The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of fifty aldermen elected from fifty wards to serve four-year terms. The Chicago City Council is gaveled into session regularly (usually monthly) to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes traffic code changes, utilities, taxes, and many other issues. The council, in conjunction with the Mayor of Chicago, hears recommendations from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and then may grant individual properties Chicago Landmark status. The presiding officer of the Chicago City Council is the Mayor of Chicago. The secretary is the City Clerk of Chicago. Both positions are popularly elected offices.

The Chicago City Council chambers are located in Chicago City Hall, adjacent to the Richard J. Daley Center. Also located in the building are the offices of the individual aldermen and staff.

Between 1974 and 2009, a total of 30 Chicago aldermen have been indicted and convicted of federal crimes such as bribery, extortion, embezzlement, conspiracy, mail fraud and income tax evasion. Three additional aldermen were indicted for similar offenses but two died before federal prosecutors could bring them to trial and one, Anthony Laurino (39th) was too sick to stand trial.^[1]

Contents 1 Chicago aldermen 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Chicago aldermen

A non-partisan election was held on February 27, 2007 and a runoff election was held on April 17. Newly elected aldermen were sworn in on May 21.^[2]

Ward	Name	First elected	Party
1	Manuel Flores	2003	Democratic
2	Bob Fioretti	2007	Democratic
3	Pat Dowell	2007	Democratic
4	Toni Preckwinkle	1991	Democratic
5	Leslie Hairston	1999	Democratic
6	Freddrenna Lyle	1999*	Democratic
7	Sandi Jackson	2007	Democratic
8	Michelle A. Harris	1999	Democratic
9	Anthony Beale	1999	Democratic
10	John Pope	1999	Democratic
11	James Balcer	1997*	Democratic
12	George Cardenas	2003	Democratic
13	Frank Olivo	1994*	Democratic
14	Ed Burke	1969	Democratic
15	Toni Foulkes	2007	Democratic
16	Joann Thompson	2007	Democratic
17	Latasha Thomas	2000*	Democratic
18	Lona Lane	2006*	Democratic
19	Virginia Rugai	1990*	Democratic
20	Willie Cochran	2007	Democratic
21	Howard Brookins Jr.	2003	Democratic
22	Ricardo Muñoz	1993*	Democratic
23	Michael Zalewski	1995	Democratic
24	Sharon Denise Dixon	2007	Democratic
25	Daniel Solis	1996*	Democratic
26	Roberto Maldonado	2009*	Democratic
27	Walter Burnett, Jr.	1995	Democratic
28	Ed Smith	1983	Democratic
29	Isaac Carothers	1999	Democratic
30	Ariel Reboyras	2003	Democratic
31	Ray Suarez	1991	Democratic
32	Scott Waguespack	2007	Democratic
33	Richard Mell	1975	Democratic
34	Carrie Austin	1991*	Democratic
35	Rey Colón	2003	Democratic
36	John Rice	2009*	Democratic
37	Emma Mitts	2000*	Democratic
38	Thomas Allen	1993*	Democratic
39	Margaret Laurino	1994*	Democratic
40	Patrick O'Connor	1983	Democratic
41	Brian Doherty	1991	Republican
42	Brendan Reilly	2007	Democratic
43	Vi Daley	1999	Democratic
44	Thomas M. Tunney	2002*	Democratic
45	Patrick Levar	1987	Democratic
46	Helen Shiller	1987	Democratic
47	Eugene Schulter	1975	Democratic
48	Mary Ann Smith	1989*	Democratic
49	Joe Moore	1991	Democratic
50	Bernard Stone	1973	Democratic

* Year of appointment, not first election

[edit] See also

• Council Wars, a period of conflict within the City Council

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• City of Chicago
• City Council Ward Map
• Chicago City Council
• Office of the City Clerk (with links to legislative agendas and other information about the council)
• Chicago City Council Journal of Proceedings directory
• The Chicago Reader guide to the City Council, including brief biographies of all fifty aldermen
• "The Untold Stories of Alderman Don Parrillo" By Anthony DeBartolo | Hyde Park Media

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