Legislation
- CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
- CTA SERVICE BREAKDOWNS
- BIG BOX LIVING WAGE
- SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLING (Replace the Blue Bag Program)
- UNIVERSAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM
- BAN ON THE SALE OF FOIE GRAS
City Council Ordinances and Resolutions
Here you will find the full text of significant ordinances and resolutions introduced by Alderman Joe Moore along with those in which he is a primary co-sponsor. We will also post public hearing dates set by the City Council for these ordinances and information on what you can do to help push forth legislation that you care about. Please check back soon for updates.
CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
OPSordinance-substitute2-2.pdf (30 KB) This ordinance establishes an Office of Professional Standards sepatate from the Chicago Police Department. While not the chief sponsor of this ordinance, Alderman Moore was deeply involved in advocating for a more independent Office of Professional Standards and moved to have consideration of an earlier version of the ordinance deferred because it was not sufficiently comprehensive.
To his credit, Mayor Daley worked with the City Council to fashion a compromise ordinance that Alderman Moore and his colleagues could support. Under the modified ordinance, the OPS will have the authority to investigate allegations of improper police coercion in addition to actual physical abuse. The modified ordinance also contains more stringent reporting requirements so that the public can more closely monitor the progress of police misconduct allegations.
CTA SERVICE BREAKDOWNS
CTA--Resolution_for_Hearings_on_Declining_Service. (15 KB) - This resolution was introduced by Alderman Joe Moore (49) and Alderman Ricardo Munoz (22) and calls for CTA President Frank Kruesi, CTA Board Chairman Carole Brown, and other appropriate CTA management officials to appear before the Chicago City Council to address the increasing number of derailments, mechanical breakdowns and service interruptions
BIG BOX LIVING WAGE
Big Box Living Wage - Substitute Ordinance - This substitute ordinance calls for retailers with 90,000 Square Feet of interior space or more to pay their employees a Living Wage of at least $9.50/hour increasing to $10.00/hour by 2010 plus a benefit package equal to at least $1.50/hour increasing to $3.00/hour by 2010. PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL ON 7/26/2006 BY A VOTE OF 35-14. (33 KB)
BigBoxLivingWage--Remarks.pdf (21 KB) - Alderman Joe Moore's remarks in support of the Big Box Living Wage ordinance.
Living Wage Would Help Poor and Benefit Chicago by Carol Marin, Sun-Times Columnist.
Reversing Vote Is Not Answer To Big Box Crisis by Ray Hanania, SW News Herald Online
SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLING
(Replace the Blue Bag Program)
Order Requiring the Department of Streets and Sanitation to Implement a City-Wide Residential Source-Separated Recycling Program - Sposored by Joe Moore and supported by the Chicago Recycling Coalition, this Order would phase out the failed Blue Bag Program by 2009. (14 KB)
UNIVERSAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM
School Breakfast Resolution - Alderman Joe Moore and Colleagues Call on the Chicago Public Schools to Provide Universal School Breakfasts Free of Charge to All Students in the First Period Classroom. Introduced to City Council on 6/28/2006. (13 KB)
BAN ON THE SALE OF FOIE GRAS
foie_gras.pdf (107 KB) Prohibits the sale of Foie Gras by food establishments. Foie Gras is produced through the inhumane force feeding of birds, primarily geese and ducks to unnaturally enlarge the liver.
Farm Sanctuary - No Foie Gras Site includes photos and videos of the production process.
Fattened Political Egos Garnish Bloated Duck Liver
Foie gras ban inspires chefs' creativity in developing "faux gras" that receives raves from restaurant critic Phil Vettel.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/premium/printedition/Thursday/atplay/chi-0609210013sep21,1,2070028.story
Vettel writes,
"I never thought I'd be saying this, but let's hear it for Joe Moore!
"Were it not for the good alderman's sponsorship of the highly controversial foie-gras ban (still the law in Chicago as of this writing), two outstanding contributions to gastronomy might never have been invented.
"Taking the ban as a personal challenge, four-star restaurants Spiaggia and Tru have come up with substitute dishes that, in distinctly different ways, echo the rich indulgence that characterizes the forbidden foie (which is made from the engorged livers of ducks and, less commonly, geese)."