Access to City records.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 2-53-040

in effect

2-53-040 Access to City records. (a) The Director is authorized to obtain such information, data, records, reports, estimates, and statistics from any officer, employee, department, agency, contractor, subcontractor and licensee of the City, and every applicant for certification of eligibility for a City contract or program, as the Director determines is necessary for the performance of his powers and duties. (b) Every officer, employee, department, agency, contractor, subcontractor and licensee of the City, and every applicant for certification of eligibility for a City contract or program, has a duty to cooperate with the Director’s reasonable requests made pursuant to subsection (a), unless such materials are subject to attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, and material prepared for litigation; provided, however, that any denial of such requests shall be made in writing and include the reasons for such denial. (c) Each member of the Office shall have read-only access to all of the City’s budget, financial, procurement, and related systems in order to export data and run current and historical reports. Upon the request of a member of the City Council, the Director shall provide copies of any such reports within a reasonable time period from the request. With regard to any aldermanic request to review any data, the Director shall schedule a briefing to review the requested data. If the Director receives an aldermanic request to share any such data with an outside person or entity, the Director must first arrange for such person or entity to execute with the City a data-sharing agreement that is in form and substance approved by the Corporation Counsel. (d) As soon as practicable, and upon request, the Director shall provide an alderman, city official or department head, any information used in the preparation of any analysis, report or statement authorized by this chapter. (e) All aldermanic briefings related to Office reports shall be coordinated through the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget and Government Operations. (Added Coun. J. 12-11-13, p. 72260, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-16-19, p. 7101, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-16-24, p. 22879, Art. VI, § 6)

Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2599743Fetched: 10/24/2026