for the monkeypox virus as the number of confirmed cases in Chicago residents has grown to 556 as of Monday afternoon, the city’s top doctor told aldermen during a committee hearing.

A speed camera warning on Archer Avenue. [Casey Cora/DNAinfo]

The same day City Council shot down Ald. Anthony Beale’s (9) proposal to raise the speeding threshold for drivers to be issued tickets by speed cameras, Ald. Brendan Reilly (42) introduced a proposal to lobby Springfield to allow Chicago to put the speed camera revenue toward pension payments.

Reilly’s proposal came amid a flurry of newly introduced legislation before the City Council’s August break. Other proposed measures would create a program to publicly fund elections, establish a pilot program that would allow robots to deliver food and to examine a potential tax on vacant properties. A package of proposed measures aimed at improving police officer mental health was also introduced during the July council meeting.

Related: Aldermen introduce legislation to improve police officer mental health, examine possible tax on vacant properties

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35) speaks during a news conference last week. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]

Last week marked one year since the City Council approved an ordinance creating a civilian commission empowered to oversee the Chicago Police Department. But the city has blown past multiple deadlines laid out in the ordinance, and members of the commission have yet to be confirmed.

A group of police reform advocates and aldermen held a news conference Wednesday morning urging Mayor Lori Lightfoot to choose the seven people she wants to serve on the commission from a list of 14 aldermen handed to her in May. But Lightfoot said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon that her office is still reviewing the candidates, as the City Council’s selection process didn’t represent a “full vet” of the applicants.

Ald. Silvana Tabares (23) speaks during a news conference Wednesday morning. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Aldermen on Wednesday sent to the City Council’s rules committee nearly half of the proposals their colleagues introduced as a package billed as a strategy to bolster police officers’ mental health and head off other challenges officers face.

Prior to Wednesday’s City Council meeting, a group of aldermen led by Ald. Silvana Tabares (23), Ald. Raymond Lopez (15), Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41) and Ald. Matt O’Shea (19) held a news conference announcing the legislative package with proposals that range from a hearing on officer mental health to eliminating the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which investigates allegations of police misconduct.

Ald. Anthony Beale (9) and Mayor Lori Lightfoot during the June City Council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A more than year-long push to ease back the city’s ticketing policy for drivers who speed near some schools and parks is scheduled to come to a head during Wednesday’s 10 a.m. City Council meeting as Mayor Lori Lightfoot has already signaled she would veto the measure if it is approved by City Council.

The City Council is also set to give its stamp to dozens of other items that passed out of committee in the past month, including Lightfoot’s proposed “Connected Communities Ordinance” designed to lay the groundwork for more housing construction near transit.

Related: Lightfoot promises to push forward on ‘essential’ housing density ordinance facing uneasy City Council

Ald. Jason Ervin (28) speaks during an October 2021 City Council meeting.

While aldermen on Monday gave a first OK to nearly $100 million in bonds for affordable housing developments throughout the city, they also pushed city leaders to ensure minority-owned companies are working on the development projects.

A City Council committee on Monday approved a proposal that would crack down on people who are caught drag racing and drifting in the city. The rules committee is set to meet Tuesday to consider a portion of a proposed ethics code overhaul.

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Portions a proposal by Mayor Lori Lightfoot that would water shutoffs will get a second chance on Monday after a vote on the proposal was delayed earlier this year.

Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29) speaks during a committee meeting Friday.

Aldermen on Friday shifted a general conversation about police oversight to focus on how the city is responding to officers’ mental health needs, giving a glimpse into possible hot-button issues in the upcoming budget season.

Ald. Harry Osterman (48) during an April City Council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

Ald. Harry Osterman (48) will not seek a fourth term as alderman of the North Side ward that includes Edgewater, Andersonville and parts of Uptown, he announced in an email to constituents on Friday. 

“As someone who deeply loves this community this was not an easy decision. However, I feel that the time is right to make this transition,” wrote in his letter announcing his retirement. “I will continue to serve and work on behalf of our community as Alderman for the remainder of my term, which will end next May.”