Ald. Anthony Beale (9), who called for the finance committee hearing, is pictured at a council meeting in February 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council’s finance committee on Tuesday will gather to hear subject matter on the city’s recent credit ratings downgrades and negative financial outlook. 

The Committee on Finance will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers. 

The Committee on Finance meets on May 19, 2025. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday approved legal settlements related to the city’s parking meter deal, wrongful convictions and police misconduct. 

The approved items will be considered by the City Council on Wednesday. 

Finance Chair Pat Dowell speaks at a City Council meeting in June 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council finance committee on Monday will consider a fee waiver for an infrastructure project and multiple legal settlements, including a previously rejected settlement and a settlement to the company that owns the city’s parking meters. The Committee on Finance will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.

Renderings of the Jigzibik affordable housing development, designed by Canopy architecture and design. [Canopy architecture and design]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday approved numerous wrongful settlements stemming from police conduct, including vehicle pursuits and a case of excessive force during 2020 racial justice protests. Additionally, the committee approved financial assistance for the city’s first affordable housing development that will specifically cater to Indigenous Americans.

City Hall is pictured. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday will consider several proposed legal settlements in alleged police misconduct and vehicle pursuit cases. The committee will also consider the approval of financial assistance to a housing project and a change to a workforce development program in tax increment financing (TIF) districts.

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

Finance Chair Pat Dowell is pictured during a City Council meeting on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday delayed a vote on a controversial legal settlement tied to a fatal police shooting but approved a massive general obligation bond issuance, sending the final vote to the City Council next week.

Finance Chair Pat Dowell is pictured during a City Council meeting on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday will consider several multimillion-dollar legal settlements, the annual designation of municipal depositories, the issuance of general obligation bonds and the disbursement of tax increment financing (TIF) assistance. 

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

City Hall is pictured in this file photo. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Friday will hold an annual hearing on municipal depositories before proposed designations are to be considered next week by the committee. The finance committee will meet at 11 a.m. in council chambers.

A picture of the current state of the Lathrop Homes complex shown to finance committee members Jan. 13, 2025. [Finance Committee Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday approved multiple multimillion-dollar legal settlement proposals in police misconduct cases, the proposed expansion of a tax increment financing (TIF) district and fee waivers for a South Loop hotel renovation.

Finance Chair Pat Dowell is pictured during a City Council meeting on June 12, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance on Monday will consider multiple multimillion-dollar legal settlement proposals in police misconduct cases and the proposed expansion of a tax increment financing (TIF) district. The finance committee meets at 10 a.m. in council chambers.