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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.
Later in that same year, the Illinois legislature mandated participation by all Illinois school districts (except those located in the city of Chicago) and all their employees except those covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois. Coverage of schools increased the number of employers in IMRF from 156 to 652 and the ...
The year 2000 brought the addition of the Chicago Fire Department fleet of 140 fire engines, 105 ambulances, and 87 aerial units under Fleet Management's supervision. In 2004, the City's fleet centralization process was accelerated when the Chicago Department of Water Management and Chicago Police Department were added as DFM customer departments.
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (GEFTA) is a United States federal law which requires retroactive pay and leave accrual for federal employees affected by the furlough as a result of the 2018–19 federal government shutdown and any future lapses in appropriations. [1]
Chicago aldermen, Mayor Brandon Johnson and other elected officials have arrived at the autumn moment of truth to decide whether to accept annual raises tied to inflation. Largely free from the ...
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 ...
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 Hired Truck Program was a scandal-plagued program in the city of Chicago that involved hiring private trucks to do city work. It was overhauled in 2004 (and phased out beginning in 2005) after an investigation by the Chicago Sun-Times revealed that some participating companies were being paid for doing little or no work, had mob connections, or were tied to city employees.