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The budget for the city is due to the city council by Oct. 15.
The plan will have to make up for a $538 million hole. According
to NBC Chicago, $200 million of the gap comes from care for some
of the 15,000 non-citizen arrivals and $56 million of that went
to Favorite Healthcare Staffing. Some of that Kansas-based
company's employees were being paid up to $195 per hour.
On Jan. 1, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and 48 of the city's 50
aldermen are set to receive a 2.24% increase. The two aldermen
who refused were Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez and Ald. Rossana
Rodriquez-Sanchez.
Patrick Andriesen of the Illinois Policy Institute said Johnson
becomes the first mayor in nearly 20 years to accept a pay
raise.
"He is expected to make a little over $221,000 next year, and he
will also be the first mayor in Chicago to accept a pay raise
since 2006," Andriesen told The Center Square.
Andriesen said aldermen will also see their wages increase to an
average of $146,000 annually as they are tied to inflation.
Because of inflation, the people not seeing an increase in their
net income will be taxpayers.
"Everyday Chicagoans are not seeing their wages adjust with
inflation," Andriesen said. "In fact they are seeing them remain
stagnant as the price of goods is going up, and while the tax
burden has increased to pay these higher salaries, they are not
receiving more robust services for what they are paying."
The city clerk and treasurer will also be receiving pay
increases.
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