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 gaveled into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes, utilities, taxes, and many other issues. The Chicago City Council Chambers are located in Chicago City Hall, as are the downtown offices of the individual alderpersons and staff.
The Chicago City Council Chambers are located in Chicago City Hall. (postcard from 1914)
The presiding officer of the council is the Mayor of Chicago. The secretary is the City Clerk of Chicago. Both positions are city-wide elected offices. In the absence of the mayor, an alderperson elected to the position of President Pro Tempore serves as the presiding officer.[2][3]
Originally established as the Common Council in 1837, it was renamed City Council in 1876. The Council assumed its modern form of 50 wards electing one alderperson each in 1923.
The city council is internally organized into subject-specific standing committees. Once proposed legislation is drafted, it is assigned to a specific standing committee. After a hearing and deliberation process, the committee votes on whether to report the proposed legislation to the full council, along with recommendations.[25]
The committees are created, and their leaders and members are selected, through a resolution passed by the whole council.[2] Historically, mayors have played a central role selected committee chairs.[3][26] As of May 2019, there are 18 standing committees in the council, whose chairmen and vice-chairmen are as follows:[27]
Chicago has been divided into wards since 1837, beginning with 6 wards. Until 1923, each ward elected two members to the city council. In 1923, the system that exists today was adopted with 50 wards, each with one council member elected by the ward. In accordance with Illinois state law, ward borders must be shifted after every federalcensus. This law is intended to give the population of the ward equal representation based by the size of the population of Chicago.[28]
Chicago is unusual among major United States cities in the number of wards and representative alderpersons that it maintains. It has been noted that the current ward system promotes diverse ethnic and cultural representation on the city council.[29]
Corruption
Chicago City Council Chambers has long been the center of public corruption in Chicago.[30][31] The first conviction of Chicago alderpersons and Cook County Commissioners for accepting bribes to rig a crooked contract occurred in 1869.[30] Between 1972 and 1999, 26 current or former Chicago alderpersons were convicted for official corruption.[32][33][34] Between 1973 and 2012, 31 aldermen were convicted of corruption. Approximately 100 aldermen served in that period, which is a conviction rate of about one-third.[30][35]
Fourteen of the Chicago's City Council's nineteen committees routinely violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act during the last four months of 2007 by not keeping adequate written records of their meetings.[36] Chicago City Council committees violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act and their own rules by meeting and taking actions without a quorum at least four times over the same four-month span.[37]
Less than half of the Council's 28 committees met more than six times in 1986. The budget for Council committees was $5.3 million in 1986.[38]
Over half of elected Chicago alderpersons took illegal campaign contributions totalling $282,000 in 2013.[39][40][41]
Election
Chicago alderpersons are elected by popular vote every four years, on the last Tuesday in February in the year following national mid-term elections. A run-off election, if no candidate garners more than fifty percent of the vote, is held on the first Tuesday in April. The election is held on a non-partisan basis. New terms begin at noon on the third Monday in May following the election.[5]
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The council, in conjunction with the Mayor of Chicago, hears recommendations from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and then may grant individual properties Chicago Landmark status. The Council also has the power to redraw ward boundaries, resulting in the heavily gerrymandered map seen today.
The Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago is the official publication of the acts of the City Council.[42] The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of Chicago's local ordinances of a general and permanent nature.[42][43] Between May 18, 2011, and August 2011, the first 100 days of the first term of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, 2,845 ordinances and orders were introduced to the Council.[44]
Aldermanic privilege
Chicago's alderpersons are generally given exceptional deference, called "aldermanic privilege" or "aldermanic prerogative", to control city decisions and services within their ward.[45][46] This is an unwritten and informal practice that emerged in the early 20th century and gives alderman control over "zoning, licenses, permits, property-tax reductions, city contracts and patronage jobs" in their wards.[47][48] Political scientists have suggested that this facilitates corruption.[47][48] The system has been described as "50 aldermen serving essentially as mayors of 50 wards."[49]
^ abAldermanic elections are officially nonpartisan; party affiliations are informational only.
^Main community areas overlapping with the ward. Only community areas that make up 20% of the area of the ward or more are listed.
^ abcdefghiYear of appointment, not of first election.
