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City Council · Dec 20, 2025

Saturdayat least 4 h 33 min21 officials identified10 public speakers8 agenda itemsRoll call: 48 present, 1 absent (clerk)Video: Vimeo

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19 of 22 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026.This meeting: Dec 20, 2025

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Agenda · 8 itemsShowHide
  1. 1:26:46Fiscal Year 2026 Tax Levy5 clips
  2. 1:26:46Item title withheldit could name a private person · 5 clips
  3. 1:26:46Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Cook County for allocation of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds for Year 20265 clips
  4. 1:26:46Expenditure of portion of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds allocated to City of Chicago for Year 20265 clips
  5. 1:26:46Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14A, 14B, 14X, 15, 17 regarding management, structure, powers and functions of various departments and agencies (2026 Municipal Code Management Ordinance)5 clips
  6. 1:26:46Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Recommendations5 clips
  7. 1:26:46Corrections and revisions to 2026 Budget Recommendations and text portion of Annual Appropriation Ordinance5 clips
  8. 1:26:46Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 2 and 9 regarding technical and scriveners' corrections (2026 Municipal Code Corrections Ordinance)5 clips

What happened

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Quotes

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I 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. Scott · Alderperson · Ward 241:31:49
At the core, at the core of my decision is a simple principle. Fiscal responsibility must come first before we debate priorities, programs, or even politics. We have an obligation to pass a budget that is honest, reliable, and truly balanced. This budget is not. It relies on revenue assumptions that are uncertain, unstable, and unsustainable.Jessica Fuentes · Alderperson · Ward 261:35:04
We can tax wealthy corporations to improve our lives and have some reliable progressive revenue that is so deeply needed, or we can decide that working people are going to pay.Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez · Alderperson · Ward 332:19:25
We didn’t do it just in the city, we did it throughout the country. We told people, wait your turn. And as I said, we rolled snake eyes, right? We lost that gamble. And now we’re sitting here staring down the barrel of a $1.2 billion deficit.James M. Gardiner · Alderperson · Ward 452:33:10
For me, um, I’ll say, as someone who’s been in this body for more than a handful of years now, but also spent, uh, quite a few years before that working with local governments everywhere, I just want to highlight the real issue, and the real issue with our budget is things cost more. We don’t have enough revenue.Maria E. Hadden · Alderperson · Ward 492:35:26

Who spoke

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Roll call: 48 present, 1 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 10 speakers.

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Hamlet, “City Council, Dec 20, 2025: Chicago.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/chicago/council/meetings/2025-12-20. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Dec 20, 2025.