THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>>> AS WE GO BACK TO YOU , BRANDIS.

>> CITY COUNCIL HAD DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE FOR NOW AFTER A ROUGH DEBATE THAT TURNED PROFANE AND PERSONAL.

OUR NEWS REPORTER ASKED DOWN WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR WHOMEVER WILL BE ELECTED AT CHICAGO'S MAYOR IN JUST FIVE DAYS.

HEATHER , LET'S START WITH THIS.

TODAY'S VOTE WAS A RESULT TO TRANSFORM THE COUNCIL INTO A BODY INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY'S MAYOR.

>> WE DON'T GET TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE EXACT RECOGNITION.

WE DON'T GET TO DO THINGS TO PERFECTION AND THAT IS A CHALLENGING THING ABOUT BEING IN THIS BODY AND OPERATING AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.

>> THIS CREATES 28 COMMITTEES , NINE MORE THAN THERE ARE RIGHT NOW AND THIS YEAR EACH COMMITTEE HAS AN AVERAGE BUDGET OF $300,000.

THIS IS NOT A CHEAP PROPOSAL.

AS YOU SAID, IT IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CLAIM ITS OWN POWER TO MAKE THOSE COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND NAME THOSE POSITIONS AND THAT COMES WITH THE POWER TO HIRE AND TO SPEND THAT SWEET BUT IT.

>> SO, THIS DID NOT GO ON WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.

HERE ARE TWO ALTAR PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

>> I DON'T HAVE A PRICE.

I AM NOT A PROSTITUTE.

THIS IS A CORRUPT PROCESS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF YOU CAN SIT HERE.

>> ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE , WHY WAS HE ANGRY?

>> IT WAS CLEAR THAT IF YOU DID NOT SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL YOU WOULD NOT GET ONE OF THOSE 28 COMMITTEE CHAIR POSITIONS.

THEY SAID IT WAS TANTAMOUNT TO VOTE BUYING AND THEY LET THEIR COLLEAGUES KNOW WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, AS YOU HEARD.

>> SO, AT ONE POINT WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT TURN PHYSICAL.

THERE WAS CONFRONTATION AFTER ONE ALDERMAN SAID HE WOULD SUPPORT THIS PACKAGE.

>> I'M GOING TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF.

I HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I WANT.

>> HE VOTED NO , EVEN THOUGH HE REMAINS AS CHAIR .

>> THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT IF YOU HAVE THE RUNOFF IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS WHICH MEANS WE DON'T ONLY NOT KNOW WHO THE NEXT MAYOR WILL BE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE ALDERMAN WHO GOT IN OTHER ALDERMAN'S FACE TO LET HIM KNOW ABOUT IT AND YOU CAN SEE HIM COMING UP AND TAKING THE FIGHT UP .

IT WAS A VERY TENSE MOMENT BECAUSE THE ALDERMAN SAID HE LOVED BEING A COMMITTEE CHAIR AND IT WAS CLEAR ALDERMAN RILEY TOOK THAT AS OFFENSIVE.

>> THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE MORE RUN OFF BEFORE MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT LEAVES OFFICE.

>> SHE STEPPED IN AND SAID LET'S ACT WITH A MODICUM OF DECORUM.

BEYOND THAT SHE PERFORMED ONLY CEREMONIAL ROLES.

SHE LEAVE OFFICE IN ABOUT 1 1/2 MONTHS.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE GRATIFIED BY THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL AND THE NEW MAYOR WILL TAKE OFFICE ON MAY 15th.

>> BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE ENDORSED THE CONCEPT OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT OPERATES INDEPENDENTLY FROM THEM.

WHAT THAT MEANS IN PRACTICE, I THINK IS YET TO BE DETERMINED AND WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE LEARN ABOUT WHAT CHICAGO'S NEXT MAYOR WILL DO.