OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT MAYOR
October 14, 2021
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Budget Director, I transmit herewith the Fiscal Year 2022 Tax Levy. Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is a home rule unit of government as defined in Article VII, Section 6 (a) ofthe Illinois Constitution, and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City has adopted its annual appropriation ordinance for the year 2022, pursuant to its powers granted by the constitution and laws ofthe State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, it is now appropriate and in the best interests of the City of Chicago to enact its tax levy for the year 2022, to become effective as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that the tax levy for the year 2022 receive expeditious consideration by the City Council; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The sum of One Billion, Seven Hundred and Nine Million, Three Hundred and Eighty Seven Thousand Dollars ($1,709,387,000) ascertained by the City Council as the total amount of appropriations heretofore legally made for all coiporate purposes to be provided for by the'tax levy of the year 2022, is hereby levied for the year 2022 upon all property within the City of Chicago subject to taxation. Tlie purposes for which appropriations have been made and the amounts appropriated for such purposes, respectively, are hereinafter specified in detail in the manner authorized forthe annual appropriation ordinance forthe year 2022, annexed to and made a part of this ordinance. The amounts appropriated and levied for each of said purposes, respectively, are set forth below in separate columns.
Appropriations for Expenditures and Amounts Levied forthe Fi...
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