We're getting our first look at a new list of ideas for helping the city of Chicago avoid a billion-dollar-plus revenue shortfall for next year.
But it's not clear how many of those ideas will wind up in Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed budget.
The report contains 89 suggestions from the "Chicago's Financial Future Task Force," a panel set up by the mayor back in April to explore ways to close the city's budget shortfall.
It includes everything from charging big companies a tax on every person they employ in the city -- that's known as a "head tax" -- to eliminating the Chicago Police Department's Mounted Unit.
It also says just cutting spending won't be enough to close the budget gap; the city needs to raise money too.
At City Hall on Tuesday afternoon, the mayor appeared to interpret that this way: "We do not have a spending problem in Chicago. We have a revenue challenge."
Johnson told reporters he's still going through the panel's report, but has already rejected one suggestion: raising residential property taxes by the rate of inflation.
But he says he's in favor of others ... including identifying efficiencies in city government.
"There are some forms of technology that we can use so that we're not duplicating activities," he said, without identifying specifics.
He's expected to formally propose his budget plan next month.