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23 meetings listed from Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026; 21 transcribed, the newest on Sep 9, 2026, for at least 86 hours.

35 members seated · Chair: Jason C. Ervin

What the members said

3:44:15
Head tax and budget revenueI mean, I cannot believe that now, after some city council members proposed this budget, that we have the audacity to be blaming the administration for the utterly failure of balancing the budget. $130 million of the budget short of the projected revenue.Byron Sigcho-LopezMember · Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Jul 16, 2026Open the meeting at 3:44:15
  • 1:07:29
    Head tax and budget revenueCan you provide through the chair what projections you have based on what the new revenue that we’ve provided through the increased levy so that we could see what planning we have to start making for the library fund?Raymond LopezMember · Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Dec 29, 2025Open the meeting at 1:07:29
  • 4:12:20
    Head tax and budget revenueThe 3 things that I think have been highlighted, I just want to put on the public record that I have concerns with are debt and fines, um, the lack of structural revenue sources, and then the unstable revenue projections from the alternative budget.Anthony QuezadaMember · Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Dec 17, 2025Open the meeting at 4:12:20

13 members are in the running for most talk time (preliminary)

Preliminary: at least 61% of members’ talk time is identified, under the 80% for a full comparison. The 13 in the running each average 1.1 to 6.5 minutes a meeting, and each could rank first; the data can’t order them.

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21 of 23 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026.Newest: Oct 23, 2026
Committee on Budget and Government Operations · at least 55 min · 4 public speakersSep 9 · Committee meetingThe committee approved the monthly Rule 45 reports for June and July on a voice vote.Speakers: Jason C. Ervin, Ronnie L. Mosley, Lamont J. Robinson
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Committee on Budget and Government Operations · at least 5 h 32 min · 0 public speakersJul 16 · Committee meetingThe committee came to order, and a motion to allow remote participation under Rule 59 was announced as carried by voice vote.Speakers: Jason C. Ervin, Andre Vasquez, Jr., Gilbert Villegas, Byron Sigcho-Lopez and 18 more
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Committee on Budget and Government Operations · at least 54 min · 2 public speakersJul 8 · Committee meetingA financial planning analyst from the Department of Planning and Development presented a redevelopment agreement with True Delta LLC authorizing $3.8 million in NOF funding for the K Entrepreneurship Hub project.Speakers: Jason C. Ervin, Pat Dowell, Nicholas Sposato, William Conway and 4 more
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Committee on Budget and Government Operations · at least 36 min · 3 public speakersJun 15 · Committee meetingThe committee accepted the Rule 45 report for the May 2026 meeting, announced as approved after a voice vote.Speakers: Jason C. Ervin, Walter Redmond Burnett, Brendan Reilly
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All 21 transcribed meetings

2 more meetings are not transcribed yet.

Listed after the newest meeting above, not transcribed yet (video listings through Oct 23): 2

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Five public speakers a meeting; the biggest crowd, 16, came on Nov 4, 2025

Nov 4, 2025The committee then heard from the Council Office of Financial Analysis on the Department of Planning and Development, whose recommended FY 2026 budget is $121 million.16 speakersDec 17, 2025Items 8 through 26, transfer of funds ordinances, were moved and approved by voice vote, to be reported out at the next available meeting.15 speakersOct 30, 2025The overview gave the proposed FY26 budget for the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities as $9.18 million, a decrease of $5.26 million or 36.4% from FY2025.15 speakersNov 13, 2025The committee took up the Department of Administrative Hearings, beginning with an overview from the Council Office of Financial Analysis.14 speakersMay 13, 2026The committee moved to accept the monthly Rule 45 report for April 2026, and the chair announced "The ayes have it."7 speakers

bar = public speakers at that meeting · tick = average meeting