Good Morning! I’ll be live-tweeting today's Chicago City Council regular meeting for @CHIdocumenters #CHIdocumenters. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Due to COVID-19, this meeting will be held remotely Agenda here: http://media.legistar.com/chic/meetings/A9FBF541-EA97-4409-870B-7F47AC0B8EE9/2020-06-17%20Council%20Agenda%20Draft3.pdf
The Chicago City Council meeting details show that this regular meeting will focus on reopening restaurants in phrase 4. Many of the ordinances will be sidewalk cafe approvals. Details here: https://chicago.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=736134&GUID=A9FBF541-EA97-4409-870B-7F47AC0B8EE9&Options=info|&Search=
Audio difficulties at the start of the meeting.
Call to order by Mayor Lightfoot. Call of the roll. 49 Alderman present. Quorum reached.
Pledge of Allegiance begins.
Invocation being delivered.
Public comment period begins.
Michael Aron, long time Chicago resident addresses police brutality and asks the Aldermen and Mayor to put CPAC into law immediately.
Michael Aron reminds the city council and specifically Mayor Lightfoot to remember the LaQuan McDonald murder in their future decisions.
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