Renegade Aldermen Tweak 2026 Budget Plan, but Withhold Details

Garbage Fee Hike Scrapped As Alternative Budget Proposal Faces Initial Vote Tuesday

CITY HALL — Alderpeople pushing an alternative budget plan to avoid Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed corporate head tax have made changes to their latest proposal ahead of a committee vote on the measure Tuesday. But the mayor on Monday said he and his administration still have “serious fiscal concerns” about the group’s plan, throwing the budget stalemate into further uncertainty as the City Council veers closer to a year-end deadline to pass a…

Budget talks stall after offer to drop plan to raise garbage collection fees fails to sway Mayor Johnson – Chicago Sun-Times

Without the garbage collection fee hike, the only political hills that Johnson has to die on are the revenue estimates and the corporate head tax. His latest version includes a $33 a month per employee fee on companies with 500 or more employees. As for the meeting with Johnson, Ald. Samantha Nugent said, “I just wish it could have been a tad more collegial.”

Renegade aldermen tweak 2026 budget plan, but withhold details

Renegade Chicago aldermen battling with Mayor Brandon Johnson over competing 2026 budgets announced tweaks to their proposal Monday morning, but withheld critical details. The City Council majority group is dropping its plan to raise the garbage pick-up fee, Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, said in a statement. The group will also maintain youth summer job funding at levels first proposed by Johnson after previously pushing for a smaller amount, Vil…

Alders, mayor at a standoff over budget as government shutdown threat nears

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City Council remain at odds over budget proposals to avoid a government shutdown.

Council members who oppose Mayor Johnson's proposed budget drop plan to raise garbage collection fees

Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed to veto a budget that raises Chicago's garbage collection fees. Now that the alternate spending plan no longer includes an increase, the mayor's press secretary said there's no reason to veto, so long as alderpersons replace $35 million the fee increase would have generated, plus $6.2 million more to fully fund youth jobs.

Aldermen Tweak Alternative Budget

(CHICAGO) — As the city creeps closer to the end of the year and a budget deadline looming, aldermen have tweaked an alternative budget with hopes of winning over Mayor Brandon Johnson. Ald. Gil Villegas (36th) Monday morning issued a statement on behalf of the Alternative FY26 Budget Aldermanic Coalition: “Our Aldermanic coalition convened throughout the weekend to fine tune revenue and spending options and in consultation with our budget and f…