^Lee was appointed mid-term after incumbent Patrick Daley Thompson was removed due to a federal conviction that made him ineligible to hold the office.
^Abarca was appointed mid-term after incumbent George Cardenas resigned.
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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 gaveled into session regularly usually monthly to consider ordinances orders and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes utilities taxes and many other issues The Chicago City Council Chambers are located in Chicago City Hall as are the downtown offices of the individual alderpersons and staff Chicago City CouncilTypeTypeUnicameralHistoryFoundedDecember 13 1837 185 years ago 1837 12 13 LeadershipMayorLori Lightfoot Democratic since May 2019President Pro TemporeBrendan Reilly since May 2019SecretaryAnna M Valencia since January 2017StructureSeats50Political groupsMajority Democratic 46 a Minority Independent 4 Length of term4 yearsElectionsVoting systemTwo round systemLast election2019Next election2023Meeting placeCouncil Chambers in Chicago City HallThe Chicago City Council Chambers are located in Chicago City Hall postcard from 1914 The presiding officer of the council is the Mayor of Chicago The secretary is the City Clerk of Chicago Both positions are city wide elected offices In the absence of the mayor an alderperson elected to the position of President Pro Tempore serves as the presiding officer 2 3 Originally established as the Common Council in 1837 it was renamed City Council in 1876 The Council assumed its modern form of 50 wards electing one alderperson each in 1923 Contents 1 Composition 2 Standing committees 3 History 3 1 Corruption 4 Election 5 Authority and roles 5 1 Law 5 2 Aldermanic privilege 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksComposition EditSee also List of Chicago aldermen since 1923 The most recent city council election was the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections 4 The current term began on May 20 2019 5 Aldermanic elections are officially nonpartisan party affiliations below are informational only Council members also self organize into caucuses or blocs that address particular issues 6 Active caucuses include the Progressive Reform Caucus the Black Caucus the Latino Caucus the LGBT Caucus and the Democratic Socialist Caucus 6 7 Map of the 50 wards of the City of Chicago in use since 2015 Map of the 50 wards of the City of Chicago to be in use from 2023 Interactive version Current composition of the Chicago City Council Ward Name Took office Party a Main community areas b Map of ward1 Daniel La Spata 2019 Democratic 8 West Town Logan Square Map 2 Brian K Hopkins 2015 Democratic West Town Near North Side Lincoln Park Map 3 Pat Dowell 2007 Democratic 9 Grand Boulevard Map 4 Sophia King 2016 c Democratic 9 Kenwood Douglas Map 5 Leslie Hairston 1999 Democratic 9 Hyde Park South Shore Woodlawn Map 6 Roderick Sawyer 2011 Democratic 9 Greater Grand Crossing Englewood Chatham Map 7 Gregory Mitchell 2015 Democratic 9 South Chicago South Shore South Deering Map 8 Michelle A Harris 2006 c Democratic 9 Avalon Park Map 9 Anthony Beale 1999 Democratic 9 Riverdale Roseland Map 10 Susan Sadlowski Garza 2015 Democratic 9 South Deering Hegewisch Map 11 Nicole Lee 2022 d Democratic 10 Bridgeport New City Map 12 Anabel Abarca 2022 e Democratic 11 South Lawndale Brighton Park McKinley Park Map 13 Marty Quinn 2011 Democratic West Lawn Clearing Map 14 Edward M Burke 1969 Democratic 9 Archer Heights Gage Park Map 15 Raymond Lopez 2015 Democratic 9 West Englewood Brighton Park New City Map 16 Stephanie Coleman 2019 Democratic 9 West Englewood Chicago Lawn Englewood Map 17 David H Moore 2015 Democratic 9 Chicago Lawn Auburn Gresham West Englewood Map 18 Derrick Curtis 2015 Democratic 9 Ashburn Map 19 Matthew O Shea 2011 Democratic 9 Beverly Mount Greenwood Morgan Park Map 20 Jeanette Taylor 2019 Democratic 12 New City Woodlawn Englewood Map 21 Howard Brookins Jr 2003 Democratic 9 Auburn Gresham Washington Heights Map 22 Michael Rodriguez 2019 Democratic 9 South Lawndale Garfield Ridge Map 23 Silvana Tabares 2018 c Democratic 13 Garfield Ridge Clearing Map 24 Monique Scott 2022 c Democratic 9 North Lawndale Map 25 Byron Sigcho Lopez 2019 Democratic Lower West Side Near West Side Map 26 Roberto Maldonado 2009 c Democratic 9 Humboldt Park West Town Map 27 Walter Burnett Jr 1995 