The Chicago City Council is set to meet Monday afternoon and is expected to vote on the latest version of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposal.

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Uncertainty at Chicago City Hall over vote on 2025 budget plan after property tax hike foiled

After weeks of political acrimony, the City Council on Monday could be poised to approve Mayor Brandon Johnson’s revised $17.3 billion budget — minus a $68.5 million property tax increase — averting what would have been the first budget shutdown in its history. Getting to the vote, should it happen, has not been easy.If Johnson manages to deliver his $17.3 billion spending plan and $165.5 million tax package to support it,  he will have secured …

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City Council to meet again to consider Johnson's $17.3B budget — minus $68.5M property tax hike

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget passed the City Council on Monday, but only by an extremely narrow margin. The final vote came in at 27-23 in favor of the proposal, capping off months of vigorous debate, fierce criticism and a series of proposals that finally yielded results just two weeks before the end of the year. Johnson’s original budget proposal called for a property tax hike of approximately $300 million, but that eventual…

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CITY HALL — Following more than six weeks of bitter debate, delays and an about-face by Mayor Brandon Johnson on a controversial property tax hike, the City Council on Monday narrowly passed a $17.1 billion budget for 2025.Alderpeople voted 27-23 on the main budget ordinance around 5 p.m. Monday, ensuring its passage.In the end, the city’s property tax levy was not raised at all — a dramatic change from Johnson’s original proposal to increase it…

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Chicago budget update Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has eliminated property-tax increases from his latest budget proposal for 2025, but at least 15 members of the city council remain opposed to the mayor’s plans. 
In a letter sent to the mayor Sunday, the aldermen requested nearly $824 million in spending reductions, saying the mayor’s fourth budget attempt would serve as a delayed, backdoor property tax increase. The council is scheduled to rec…

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After several delays, a chaotic meeting on Friday and several controversial proposals, Chicago City Council is expected to vote on the latest budget at a meeting on Monday. Voting occurs when Mayor Brandon Johnson reportedly abandoned his proposed property tax increase, which originally required a $300 million tax increase for Chicago property owners. The first draft budget was rejected by councillors by 40-0.

Tras varios retrasos, una reunión caótica el viernes y varias propuestas polémicas, se espera que el Ayuntamiento de Chicago vote sobre el último presupuesto en una reunión el lunes. La votación se produce cuando el alcalde Brandon Johnson, según se informa, abandonó su propuesta de aumento del impuesto a la propiedad, que originalmente exigía un aumento de $300 millones de dólares en impuestos para los dueños de propiedades de Chicago. El prime…

Uncertainty at Chicago City Hall over vote on 2025 budget plan after property tax hike foiled

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