With Chicago facing a projected deficit of more than $1 billion in 2026, why does the city’s salary database show at least a dozen aldermanic aides with salaries close to $200,000?
The database is wrong, but staffers are getting hefty bonuses.
While Aldermanic staffers can’t technically get bonuses or overtime pay, they can get what some are calling temporary salary adjustments, which opens up a debate about whether city workers should get end-of-the-year pay hikes and how they should be awarded…