Meetings & Agendas
- Chicago
- Springfield
The City Council Committee on Finance will meet Monday and consider approving tens of millions of dollars to settle police-related lawsuits and the disbursement of tax-increment financing (TIF) funds for various citywide projects.
The finance committee is slated to meet in council chambers at City Hall at 10 a.m.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursday that $70 million in funding that the county has pledged to help make up a gap in funding to care for new arrivals would come from the county’s newly created disaster fund.
A resolution to authorize the spending (24-2103) was introduced during Thursday’s county board of commissioners meeting and referred to the Finance Committee.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved a measure outlawing the retail sale and commercial application of coal tar sealant on asphalt pavement, a move which advocates say will mitigate further introduction of toxic pollutants into the environment.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s billion-dollar bond proposal is heading to the finance committee for a subject matter hearing.
Despite some debate and dissent, the City Council Committee on Committees and Rules voted 29-7 on Tuesday to re-refer the Housing and Economic Development Bond to the Committee on Finance.
Among the no votes was Ald. Bill Conway (34), who tied his opposition to his frustration at the lack of movement on his legislation to mandate council consent over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners will vote later this week on a measure to ban the retail sale and commercial application of coal tar sealant for paved roadways, parking lots, walkways and driveways after the proposal was given initial approval by the county’s environmental committee Tuesday.
The ordinance (23-5769) regulating the use of coal tar sealant on paved asphalt surfaces was approved by the Cook County Environment and Sustainability Committee with a 5-0 vote. Comms. Scott Britton (D-14) and Kevin Morrison (D-15) were absent.
The City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations approved the appointment of a new Fleet and Facility Management commissioner, a measure to bring back a defunct reward program for reporting illegal dumping and an ordinance requiring that the City Council confirm public health commissioners.
But the committee postponed a vote on an ordinance (O2023-0006443) to create a hiring preference for many city departments for residents that live in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Ald. Jason Ervin (28), the budget committee chair and item’s sponsor, said a substitute needed to be accepted. The committee was recessed until March 20.
Two candidates have already clinched their party’s nomination for president of the United States. But Illinois voters will decide winners in several key primaries that will determine the vision they want representing their districts in Congress, Springfield and the Illinois Supreme Court.
A group of leading Democrats and representatives from the business, labor and agriculture communities are pushing to pass a plan that could move forward carbon capture and storage (CCS) and make Illinois more competitive for federal incentives to support the technology.
The House Human Services committee led by Rep. Anna Moeller (D-Elgin) has teed up a bill to advance Gov. JB Pritzker’s health insurance reform that would overhaul the prior authorization model in Illinois and place limits on tools for insurance companies to limit costs.
The Senate Executive Committee advanced a bill to create one of Gov. JB Pritzker’s major second term initiatives and establish the Department of Early Childhood.
New letters and text messages to residents in the 20th Senate District from a pair of primary candidates are raising questions for some voters. And Gov. JB Pritzker remains skeptical of putting any state money toward a new stadium for the Chicago Bears as the team pledges $2 billion for a public-private partnership.