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City Council · Dec 19, 2025

Fridayat least 1 h 46 min8 officials identified10 public speakers36 agenda itemsRoll call: 49 present (clerk)Video: Vimeo

A communication transmitting a revenue ordinance for the 2026 budget recommendation was read and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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19 of 22 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026.This meeting: Dec 19, 2025

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Agenda · 36 itemsShowHide
  1. 1:24:15Item title withheldit could name a private person
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  3. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds within Legislative Reference Bureau Expense Allowance Account for Year 2025
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  5. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 39th Ward Wage Allowance to Aldermanic Expense Account for Year 2025
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  9. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 36th Ward Aldermanic Expense Account to Wage Allowance for Year 2025
  10. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 34th Ward Wage Allowance Account to Aldermanic Expense Account for Year 2025
  11. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds within Committee on Committees and Rules for Year 2025
  12. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 40th Ward Aldermanic Expense Account to Wage Allowance for Year 2025
  13. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 46th Ward Aldermanic Expense Account to Wage Allowance for Year 2025
  14. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 41st Ward Wage Allowance Account to Aldermanic Expense Allowance for Year 2025
  15. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 33rd Ward Aldermanic Expense Account to Wage Allowance for Year 2025
  16. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 22nd Ward Wage Allowance Account to Aldermanic Expense Account for Year 2025
  17. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 21st Ward Aldermanic Expense Account to Wage Allowance for Year 2025
  18. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 14th Ward Wage Allowance Account to Aldermanic Expense Account for Year 2025
  19. 1:24:15Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds from 1st Ward Wage Allowance to Aldermanic Expense Account for Year 2025
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What happened

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  1. A communication transmitting a revenue ordinance for the 2026 budget recommendation was read and referred to the Committee on Finance.1:22:22
  2. On the substitute 2026 Municipal Code revenue ordinance alternative, the result was announced as “29 yeas, 19 nays. This motion passes.”1:45:21

Who spoke

8 officials identified · talk time, most first.

Roll call: 49 present, 0 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 10 speakers.

How we count

Each summary sentence is checked against the transcript before it is published; in a blind check, 144 of 150 sentences were right. A voice gets an official’s name only when two AI readers and a code check agree, so the minutes undercount and are not attendance. Officials only: members of the public are counted, never named, shown or quoted, and full transcripts aren’t published because they can carry their names. More on how we know

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Hamlet, “City Council, Dec 19, 2025: Chicago.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/chicago/council/meetings/2025-12-19. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Dec 19, 2025.