33rd Ward Newsletter – September 16, 2022
Dear Community, As you know the members of the city council receive salary increases based on inflation and they can increase or decrease depending on the index. These raises are automatic and we don’t vote for them, we get to decide if we take the raise or not. For context, aldermanic salaries are on average the same as a CPS school principal.As I tried to figure out a way to put the money to use in our ward, I was told by the budget department that we can’t separate a portion of our salary and use it for specific governmentContinue