Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks in a news conference on Friday, after aldermen delayed a vote on a portion of her business recovery package involving sign permitting. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

Despite unanimously approving most of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s sweeping business recovery package, aldermen delayed a vote on a siphoned-off section of the ordinance in order to retain their power over permitting storefront signs — for now.