Ald. Anthony Beale (9) speaks during a City Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council on Tuesday met to formally delay a key portion of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget plan after the Committee on Finance failed to advance the annual revenue ordinance Monday, which included a revived corporate head tax and multiple other tax, fee and fine proposals. 

The council also gave final approval to a landmark designation that was deferred at last week’s council meeting, and some alderpeople tried but failed to name Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) as the permanent chair of the powerful zoning committee.