After a Bruising Budget Battle, Johnson's CFO Jill Jaworski Leaves City Hall – Crain’s Gift Article

After a bruising budget battle, Johnson's CFO Jill Jaworski leaves City Hall – Crain’s Gift Article

Mayor Johnson braces City Hall for possible midyear layoffs

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he is already preparing City Hall for a potentially painful round of midyear layoffs if revenue falls short, infuriating the rebel bloc that muscled an alternative budget through the City Council after rejecting Johnson’s corporate head tax.Instead of working with the Council to make the alternative revenue package work, Johnson is preparing for the worst.In the run-up to a budget rebellion not seen since the…

Chicago Seeks New CFO, Warns of Layoffs After Contentious Budget

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is confident the city will find a new finance chief and warned of possible layoffs by mid-year after a budget battle fueled concerns about revenue shortfalls.

Chicago CFO to depart after city OKs $16.6B budget for 2026

Jill Jaworski, the city’s finance chief since May 2023, is taking a similar job at Chicago’s Navy Pier tourist attraction starting in early February.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CFO, Jill Jaworski, leaves city for Navy Pier

The top financial official in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, Jill Jaworski, is leaving the mayor’s administration. Jaworski, the city’s chief financial officer, plans to take a job with the nonprofit corporation that runs Navy Pier. Her exit comes just weeks after a City Council majority broke from the mayor to pass a budget she and other top administration finance leaders warned was unbalanced. “It’s a great opportunity but I will miss…