Audit: Comp Oversight Committee Saved $1 Million After Burke Stepped Down

The savings seen after longtime Chicago Alderman Ed Burke stepped down from oversight of a City Council committee could be a harbinger of further savings in the city's revamped workers' compensation program. An annual audit and financial report found that the Council's Finance Committee, which ran the comp program for city employees, has saved almost $1 million in the year since Burke stepped down as chairman, according to the audit and a Chicago news report. Burke had been chair of the committee for decades and employed 30 staff members. In 2018, the committee spent $2 milli...