Chicago mayors Brandon Johnson and Lori Lightfoot allegedly did not properly report hundreds of gifts and the inspector general’s office is recommending an overhaul to an unwritten agreement dating back to the late 80s.

The IG report, released Wednesday, has to do with city employees being tasked with reporting gifts to the Board of Ethics and the city’s comptroller.

The inspector general’s office claims hundreds of valuable gifts, dating from Feb. 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024, were accepted by Lori Lightfoot and Brandon Johnson without properly reporting them.

WGN News spoke with Inspector General Debra Witzburg and she believes the practice of not reporting gifts by the mayor’s office, which were accepted on behalf of Chicago and not the each mayor, dates back to the late 80s.

While the aforementioned rule for city employees has been in place for a longtime, Witzburg believes an “unwritten arrangement” dating back to Eugene Sawyer’s administration allowed mayors to not report gifts to the Board of Ethics.