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Eight officials raised inspector general at 11 meetings.

We count who raised it, not which side they took.

11meetings where an official raised it
8officials

Spot check: 35 of 54 lines were on topic. · Quotes from Nov 13, 2025 to May 19, 2026 · How we count

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Share of each body's meetings where an official raised inspector general

Share of each board's transcribed meetings where an identified official raised it. Shaded band: 90% range; overlapping bands are too close to call. Boards with fewer than six meetings left out.

  1. Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight50% · 3 of 6 transcribed meetings
  2. Committee on Budget and Government Operations14% · 3 of 21 transcribed meetings
  3. City Council10% · 2 of 19 transcribed meetings
  4. Committee on Finance5% · 1 of 19 transcribed meetings
All 6 bodies
  1. Chicago Housing Authority Board of Commissioners— 1 of 5 meetings read; too few to give a share
  2. Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation— 1 of 3 meetings read; too few to give a share

The 11 meetings where an official raised inspector general

Newest first. School-board meetings open the district's own video.

  1. Sep 15, 2026Chicago Housing Authority Board of CommissionersFrom the start →
  2. Jul 16, 2026Committee on Budget and Government OperationsFrom the start →
  3. Jul 15, 2026City CouncilFrom the start →
  4. May 19, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government OversightPlay at 1:17:26 →
  5. May 18, 2026Committee on FinancePlay at 2:47:51 →
  6. Apr 16, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government OversightPlay at 43:29 →
  7. Apr 9, 2026Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and RecreationPlay at 1:38:46 →
  8. Mar 18, 2026City CouncilFrom the start →
  9. Mar 16, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government OversightFrom the start →
  10. Nov 13, 2025Committee on Budget and Government OperationsPlay at 6:58:21 →
All 11 meetings
  1. Oct 29, 2025Committee on Budget and Government OperationsFrom the start →

Eight officials, by meetings where they raised it

84% of officials’ talk time on it is identified, so counts are at least these.

Raymond LopezWard 15 · City Council3meetings

“I feel like it was a month ago I asked, and we were joking about paying parking tickets, yet the most recent Inspector General report shows that there are 5,413 CPS employees that owe the City of Chicago over $4 million.”

Play at 2:47:51May 18, 2026
Brendan ReillyWard 42 · City Council3meetings

“I understand that Department of Law, for example, did not want to allow the OIG investigators into that room unaccompanied.”

Play at 6:58:21Nov 13, 2025
Matthew J. MartinWard 47 · City Council2meetings

“Seeing none, um, before we vote, I just want to take a few moments to speak on this appointment. Uh, our last Inspector General transition left us without a permanent Inspector General for over 6 months, which in my opinion is much too long to have such a critical position vacant.”

Play at 1:17:26May 19, 2026
Also raised it at one meeting
William ConwayWard 34Jessica FuentesWard 26James M. GardinerWard 45Michelle HarrisWard 8Andre Vasquez, