CHICAGO (WLS) -- Despite Monday's Chicago City Council committee defeat on his proposed head tax, Mayor Brandon Johnson is not giving up on the idea, while alderpersons against the tax will spend the next few weeks finding a different solution.

Before turning to businesses to help balance the budget, some council members say, the mayor must look within the halls of City Hall to save money.

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"If I were the mayor, I would come in with an audit team, and I would say, we're going to look at procurement immediately over the next several weeks, and we're going to find more savings," said 32nd Ward Ald. Scott Waguespack.

Former Finance Committee Chairman Waguespack says he and other alderpersons opposed to the head tax have been scouri

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