Democratic 9 Near West Side Map 28 Jason Ervin 2011 c Democratic 9 Near West Side East Garfield Park Map 29 Chris Taliaferro 2015 Democratic 9 Austin Map 30 Ariel Reboyras 2003 Democratic 9 Belmont Cragin Portage Park Map 31 Felix Cardona Jr 2019 Democratic 14 Belmont Cragin Hermosa Map 32 Scott Waguespack 2007 Democratic 9 Logan Square Map 33 Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez 2019 Independent 15 Irving Park Avondale Albany Park Map 34 Carrie Austin 1994 c Democratic 9 West Pullman Roseland Morgan Park Map 35 Carlos Ramirez Rosa 2015 Democratic 9 Logan Square Avondale Map 36 Gilbert Villegas 2015 Democratic 16 Belmont Cragin Map 37 Emma Mitts 2000 c Democratic 9 Austin Humboldt Park Map 38 Nicholas Sposato 2011 Independent 17 Dunning O Hare Portage Park Map 39 Samantha Nugent 2019 Democratic 18 North Park Forest Glen Map 40 Andre Vasquez 2019 Democratic 19 Lincoln Square West Ridge Map 41 Anthony Napolitano 2015 Independent 20 O Hare Norwood Park Map 42 Brendan Reilly 2007 Democratic 9 Loop Near North Side Map 43 Timmy Knudsen 2022 Democratic citation needed Lincoln Park Map 44 Thomas M Tunney 2002 c Democratic 9 Lake View Map 45 Jim Gardiner 2019 Democratic Jefferson Park Portage Park Map 46 James Cappleman 2011 Democratic 9 Uptown Lake View Map 47 Matt Martin 2019 Democratic 21 North Center Lincoln Square Map 48 Harry Osterman 2011 Democratic 22 Edgewater Map 49 Maria Hadden 2019 Independent 23 Rogers Park Map 50 Debra Silverstein 2011 Democratic 24 West Ridge Map Standing committees EditThe city council is internally organized into subject specific standing committees Once proposed legislation is drafted it is assigned to a specific standing committee After a hearing and deliberation process the committee votes on whether to report the proposed legislation to the full council along with recommendations 25 The committees are created and their leaders and members are selected through a resolution passed by the whole council 2 Historically mayors have played a central role selected committee chairs 3 26 As of May 2019 there are 18 standing committees in the council whose chairmen and vice chairmen are as follows 27 Committee Chair Vice chair s Aviation Matthew O Shea Derrick CurtisBudget and Government Operations Pat Dowell Debra SilversteinCommittees and Rules Michelle A Harris Anthony Napolitano Matthew O Shea Gilbert VillegasContract Oversight and Equity Jason Ervin David H MooreEconomic Capital and Technology Development Gilbert Villegas Gregory MitchellEducation and Child Development Vacant Sophia KingEthics and Government Oversight Vacant Matt MartinEnvironmental Protection and Energy Vacant Samantha NugentFinance Scott Waguespack Leslie HairstonHealth and Human Relations Roderick Sawyer James CapplemanHousing and Real Estate Harry Osterman Walter Burnett Jr Immigrant and Refugee Rights Ariel Reboyras VacantLicense and Consumer Protection Emma Mitts Brian HopkinsPedestrian and Traffic Safety Walter Burnett Jr Felix CardonaPublic Safety Chris Taliaferro Harry OstermanSpecial Events Cultural Affairs and Recreation Nicholas Sposato Andre VasquezSpecial the Chicago Casino Tom Tunney Jason ErvinTransportation and Public Way Howard Brookins Michael RodriguezWorkforce Development Susan Sadlowski Garza Jason ErvinZoning Landmarks and Building Standards Tom Tunney Ariel ReboyrasHistory Edit Map of city of Chicago ward system in 1904 Wards with lower populations have larger boundaries External link current map of Chicago wardsSee also Political history of Chicago Chicago has been divided into wards since 1837 beginning with 6 wards Until 1923 each ward elected two members to the city council In 1923 the system that exists today was adopted with 50 wards each with one council member elected by the ward In accordance with Illinois state law ward borders must be shifted after every federal census This law is intended to give the population of the ward equal representation based by the size of the population of Chicago 28 Chicago is unusual among major United States cities in the number of wards and representative alderpersons that it maintains It has been noted that the current ward system promotes diverse ethnic and cultural representation on the city council 29 Corruption Edit Chicago City Council Chambers has long been the center of public corruption in Chicago 30 31 The first conviction of Chicago alderpersons and Cook County Commissioners