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22full-council meetings

22 meetings listed from Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026; 19 transcribed, the newest on Sep 29, 2026, for at least 59 hours.

Its 20 committees met 175 more times. See Committees

50 alderpersons seated

What the alderpersons said

4:41:51
There’s some areas in this city that have 20 to 30 machines in a gas station. That’s a mini casino operating illegally that we’re not getting a dime from.Anthony BealeAlderperson · City Council · Jun 17, 2026Open the meeting at 4:41:51
  • 2:04:50
    ICE and immigration enforcementI remember someone was stopped in front of me for beeping their horn, and ICE got out and threatened to arrest the guy.Michael D. RodriguezAlderperson · City Council · Sep 23, 2026Open the meeting at 2:04:50
  • 1:31:49
    Head tax and budget revenueI don’t know if there’s some confusion, but I want to get it on the record that we’re only asking for one— $16 billion is being asked. We have went along with everything in this budget except a head tax.Monique L. ScottAlderperson · City Council · Dec 20, 2025Open the meeting at 1:31:49

Seven alderpersons are in the running for most talk time

Pat Dowell, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Maria E. Hadden, Jason C. Ervin, Lamont J. Robinson, Raymond Lopez, and Andre Vasquez, Jr. each average 2.9 to 5.8 minutes a meeting, and each could rank first; the data can’t order them. Full-council meetings here are mostly votes; members question city agencies in committee. Each committee’s page has its own chart.

See the chart on Members

Latest meetings

  • Nov 252
  • Dec 257
  • Jan 261
  • Feb 261
  • Mar 261
  • Apr 261
  • May 261
  • Jun 261
  • Jul 262
  • Sep 263
  • Oct 262
19 of 22 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026.Newest: Oct 21, 2026
City Council · at least 2 h 08 min · 11 public speakersSep 29 · Authorization to approve ownership transfer of Chicago Parking Meters LLC membership interests to Stonepeak Partners LP pursuant to Amended Chicago Metered Parking System Concession Agreement took 55 minThe longest item after routine business: Authorization to approve ownership transfer of Chicago Parking Meters LLC membership…, 55 min of this at least 2 h 08 min meeting.Speakers: Scott Waguespack, Walter Redmond Burnett, Jason C. Ervin, Matthew J. O'Shea and 13 more
Longest item: 43% of the meeting1 agenda itemsWatch
City Council · at least 38 min · 1 public speakerSep 25 · Council meetingPat Dowell moved to defer and publish the ordinance, and she said another alderman joined her in the motion.Speakers: Pat Dowell
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City Council · at least 5 h 13 min · 10 public speakersSep 23 · Council meetingA substitute ordinance setting the next regular City Council meeting for Tuesday, September 29th, 2026, at 10:00 AM was accepted and passed in the omnibus.Speakers: Pat Dowell, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Jessica Fuentes, Maria E. Hadden and 25 more
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City Council · at least 1 h 46 min · 10 public speakersJul 22 · Council meetingSpeakers: Jason C. Ervin, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, William E. Hall, Andre Vasquez, Jr. and 6 more
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All 19 transcribed meetings

3 more meetings are not transcribed yet.

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

Coming upFrom city calendars as of Oct 29. Some boards post elsewhere. Calendar file · RSS feed

10 public speakers a meeting; the biggest crowd, 32, came on Nov 14, 2025

Nov 14, 2025A report from the Committee on Finance began with an ordinance authorizing tax-exempt multifamily housing revenue bonds for the Martha Washington Apartments, in an amount not to exceed $14 million.32 speakersSep 29, 202611 speakersSep 23, 2026A substitute ordinance setting the next regular City Council meeting for Tuesday, September 29th, 2026, at 10:00 AM was accepted and passed in the omnibus.10 speakersJul 22, 202610 speakersJul 15, 202610 speakers

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