The ability of Chicago aldermen to hold down outside jobs would be sharply curtailed under a proposed ordinance.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Ald. Andre Vasquez, 40th, greets people during a City Council meeting, May 24, 2023, at Chicago City Hall.
“I struggle to think how anyone takes care of their ward and votes on city issues the way we do and does it in a part-time manner. What this does is it changes it so people know that the alderperson job is a full-time one and it bars certain outside jobs … so people can only focus on the job that they got elected to do,” Vasquez told the Tribune Wednesday.Aldermanic salaries range from $115,560 to $142,776, according to the city’s employee database. Some more senior aldermen — including Ald.
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