'I'm confident and optimistic about this City Council makeup, and the journey we'll embark on together,' Johnson said.
A big day and some big changes in City Council chambers on Wednesday as new Mayor Brandon Johnson presided over his first full council meeting.
A big issue was tabled during the meeting, as three conservative aldermen delayed a final vote on $51 million in funding to help cover the costs of housing asylum seekers in Chicago, one of Johnson's most pressing issues right now. The assignments come less than two months after the previous City Council voted to become more independent from the mayor by having aldermen choose their own committee chairs. So Wednesday's move didn't sit well with some aldermen.
"They held everybody down here. It just, it was totally ridiculous. It's about 100 people down here, just trying to sign up," housing activist Derric Price said."I'm committed to figuring out where the breakdown happen, and to make sure that the people who actually belong in this building have complete access," Johnson said.
Hopkins also proposed having all council members sign a civility pledge, calling for a better sense of decorum, respect, and friendship than was often seen over the past four years. Most aldermen agreed to sign the pledge.
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