Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2021-734

• Record #: O2021-734
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 2/26/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of ordinance which authorized budget director to appropriate emergency-related funds in response to COVID-19 pandemic and to modify repeal date of said ordinance
• Sponsors: Lopez, Raymond A.
• Topic: CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Assets, Information and Services, - CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Budget & Management, - CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Procurement Services
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
2/26/2021	28418	City Council	Referred

Committee on Budget & Government Operations
February 24, 2021 City Council Meeting



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

SECTION 1. Page 15043 of the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council City of Chicago is hereby amended by striking the following language and inserting and amending the underscored language:

SECTION 1. Tho Budget Director is authorized to appropriate Emergency related funds not otherwise appropriated by ordinance from federal, state and other sources. To enable prompt and efficient use of such funds to address tho Emergency, the Budget Director is authorized to temporarily establish now funding linos, and temporarily transfer or otherwise reallocate currently appropriated funds within any given—City Department, in—anticipation of the pertinent Emergency funding. Tho Budget Director shall provide a weekly summary of any such Emergency related budgetary activity to tho Committee on the Budget and Government Operations. To provide clarity regarding the purpose and limitation of this Section, it is ro stated that any and all funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall-bo used solely and exclusively for COVID lg related response costs.

SECTION 1 i. The Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to enter any contract that she deems necessary and appropriate to respond to the Emergency, subject to a limit of $1,000,000.00 per contract. Any such contract shall include terms that the Chief Procurement Officer deems necessary to effectively address the Emergency, notwithstanding any Code provision to the contrary, and shall be subject to approval by the City Council the availability of funds duly appropriated for said purpose. The Chief Procurement Officer shall provide a weekly summary of any such contracting activity to the Committee on the Budget and Government Operations.

SECTION 2. Page 15043 of the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council City of Chicago is hereby amended by striking the following language and inser...