Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity

Finance

Politics

Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021
1:00 p.m. CDT

While some committee members may meet in person, this is a remote assignment. To access, go to https://livestream.com/accounts/28669066.

At this link you’ll see several video “events” with various statuses and titles. Click on the event that is “Live” or “On Air”––it will likely be titled “COC-Council Chambers” or COC-Council/Committee Meeting (2)”.

If none of the streams appear to be live you may be early or the meeting may be starting late. Wait a few moments and try refreshing your Internet tab.

Past committee meeting videos may be found at https://vimeo.com/showcase/chicago; past City Council meeting videos are at https://vimeo.com/showcase/citycouncil.

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Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Note-taking by Elizabeth Lindberg

M/WBE construction contracts

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Live reporting by Benjy Sachs

M/WBE construction contracts

Benjy Sachs

Good afternoon! Today I will be live-tweeting a meeting of @ChiCouncil‘s Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity

12:54 PM Aug 24, 2021 CDT

Benjy Sachs @benjybylines 2/2

@wttw reports that the goal of this meeting is to “consider Lightfoot’s proposal to extend the city’s program that earmarks a portion of city contracts for firms owned by Black, Latino and Asian Chicagoans as well as women for an additional six years.”

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Agency Information

Chicago City Council

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@ChiCouncil

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At this link, scroll down to “Meeting Notices.” Look for “Watch now” and click on the link with the meeting title to go to a livestream page. If you don’t see a link for the meeting, you may be early or the meeting may be starting late. Wait a few moments and try refreshing your Internet tab.

Recordings of past City Council meetings may be found here: https://vimeo.com/user100351763/videos/sort:date.

See also: “What to Expect at a Meeting of Chicago’s City Council” via the Better Government Association.