The maximum fine for ethics violations would rise from $5,000 to $20,000 and ex-aldermen would be banned from lobbying the City Council.
Ald. Michele Smith, who chairs the ethics committee and is pictured in May, negotiated the new version of the ethics ordinance with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
The original legislation was relegated to the Rules committee the first time it was before the City Council floor. When it made its way back to the full body in May, two of Lightfoot’s allies used a parliamentary maneuver to block it from going to the corresponding committee, in the second blow to the proposal. Lightfoot later distanced herself from that action.
In addition, it adds an exception to rules precluding an official or employee from representing non-city entities in city transactions if the official is working for free on behalf of a nonprofit seeking to make donations.
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