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Erin Hegarty
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Formerly: City Hall reporter @thedailylinechi. More coffee, always.
Nov 28, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Today's meeting of the City Council education committee is beginning now. The purpose of this meeting is to hold a hearing with Chicago Public Schools officials on transportation, budget and new arrivals.

thedailyline.com/education-comm… CPS is first going over some budget slides

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Nov 15, 2023 • 28 tweets • 5 min read
Today’s City Council meeting is underway with 43 alderpeople present. The City Council will vote in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2024 budget today. Deleted a tweet that said all in-person public commenters spoke from the 3rd floor gallery. That was incorrect. Some did speak from the 2nd floor.

h/t @HeatherCherone
Oct 16, 2023 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
Alright! Budget hearings are kicking off now. First up today is a general overview of the budget from the city's top budget/finance officials. This meeting was supposed to begin at 10 a.m.

You can watch here: chicityclerk.com/committee-budg…
Ald. Jason Ervin (28), budget chair, lays out some logistics including that public comment will occur at tlhe end of each meeting. Members of the public are yelling about the public comment piece and disrupting the meeting saying they want it at the beginning.
Sep 29, 2023 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
Today's meeting of the City Council Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights has begun! You can watch here: chicityclerk.com/committee-immi…
While today's meeting is underway, there is a protest against the city's contract with GardaWorld to build tent base camps for migrants scheduled for 4 p.m. in Daley Plaza. People behind the rally are demanding the city cancel the contract.
Sep 22, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
This meeting of the City Council Committee on Police & Fire is beginning now. Alderpersons will have the opportunity to ask questions of Larry Snelling before they vote on his appointment as superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.

Watch here: chicityclerk.com/committee-poli…
Interim Supt. Fred Waller kicks off comment saying he has the "utmost confidence and belief that Larry Snelling is the perfect person for this job." Says "this will probably be one of the best times for Chicago and the police department."
Jul 19, 2023 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
After a marathon of press conferences on a steamy third floor, today’s City Council meeting has begun! This is the last meeting before an August break. Former alderman turned lobbyist Joe Moore is here in chambers today, not on the council floor but definitely talking to alderpersons.
Jul 12, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This meeting of the City Council Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy has begun. You can watch here: https://t.co/mRoERg3iPSchicityclerk.com/committee-envi…
Two items on the agenda today and no votes on either. First we have a presentation on the Cumulative Impacts Assessment, an ongoing study of the effects of exposure to environmental, health and social stressors across Chicago’s various communities. chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…
Jun 28, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
This meeting of the City Council Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the first under the leadership of Ald. Andre Vasquez (40) has begun! I'm at City Hall but you can watch here: https://t.co/eiHKjGFr3Xchicityclerk.com/committee-immi…
Only item on the agenda today is a proposal from Vasquez to hold monthly hearings on the city's response to migrants being sent to Chicago. Proposes the hearings for the last Wednesday of every month for progress reports on what city/mutual aid groups are doing.
Jun 14, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
This committee meeting, that will feature a hearing on the NASCAR race, has begun.

You should be able to stream on the city clerk's website, but some of us are currently getting an "access denied, You are not authorized to access this page" message for the entire website. After a brief break, the committee will carry on with its business. Still no access to the livestream so I suppose everyone who is here in person is lucky to be able to listen to this discussion in real time.
Jun 14, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This meeting of the City Council's finance committee is beginning now. You can watch here: chicityclerk.com/committee-fina… Members of @UniteHereLocal1 are speaking against the proposed $10M in TIF funding for the developer that plans to bring apartments, boutique hotel, restaurant & speakeasy to 2222 S. Michigan Ave. Workers says the developer has "made no commitment to create a path to good jobs."
Jun 13, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Today's meeting of the City Council Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development is beginning now. You can stream here: chicityclerk.com/committee-econ… Alderpersons unanimously approved the following SSA appointments and reappointments. While they were nominated by Lightfoot, city officials say Johnson supports the appointments. Image
Jun 12, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This meeting of the City Council housing committee will begin soon.

I’m in council chambers where it is quite quite chilly. Former alderman turned lobbyist Joe Moore is in chambers, walking around council floor talking to alderpersons and others in attendance before this meeting begins. Image
May 9, 2023 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
This budget committee meeting is beginning soon. Aldermen will consider approving a budget amendment to add $51M to support asylum seekers (yes, the substitute ordinance is posted!)
You can watch here: chicityclerk.com/committee-budg…

thedailyline.com/budget-committ… Approved: $335K in Neighborhood Opportunity Funds for Rome's Joy Catering to renovate an existing catering and ballroom space into a social club and co-working venue at 4455 S. King Dr. in the 3rd Ward. Proprietor Cliff Rome says it will be "steeped in history and culture." ImageImage
Apr 28, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
This joint meeting of the budget and immigrant and refugee rights committees is beginning soon. The only item on the agenda is a hearing on migrants arriving in Chicago.

You can watch here: chicityclerk.com/joint-committe… AH! I've been adding to the wrong thread. Trying to remedy that here:
Apr 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Missed this yesterday but the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability announced they've selected Public Sector Search & Consulting as the firm to assist in the search for a new CPD superintendent. The firm works exclusively on police executive searches. While asylum seekers have been arriving in Chicago via bus from states like Texas since August, this is the first time the Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, chaired by Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30), is holding a hearing on the topic. The committee last met in September 2021. Image
Apr 19, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Todays’s City Council meeting is beginning now! This is @chicagosmayor’s final meeting as mayor. The council is also set to honor 13 outgoing/already retired aldermen Image The following outgoing 13 aldermen are set to be honored during today's meeting via resolution: Image
Feb 16, 2023 • 22 tweets • 7 min read
Good morning! This month's meeting of the Chicago Plan Commission is beginning now. On today's agenda: a presentation on development guidelines along the Red Line Extension and a vote on the We Will Chicago Framework Plan

You can watch here: vimeo.com/event/2354896 During public comment on the We Will Chicago Framework Plan, regular commenter Butler Adams says he's "not necessarily getting that future feeling" from the plan. Adams says he expected a "Daniel Burnham-esque master plan for the new millennium.. I'm just not seeing this here"
Dec 14, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
The December meeting of the City Council is beginning now. Lots on the agenda today and it's the last regularly scheduled meeting of the year.

You can watch here: chicityclerk.com/city-council-m… .@chicagosmayor says the council has *several* resolutions to get through today.
But first we'll... stand at ease for three minutes?
Dec 14, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Here at the Copernicus Center in the 38th Ward for the Northwest Side Mayoral Candidates Forum moderated by Ben Joravsky.
I’ll share any highlights. We’re nearly 30 minutes into the start time of this forum and candidates just finished their introductions.
Dec 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The City Council's Rules Committee is meeting now to consider @chicagosmayor's appointment of Anabel Abarca to be the new 12th Ward alderman. thedailyline.com/lightfoot-pick… This meeting is in-person and attendance rules appear to be a bit flexible again. While taking quorum, Ald. Beale popped his head in, said he was here, and continued walking down the hall.
Dec 13, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Good morning! The meeting of the City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards will begin shortly. One item on the agenda would further make way for the Chicago casino.

If you tune into the livestream now, you can hear holiday music: chicityclerk.com/committee-zoni… Alright, aldermen are now considering the requested changes to allow for Bally's Chicago casino. @AldTomTunney notes this has come before aldermen "again, and maybe again," and says he'll try to limit this item to 30 minutes.