Making the Sausage with Ald. Matt Myers

Things we learned from Matt—Kamila Cakes’ owner is a TikTok influencer!Reducing the barriers small business face in West ChicagoOf the 118 city staff in West Chicago, how many work with businesses? (Fun fact: we have 51 police officers and 44 public works staff—that's 80% of the city employees)Reviving a downtown business alliance for West ChicagoThe financial reserves that West Chicago keeps on hand, always—and what that means for the yearly budgetDoes Matt know what happened to the 13-14M Kerr-McGee funds? (spoiler alert: nobody does)What makes Ward 7 so uniqueThe grocery tax vs. sales tax debateThe NEWLY forming Downtown Revitalization Commission—APPLY HERE.Why the long meetings in the Bovey Era are a sign of a good meeting.What we should be looking out for in the next few months Plus, Laura briefly recaps the Sept. 2 council meeting—both the grocery tax and sales tax were tabled until the Sept. 15 meeting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to 60185 Podcast at 60185.substack.com/subscribe