Committee on Budget and Government Operations + Subcommittee on the Chicago Recovery Plan [remote or in person]

121 N LaSalle St Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)

City Hall, 2nd floor, Council Chambers

You have the option of documenting this meeting in person or remotely.

If you choose to attend in person, an additional hour will be added to your total assignment hours. You may be asked to provide government-issued photo ID and to go through a metal detector.

If you choose to document remotely, the meeting will be live-streamed at https://www.chicityclerk.com/.

At this link, scroll down to “Meeting Notices.” Look for a navy blue banner directly below that says “Watch now” and click on the link with the correct meeting title to go to a livestream page.

The “Watch now” link may not appear until at or after the meeting’s scheduled start time. If you don’t see it right away, wait a few seconds and refresh the webpage, repeating until the link appears. A video recording of this meeting should be available soon after the meeting ends at https://vimeo.com/user100351763/videos/sort:date.

This assignment is to document a meeting of the City Council’s Budget Committee and a hearing/update on the Chicago Recovery Plan, which is how the city is allocating federal COVID-relief funds it received via the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). You can find Documenters coverage from past hearings at this link.

This hearing will specifically focus on spending related to affordable housing and arts and culture.

The end time listed on this assignment is an estimation based on the duration of past meetings of this type.

Check the source website for additional information