If you're a Chicago resident, get ready to see the tax on your phone bill go up by more than 50 percent, starting this fall. A bill to raise the city phone tax passed overwhelmingly in city council; aldermen and the mayor say it's needed to help fund pension reform, and the alternative would have been worse. Paris Schutz has the latest on this and a battle brewing over who should police aldermen.

Read the five measures introduced by City Council today:

Mayor Emanuel, Alderman Burns And 23 Other Aldermen Introduce Ordinance To Raise Chicago Minimum Wage To $13 Minimum Wage By 2018Various Community and Land Development Measures Introduced to City CouncilMayor Emanuel Introduces Collective Bargaining Agreements With AFSCME, Council 31 And The Illinois Nurses Association To City Council For ApprovalCity Introduces Ordinance Creating Additional Chicago Representation On The O’Hare Noise Compatibility CommissionCity Council Confirms Appointments To City Of Chicago Boards And Commissions

Read the various measures approved by City Council today:

City Council Approves Ordinance Strengthening Inspection, Reporting Requirements For Rooftop Water TanksCity Council Approves Moratorium On SRO And Residential Hotel ConversionsCity Council Approves Collective Bargaining Agreement Recently Ratified By Chicago Firefighters’ Union Local 2City Council Approves Ordinance Raising 911 Phone Surcharge To Fund 911 Center And OEMC, Drop Property Tax IncreaseCity Council Approves Ordinance To Increase Fines For Graffiti As Part Of Comprehensive Efforts To Combat Vandalism CitywideCity Council Passes Ordinance Amending Municipal Zoning Code Regarding Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Cultivation CentersCity Council Approves Sweatshop-Free Procurement OrdinanceCity Of Chicago To Provide Wood Chips To Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Of Greater Chicago For Reuse In Chicago Communities

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Mayor Emanuel, Alderman Burns And 23 Other Aldermen Introduce Ordinance To Raise Chicago Minimum Wage To $13 Minimum Wage By 2018.pdf

Various Community and Land Development Measures Introduced to City Council.pdf

Various Community and Land Development Measures Approved By City Council.pdf

Mayor Emanuel Introduces Collective Bargaining Agreements With AFSCME, Council 31 And The Illinois Nurses Association To City Council For Approval.pdf

City Introduces Ordinance Creating Additional Chicago Representation On The O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission.pdf

City Council Confirms Appointments To City Of Chicago Boards And Commissions.pdf

City Council Approves Ordinance Strengthening Inspection, Reporting Requirements For Rooftop Water Tanks.pdf

City Council Approves Moratorium On SRO And Residential Hotel Conversions.pdf

City Council Approves Collective Bargaining Agreement Recently Ratified By Chicago Firefighters’ Union Local 2.pdf

City Council Approves Ordinance Raising 911 Phone Surcharge To Fund 911 Center And OEMC, Drop Property Tax Increase.pdf

City Council Approves Ordinance To Increase Fines For Graffiti As Part Of Comprehensive Efforts To Combat Vandalism Citywide.pdf

City Council Passes Ordinance Amending Municipal Zoning Code Regarding Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Cultivation Centers.pdf

City Council Approves Sweatshop-Free Procurement Ordinance.pdf

City Of Chicago To Provide Wood Chips To Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Of Greater Chicago For Reuse In Chicago Communities.pdf