Committee on Committees, Rules, and Ethics City Council Meeting October 26, 2022 Alderman Brendan Reilly, 42nd Ward Rule 41 Amendment
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO,
SECTION 1. Rule 41 of the Rules of Order and Procedure of the City Council, City of Chicago, for the 2019 - 2023 term is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
Referring Of New Business To Committees; Report To Council When Committee Fails To Act.
RULE 41. All ordinances, orders, petitions, resolutions, motions, communications or other propositions shall be referred, without debate, to the appropriate committees and only acted upon by the City Council at a subsequent meeting, on the report of the committee having the same in charge; provided, however, that the following shall not be subject to this rule:
Ordinances fixing the time for the next regular meeting of the City Council.
Motions listed in Rule 21 and purely procedural motions.
Resolutions determining the membership, Chairman or Vice-Chairman of Council committees, Vice Mayor or President Pro Tempore.
(Omitted text unaffected by this resolution)
Nothing in this Rule 41 or the Rules of Order and Procedure of the City Council shall preclude the introduction or submission of ordinances, ordersA ©f resolutions, petitionsA or other propositions into a committee of the City Council by an operating department, officeA or agency in order to facilitate an expeditious hearing on said matter or- where an emergency exists, provided that, for anv such direct introduction, the department, office, or agency must: (i) attach to such ordinance, order, resolution, petition, or other proposition a statement of urgency explaining the nature ofthe emergency in detail; (ii) publicly post the text of such ordinance, order, resolution, petition, or other proposition no less than 48 hours before anv committee may vote on such matter; and (iii) no later than the required public posting, transmit such ordinance, order, resolution, petition, or other proposition to all members of Citv Council along with an impartial and unbiased summary of the matter. No ordinance, order, or resolution, petition, or other proposition may be directly introduced into a committee ofthe Citv Council when a substantially similar matter is currently pending before any other committee ofthe Citv Council. In addition, routine or repetitive matters, including orders and ordinances regarding the issuance of parking permits, the installation of traffic signs or signals, the issuance of sign and signboard permits, the approval of charitable solicitation (tag day) permits, and the approval of legal settlements, may also be introduced directly into a committee ofthe City Council for hearing without following the requirements of this paragraph of this Rule 41. This provision shall not apply to matters described in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Rule.
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(Omitted text unaffected by this resolution) SECTION 2. This resolution shall take effect upon passage.
Brendan Reilly President Pro Tempore Alderman, 42nd Ward