for accepting bribes to rig a crooked contract occurred in 1869 30 Between 1972 and 1999 26 current or former Chicago alderpersons were convicted for official corruption 32 33 34 Between 1973 and 2012 31 aldermen were convicted of corruption Approximately 100 aldermen served in that period which is a conviction rate of about one third 30 35 Fourteen of the Chicago s City Council s nineteen committees routinely violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act during the last four months of 2007 by not keeping adequate written records of their meetings 36 Chicago City Council committees violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act and their own rules by meeting and taking actions without a quorum at least four times over the same four month span 37 Less than half of the Council s 28 committees met more than six times in 1986 The budget for Council committees was 5 3 million in 1986 38 Over half of elected Chicago alderpersons took illegal campaign contributions totalling 282 000 in 2013 39 40 41 Election EditChicago alderpersons are elected by popular vote every four years on the last Tuesday in February in the year following national mid term elections A run off election if no candidate garners more than fifty percent of the vote is held on the first Tuesday in April The election is held on a non partisan basis New terms begin at noon on the third Monday in May following the election 5 Authority and roles Edit Richard M Daley in Chicago City Council chambers in 2008This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it May 2019 The council in conjunction with the Mayor of Chicago hears recommendations from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and then may grant individual properties Chicago Landmark status The Council also has the power to redraw ward boundaries resulting in the heavily gerrymandered map seen today Law Edit Further information Law of Illinois The Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago is the official publication of the acts of the City Council 42 The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of Chicago s local ordinances of a general and permanent nature 42 43 Between May 18 2011 and August 2011 the first 100 days of the first term of Mayor Rahm Emanuel 2 845 ordinances and orders were introduced to the Council 44 Aldermanic privilege Edit Chicago s alderpersons are generally given exceptional deference called aldermanic privilege or aldermanic prerogative to control city decisions and services within their ward 45 46 This is an unwritten and informal practice that emerged in the early 20th century and gives alderman control over zoning licenses permits property tax reductions city contracts and patronage jobs in their wards 47 48 Political scientists have suggested that this facilitates corruption 47 48 The system has been described as 50 aldermen serving essentially as mayors of 50 wards 49 See also Edit Chicago portalCouncil Wars a period of conflict within the City Council Cook County Board of Commissioners Workingmen s Party of Illinois 11th Ward Chicago Aldermanic elections in Chicago List of Chicago aldermen since 1923Notes Edit a b Aldermanic elections are officially nonpartisan party affiliations are informational only Main community areas overlapping with the ward Only community areas that make up 20 of the area of the ward or more are listed a b c d e f g h i Year of appointment not of first election Lee was appointed mid term after incumbent Patrick Daley Thompson was removed due to a federal conviction that made him ineligible to hold the office Abarca was appointed mid term after incumbent George Cardenas resigned References Edit 65 ILCS 20 Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 Illinois General Assembly Illinois Compiled Statutes Archived from the original on April 17 2015 Retrieved April 8 2015 a b g angelo September 21 2015 About City Government amp the Chicago City Council City Clerk of Chicago Retrieved May 29 2019 a b Pratt John Byrne Juan Perez Jr Gregory Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot aces first test of her power City Council overhaul approved chicagotribune com Retrieved May 29 2019 Hinton Rachel May 20 2019 MEET THE NEW CITY COUNCIL A new mayor and a dozen new aldermen take their seats Monday Here s everything you need to know about all 50 wards Chicago 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