Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), the Budget Committee chair, agreed with Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd), Finance chair, that the Council needs to reinstate the automatic escalator imposed by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot that would lock in annual property tax increases to match the rate of inflation.

As he calls on Chicago’s “billionaires and ultra rich” to “put more skin in the game,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said a per-employee head tax is “an option.”