$600 million in general obligation bonds: $100 million of taxable debt will help with the cost of legal settlements expected to be paid out in 2016 and 2017, $150.5 million of tax-exempt debt for “E-Note” or equipment purchases in 2016 and 2017, and $237.2M of tax-exempt debt for capital spending in 2016 and 2017. While the total comes to $487.7M, the remaining portion of the $600M authorization is to cover the cost of borrowing and issuance fees.

$3.2 million in police-related settlements: The larger of two payouts, $2.2 million, will go to the family of Emmanuel Lopez, a 23-year old fatally shot by police officers during a car chase in September 2005. And a $1 million payout to the family of Ryan Rogers, fatally shot by Chicago police in suburban East Hazel Crest in March 2013 during an undercover operation targeting stolen cell phones.

Mayor’s new Neighborhood Opportunity Bonus which would revamp the entire density bonus system and create a new fund that would support development projects in some of the city’s most underserved neighborhoods (details are below in the Zoning Committee story).

A requirement that the head of the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) appear before the Finance Committee when police-related settlements are up for consideration. Chairman Burke said “if and when there is a successor agency”, the ordinance would be amended to include the new agency head. Mayor Emanuel recently announced he would move to replace IPRA.

A requirement that the Police Superintendent refer all cases involving the death of a suspect in custody to the Cook County State’s Attorney's Office. The ordinance would codify into law what the police directive already mandates.

A so-called “Debt Transaction Accountability Ordinance” from the council’s Progressive Caucus that would require a “more rigorous evaluation and more meaningful public scrutiny” of the city’s future debt offerings.

A proposal from Mayor Emanuel banning those under 18 from using tanning salons, allow anyone 18 and up to get tattoos, and require those under 18 who would like to get a lip or tongue piercing to have a parent sign an official form issued by Public Health Commissioner Julie Morita.

A proposal from Mayor Emanuel, Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35) and others that would make leaving pet waste on your own private property a fineable offense.

Two introductions from the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH): one clarifying city code on low-risk restaurants that issue self-inspections for food safety. The other, part of the city’s Healthy Chicago 2.0 initiative, calls for policymakers to apply a health lens to all law making, and creates a cross-department task force to examine how the city can address short, medium, and long term recommendations for changes to policies, practices, and procedures to improve community health.

The appointment of Juan Linares to the 15-member Chicago Low Income Housing Trust Fund Board. Linares is the Executive Director of LUCHA, a Northwest Side organization that focuses on affordable housing. He briefly served on the city’s Plan Commission

The appointment of Lucino Sotelo, a Chief Marketing Officer at BMO Harris Bank, to the city’s Plan Commission, to replace Linares.

The appointment of Barrett Murphy to serve as the city’s Water Commissioner.

The appointment of Patricia G. Perez to the Chicago Public Library Board. Perez is the former Executive Director of law firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, and served as Director of Administration at several other large Chicago law firms.

The sale of the former Leland Elementary School.

An intergovernmental agreement with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to trade use of two city-owned backhoes and a wood chipper for the County’s Restoring Neighborhoods Workforce Program (RENEW) in exchange for use of Cook County Jail inmates to serve as Sheriff’s Work Alternative Program (SWAP)