CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A special City Council meeting could be called Friday, and its focus is solely on Mayor Lightfoot's vaccine mandate for city employees.
Undoing Mayor Lightfoot's COVID-19 vaccine reporting mandate for city workers is the goal of several Chicago aldermen, who are seeking to force a special meeting of the City Council.
According to the Tribune, aldermen believe they should get a vote on vaccination rules for city employees, as well as what the punishment should be for violating such a mandate.
Southwest Side Ald. Silvana Tabares, 23rd Ward, has been leading an effort to repeal Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate. According to the Tribune, she signed the letter calling for the special meeting, along with many Northwest and Southwest Side aldermen, whose wards include a lot of city workers.
“To my colleagues who want to get more people vaccinated, I agree (with you),” Tabares tweeted. “But what makes more people willing to get vaccinated? 50 alders who pass a policy based on collaboration and inclusion, or 1 mayor who has stormed off from the bargaining table & issued a mandate by force?"
A majority of aldermen would need to attend - meaning at least 26 of the council’s 50 members - in order for the meeting to take place.
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