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The City Hall-County Building, commonly known as City Hall, is a 12-story building in Chicago, Illinois, that houses the seats of government of the City of Chicago and Cook County. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building's west side (City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.) [ 3 ] holds the offices of the mayor , city clerk , and city treasurer ; some city departments ...
# Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite James Lane 1847–1849 [1] 11th William B. Snowhook 1847–1848 [1] 12th William B. Herrick 1848–1850 [1] Henry R. Payson 1849–1850 [1] 13th John C. Dodge 1850–1852 [1] 14th George F. Foster 1850–1851 Previously served in 6th ward [1] 15th
# Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Francis C. Taylor 1837–1838 [1] 1st — Henry L. Rucker 1838–1842 Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 2nd ward [1] 2nd 3rd John C. Wilson 1839–1840 [1] 4th William Allen 1840–1841 [1] 5th Samuel Grier 1841–1842 [1] George Brady ...
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 ...
Chicago’s financial forecast is clouded by a $982.4 million budget deficit, and Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike has stirred up a storm of discontent with council ...
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 27-23 vote came just weeks before the end-of-the-year deadline, avoiding what would have been Chicago’s first shutdown of the city government. The mayor needed at least 26 of 50 alders for a ...
(The Center Square) – Two Chicago aldermen have proposed eliminating sanctuary-city protections for foreign nationals convicted of or arrested for certain crimes. Aldermen Raymond Lopez and ...