BGA: Chicago City Council should name its own committee leadership, not mayor

CHICAGO (WLS) — A possible change could possibly be coming to an extended standing precedent in Chicago Metropolis Council.

For many years the town’s mayor has been allowed to select committee chairs, giving the administration larger energy over the council.

“Metropolis Council guidelines really say that the town council will get to pick out their chairs,” mentioned Brian Zarou of the Higher Authorities Affiliation. “However over time, it began with the primary Mayor Daley, many, a few years in the past the place he type of took the funds course of away from that council, and over a long time and a long time they have been advocating extra energy and sucking up energy extra council from council.”

Now there is a push for Chicago’s Metropolis Council to function extra independently.

“Alderman Matt Martin courageously put collectively a decision, calling for himself to be the following ethics chair,” mentioned Zarou, “Though that is one division, one committee, this opens up the dialog extra totally. Why is not the council choosing their very own chairs?”

The BGA ‘s coverage workforce mentioned urges Metropolis Council to take this chance to behave as an impartial, co-equal department of presidency.

“It isn’t turn into regulation or guidelines, it is turn into extra custom, and it is time to break that custom,” Zarou mentioned.