Aldermen overwhelmingly approved a proposal allowing Mayor Lori Lightfoot to remake the Chicago Board of Health, overcoming concerns from multiple members of the City Council’s Democratic Socialist caucus who said the measure should be amended to carve out more room for public participation.

The ordinance (O2021-458) vacates all nine seats on the board and allows the mayor to re-nominate them or replace them. The reconstituted board would have nine members each serving three-year terms, staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year.