Chicago City Council plan would make it easier for aldermen to find out how much proposed ordinances would cost taxpayers – Chicago Tribune

Aldermen are poised to make it easier for themselves to order investigations into the financial impact of proposals pending before the City Council.

An ordinance that cleared the Budget Committee this week would allow any alderman to trigger a study by the Council Office of Financial Analysis, which was created to give members of the body a way to learn how measures they’re considering affect Chicago’s finances.
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NB-Chicago
4 years ago

And I’m sure proposed web site would be closed to public & press, even though all the alderman continually talk About– transparency

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