>> 2 KEY INITIATIVES BACKED BY MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON HIT ROADBLOCKS TODAY.

JOHNSON CITY COUNCIL ALLIES DELAYED FINAL VOTE ON A BILLION-DOLLAR BORROWING PLAN AND SPENDING FOR MIGRANT CARE CITY COUNCIL SET TO BE BACK IN SESSION FRIDAY TO TACKLE THOSE HOT BUTTON ISSUES.

W T TW NEWS REPORTER HAD A SHARON JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM CITY HALL WITH MORE.

AND HEATHER, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE RELY ON YOU TO TELL US WHAT DID HAPPEN AT CITY COUNCIL TODAY.

BUT TODAY WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN WHAT DID NOT HAPPEN AND WHY SO WHY DIDN'T THE CITY COUNCIL A VOTE ON THAT PLAN TO BORROW 1.2 5 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS.

>> WELL, THE MAYOR'S ALLIES USED A PARLIAMENTARY TRICK KNOWN AS DIFFERENT PUBLISHED TO PREVENT THE MAYOR'S OPPONENTS FROM DELAYING TODAY'S VOTE BEFORE THEY COULD IT ESSENTIALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION TO THE MAYOR'S PLAN TO REORIENT THE WAY THE CITY FUNDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS.

RIGHT NOW THE CITY RELIES ON WHAT'S CALLED TAX INCREMENT FINANCING WHICH BASICALLY ONLY BENEFITS THE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE PROPERTY VALUES ARE GROWING.

HE WANTS THE CITY TO TAKE A MORE EQUITABLE APPROACH AND TO DO THAT.

HE WANTS TO BORROW 1.0, 2, 5 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS.

BUT HE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHETHER HE WILL BE ABLE TO MUSCLE THAT THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 48 HOURS.

AND EVEN IF THE BARN PROPOSAL DIDN'T GET A FINAL VOTE, HEATHER, IT DID CLEAR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AFTER ONE LAST STICKING POINT WAS RESOLVED.

WHAT WAS THAT?

>> WELL, DEBATE REALLY CAME DOWN TO A SIMPLE ISSUE.

SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE TO APPROVE EVERY PROJECT THAT WAS WORTH MORE THAN 5 MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE THAN 1 MILLION DOLLARS.

EVENTUALLY, THE MAYOR BACKED A PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR 5 MILLION DOLLARS IN TODAY.

AFTER THE MEETING, HE SAID HE DID THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION, BUT REDUCING THAT LEVEL TO 1 MILLION DOLLARS WAS JUST A STEP TOO FAR.

AND THE MAYOR'S ALLIES SAID THAT WOULD HAVE JUST CREATED TOO MUCH RED TAPE FOR THE CITY OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

SO THAT IS WHAT IS UP FOR A VOTE ON FRIDAY.

>> OKAY.

AND ALSO STILL UP IN THE AIR.

THOSE THE MAYOR'S REQUEST THAT THE CITY SPENT AN ADDITIONAL 70 MILLION DOLLARS TO CARE FOR.

THE MIGRANTS COMING CHICAGO THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

WHERE DOES THAT STATE?

>> ALSO UP IN THE THE MAYOR'S LSU'S, THE IDENTICAL PARLIAMENTARY TRICK TO DELAY THAT VOTE UNTIL FRIDAY AGAIN, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT EMOTIONS RUN VERY, VERY HIGH ON THIS ISSUE.

TALK ABOUT HOW THE CITY SHOULD CARE FOR THE MIGRANTS AND WHETHER THE COST OF THAT THAT COST SHOULD BE BORNE BY CHICAGO TAXPAYERS.

NOW THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THE CITY BASICALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO BUT TO JOIN THE COUNTY AND THE STATE POOLING THEIR RESOURCES TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH ABOUT 321 MILLION DOLLARS TO CARE FOR THE MIGRANTS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WHEN A NEW RENEWED SURGE OF MIGRANTS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO CHICAGO ON BUSES PAID FOR BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.

>> AND HEATHER, VERY BRIEFLY.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

>> SO WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON FRIDAY.

THE MAYOR SAID AFTER THE MEETING, HE'S CONFIDENT HE HAS THE VOTES.

IF HE DOES, THOSE WILL BE TOO SIGNIFICANT VICTORIES FOR THE MAYOR WHO IS JUST ABOUT TO MARK HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE.

OKAY, HEATHER?

SURE.

OWN AT CITY HALL FOR US.

THANKS, HEATHER.