chicago chicago city council wednesday approve mayor rahm emanuel fiscal 2017 budget call tax plastic bag first phase hire 900 police officer council vote 48-0 budget begin jan. 1. emanuel last month unveil 9.8 billion all-funds spend plan include 3.7 billion operations budget rely 82.3 million revenue growth save efficiencies one-time measure big tax hike think verge today pass budget almost unanimity remarkable alderman ed burke say vote emanuel last year push 543 million phased-in property tax increase police firefighter retirement systems city enact new tax water sewer usage september rescue large pension fund municipal workers insolvency council previously increase telephone surcharge laborers pension credit rat nation third-largest city deteriorate due largely unfunded pension liability stand 33.8 billion end fiscal 2015 chicago four retirement systems new budget include 7-cent fee store bag park rate hike also accommodate initial phase mayor two-year plan add 970 police position address city sharp spike violence first year recent memory make investments public safety addition 1,000 police officer say alderman jason earvin direct investment challenge communities ... youth trouble part city vote emanuel note record-high summer job creation youth record-high project start commercial residential real estate city use reform place pension path solvency chicago employment 15-year high see since 2000 since tech bubble emanuel say do today last five years give people confidence city go take care business get fiscal house order chicago city council pass mayor 's 2017 budget