Outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot used her last weekday as the city’s chief executive to issue a flurry of orders aimed at cementing some of her key initiatives that could force her successor to stay the course on some of her spending plans.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot shakes hands with supporters as she exits City Hall on her final day in office on May 12, 2023.
While U.S. presidents often issue executive orders around highly partisan issues during transfers of power, Lightfoot’s moves were unusual for City Hall. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, by contrast, didn’t issue any last-minute executive orders before he left office four years ago.But the orders reflected Lightfoot’s desire to ensure her policy priorities remain in effect after she became the first Chicago mayor in 40 years to lose reelection.
Perhaps the most sweeping order requires the city to establish a “pension advance fund” from the 2022 and 2023 budget surpluses — about $640 million — that can only be used for advance pension payments through 2026.
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