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Victoria Falls (Lozi: Mosi-oa-Tunya, "Thundering Smoke"; Tonga: Shungu Namutitima, "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2] It is one of the world's largest waterfalls, with a width of 1,708 m (5,604 ft).
When the Chicago City Council is in session, the City Clerk also serves as council secretary. The clerk is a citywide elected office, and is one of three city-wide elected officials in the City of Chicago, along with the Mayor and the Treasurer. The current city clerk is Anna Valencia.
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms. [ 1 ] The council is called into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes ...
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
The City Charter was abolished in favor of the Cities and Villages Act of 1872, which renamed the council the "City Council". In 1920 elections were made officially nonpartisan. In 1923 the number of alderpersons per ward was decreased to one and the number of wards was increased to fifty, while the entire council was once again elected at each ...
Member of the Chicago City Council (2015–present) 8th Ward Michelle Harris: 2008 Member of the Chicago City Council (2006–present) 9th Ward Anthony Beale: 2000 Member of the Chicago City Council (1999–present) 10th Ward Susan Sadlowski Garza: 2016 Member of the Chicago City Council (2015–2023) 11th Ward: John Daley: 1980 [14]
The 4th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.It is divided into 28 election precincts. [2] Lake Michigan is the ward's eastern boundary for much of its area. [3]
On December 13, 2006, Michelle Harris was confirmed as Alderwoman by the Chicago City Council and sworn in. [6] Harris has subsequently been reelected in 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019. In 2014, she had expressed support for a proposed marijuana dispensary on 87th street [7] and by 2015 had changed her opinion on the issue. [8]