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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 called into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes ...
# Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite John D. Canton 1837–1839 [2] 1st — 2nd Ira Miltimore: 1839–1842 [2] 3rd William H. Stow 1839–1840 [2] [3] 4th John Gage 1840–1841 [2] 5th William H. Stow 1841–1842 [2] Hamilton Barnes 1842–1843 [2] 6th Alson S. Sherman: 1842–1843
# 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
(The Center Square) – Chicago city residents are giving elected officials an earful as the city looks to craft a budget facing a billion dollar deficit. Monday morning, the city council started ...
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 ...
Marlborough officials will commission a large mural that will be painted on South Bolton Street later this fall. Marlborough is creating a new mural about the city's history. How your input will help
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 ...
The Progressive Reform Caucus of the Chicago City Council is a bloc of aldermen in the Chicago City Council that was formed in 2013. [2] [3] Its stated mission statement is "creating a more just and equal Chicago, combating all forms of discrimination, and advancing public policies that offer genuine opportunity to all Chicagoans, especially those who have been left out of our society’s ...