Chicago City requested sellers to accept 3 % of their contracts to help achieve a balance between the city's books so much that it achieved a handful of amazing and exciting responses, according to email messages.
Mayor Brandon Johnson administration hopes to trim nearly 9 million dollars from the 2025 budget by obtaining contractors to communicate with voluntary discounts, but it has so far achieved only $ 450,000.
The local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, on behalf of its 3300 members, responded to Roberts's request, describing it as “very worrying … reverse and destructive results” for “reliability filmed to work with Chicago.”
“The demand imposes a heavy financial burden on these companies that usually operate with incredibly thin margins, and to put an inconsistent burden on small and minority business / old warriors / women, continued their mission,” and the clip request, “as well Impact in the future.
Their response on March 21 to Roberts said that the Chicago members in AIA are working on many city projects, including housing, the station at O'Hare and other projects with sister agencies such as Chicago Park.
The group's comments depend on fears of many aldemen last month, including Daniel La Spata, the first, which is usually an ally of the municipality. He said that the request was “unlimited” and told the sellers in a video posted on social media that they were “under any commitment to reduce your prices … keep the contracts, keep it.”
Tribune received six responses by requesting open records, most of which suggested that Roberts be an unfair burden. Only one of the six people who received Tribunes agreed to the reduction.
The CDW government offered its current contract, but only after the meeting. The records indicate that the company has agreements with the Chicago Police Department, which includes face recognition technology.
Although Roberts promised reports every two weeks on the responses, a spokesman for the Ministry of Procurement did not respond to the request for comment or submitting updated numbers on Monday. Roberts has requested approximately 1,000 city sellers for voluntary cuts for the next year. As of March 21, only 62 said yes, and she said in an email to Aldrmen.
Catalyst Consulting Group, which had a major agreement with the city for information technology consulting for more than a decade, said it will need time to consider whether it can honor the request.
The company's chief revenue in the company “some financial considerations” that it already provided in an email on March 20.
He said that the catalyst has never imposed full -futile prices on positions and sometimes did the additional work without any additional cost. It also continued to work, although the company's accounts of arrest from the city amounted to more than 5 million dollars last year – 90 days due.
This led to an “additional amount of $ 300,000 of financial fees from our bank” which ate the catalyst “in the spirit of partnership with the city.”
Catalyst was not alone: ​​a letter sent on behalf of the members of the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Illinois Road Association, the transporters and the American building industry association of Spanish origin, which was previously reported by Sun-Times, also complained about the long wait for payment and expressed “extreme anxiety” about the city's request.
While the city's cracking of “long and unexpected” payment operations, the group referred to “interest on late payments alone, adding more than 3 % of the expected compensation in many cases. Delay in contracts and payments also creates uncertainty to employment levels.
The general ocean, who carries many cities contracts to upgrade street outlets, replace the leading service lines and replace the water pipelines, said that “he was not in a position that was allowed to accept” the discounts because it was binding at the salaries of the union salaries and “the costs of materials that cannot be changed.”
The March 19 letter, which the company's lawyer sent, said that these hours and benefits in the federation increase annually and range from 3.5 % to more than 5 %, depending on trade. “I have pledged the general ocean of obligations that you intend to keep.”
Originally published: April 7, 2025 at 3:51 pm CDT
