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Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Dec 17, 2025

Wednesdayat least 5 h 58 min24 officials identified15 public speakersVideo: Vimeo

Items 8 through 26, transfer of funds ordinances, were moved and approved by voice vote, to be reported out at the next available meeting.

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21 of 23 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026.This meeting: Dec 17, 2025

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What happened

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  1. Items 8 through 26, transfer of funds ordinances, were moved and approved by voice vote, to be reported out at the next available meeting.55:50
  2. The budget director presented an update on the appropriation ordinance, reflecting the revenue ordinance passed out of committee the previous day.1:05:34

Quotes

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Is the budget director going to give a presentation on the budget that administration’s proposing?Gilbert Villegas · Ward 361:02:44
Do you have, um, a list of organizations that the city utilized for summer jobs through the program?Emma Mitts · Ward 371:56:58
You’re saying the total amount of uncollected debt from employees to the city and sister agencies is only $5 million?Brendan Reilly · Ward 422:08:07
I know there’s a lot of stuff like we’re forecasting that deficit mainly because of the absence of the pension payment.Nicole T. Lee · Vice chair · Ward 112:18:26
…like in our communities, the people who have the sweepstakes for some reason because of the Gaming Board are not approving their VGT license because they had sweepstakes license. Does anybody know anything about that statement or comment?David Moore · Ward 172:45:34
My second question is related to the shopping bag tax. So on page 4, the OBM projected amount is listed as $2.2 million. On page 11, It’s listed as $5.2 million. Which of those is the right number?Daniel La Spata · Ward 13:07:21
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I know you’re only here part of the year— But our collections, our debt collections significantly outperform what we projected. What can you do this year to make those perform even better?Matthew J. O'Shea · Ward 193:39:15
…we would have made the $166 million back payment without borrowing, except for the fact that healthcare costs went up unexpectedly this year. Is that true?Matthew J. Martin · Ward 473:53:00
My question this evening would be if you could please share What would, what would be passing an unbalanced budget do for the city’s credit rating?Lamont J. Robinson · Ward 44:00:46
The 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 Quezada · Ward 354:12:20
I have a question about, um, the credit rating with respect to a possible shutdown. Can someone offer some context about what those consequences look like?Desmon C. Yancy · Ward 54:34:13
I’m talking about the balance of the statutory payment versus the advance payment. When is the statutory payment made?Jason C. Ervin · Chair · Ward 284:41:26
…there other city departments that are multi-billion dollars in nature? Are there other city departments that take up over half of the corporate fund?Andre Vasquez, Jr. · Ward 406:06:35

Who spoke

24 officials identified · talk time, most first.

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Public comment: 15 speakers.

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Hamlet, “Committee on Budget and Government Operations, Dec 17, 2025: Chicago.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/chicago/budget-and-government-operations/meetings/2025-12-17. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Dec 17, 2025.