
Ald. Jessie Fuentes on Chicago's Budget Negotiations
Clip: 12/16/2024 | 2m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
The spending plan calls for a host of taxes and fees to rise by an additional $165.5 million.
The budget, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2025, does not include a property tax hike. The spending plan still calls for a host of other taxes and fees to rise by an additional $165.5 million.
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Ald. Jessie Fuentes on Chicago's Budget Negotiations
Clip: 12/16/2024 | 2m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
The budget, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2025, does not include a property tax hike. The spending plan still calls for a host of other taxes and fees to rise by an additional $165.5 million.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAnd now we check back in with Heather Sharon, who's joining us from City Hall with Alderperson Jesse Fuentes of the 20th Ward.
Heather.
>> Thanks, Brendan Alderman for went as was one of the key swing votes and she joins us now to talk about that other person you said that had this post he can pass place on Friday.
You would voted no.
But today you voted yes.
Why?
>> I think that this budget held the line for a lot of the things that I came into office championing represent rapidly gentrifying community.
My constituents should clear they can't afford a property tax.
This budget proposal 0 $0 property tax.
We've done important things in Humble park like House apartment encampment, house and over 80 households in the last week and a half.
This budget makes the investments in rapid rehousing and accelerate moving events.
prioritizes employment, peacekeeping, Biden's prevention, all the things that are important me, my constituency, point making sure that people can keep their homes in that 1, 6, 4, if you're a member of the progressive caucus, we heard from the 2 co-chairs today that they felt that Mayor Brandon Johnson also a progressive.
>> And badly mismanaged these negotiations.
Do you agree with I think that the process was difficult, right?
That's something we can articulate, something that we definitely off, though.
I think what we learned that 300 million dollar property tax increase will I do believe that there are moments which really collaboration to face this bunch is a representation of that bringing that property tax 0 seeing Officiants is particularly in the mayor's office making sure we hold the mention obligation, this budget probably has more on mannequin put that we've seen historically.
One of the things that Alderman Maria had and the co-chair of the Press caucus said was that these negotiations have taken time away from older people.
>> Preparing for President elect Donald Trump to take office.
He said Chicago will be ground 0 for his mass deportation office.
You represent Humboldt Park.
There mentioned thousands of undocumented immigrants were very scared tonight.
Are you also frustrated that this took you away from that work?
I think that we're all frustrated with how much time some of the work here in City Council takes.
Right, because we have an obligation to our constituents.
>> But we also are all elected with the commitment that we're going to be very present in our war.
Graves funded forward to some of the adjustments that are going to be made to the budget management ordinance beginning this time to do both.
The city Council work and the woodwork.
I will say that on the northwest side are the kids have already brought together constituents from across the northwest side in a post-election debrief which we have already begun that work, right?
We have that again that carries.
Thank you so much.
>> Back to you.
After a very
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