Chicago's City Council Finance Committee has delayed a vote on a cost-cutting move proposed by Mayor Richard Daley. The mayor wants the city's non-union workers to take 17 unpaid days off. But several alderman sharply criticized the Daley administration. Alderman Issac Carothers is a member of the committee.

CAROTHERS: Everytime we have to make these big decisions, they always come within one day's notice. That's how [the] Midway [lease deal] was, that's how parking meters were. I mean - everything that's important, where you need to ask questions and have information, is always right to [the] finance [committee] and right to the vote on Wednesday [at the full city council meeting].

Several aldermen also criticized the Daley administration for not providing enough information at a meeting Monday. A call to the budget department was not immediately returned for comment. City officials say $10-million would be saved if workers took the unpaid days off. The committee is expected to continue the debate on Wednesday, before a full city council meeting.