Record #: O2019-1429   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 3/13/2019 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics
Final action: 4/10/2019
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 2-8-050 by further regulating aldermanic expense allowances
Sponsors: Quinn, Marty, Harris, Michelle A.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 8 City Council & Wards of City
Attachments: 1. O2019-1429.pdf
ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Section 2-8-050 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck-through and inserting the language underscored, as follows:

2-8-050 Aldermanic expense allowance.

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance.)
Expenditures may be made from aldermanic expense allowance funds for any of the following purposes:

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance.)
Unless prohibited or restricted bv an applicable collective bargaining
agreement:

/j] Expenses incurred to remove snow from the public sidewalk or courtesy walk for a resident with a demonstrated need for such services, except for expenses incurred in the removal of snow from private property; or

Expenses incurred to supplement services provided by the City of Chicago necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of residents, non-limiting examples of which include demolition of a dangerous structure with the prior approval of the Commissioner of Buildings, emergency tree trimming, graffiti removal, and reseeding a parkway damaged during City of Chicago maintenance activities, except that such services shall not be performed on private property to benefit that property's owner;

(iii) Expenses incurred for the lease, rental, purchase, maintenance and repair of tools, supplies, and eguipment necessary to perform services authorized in subparagraphs 23(i) and (ii). except for the purchase of a motor vehicle as prohibited in subsection (c) of this section;
Replacement residential garbage and recycling carts;
Supplies provided directly to a local public school, park, or branch library. Such expenditures shall not be considered a gift or donation prohibited under subsection (c) of this section;

(2326) Payment of miscellaneous, ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of an alderman's official duties.

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance.)
In no event shall any aldermanic expense allowance funds be used for any of the following purposes:

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance.)

(3) Purchase of a motor vehicle. For purposes of this subsection, motor vehicle does not include an "all-terrain vehicle." as that term is defined in 625 ILCS 5/1-101.8. that is used to perform the services identified in subsection (b)(23) of this section;
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance.)

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect following passage and approval, and shall apply to expenditures made pursuant to section 2-8-050 beginning January 1, 2019.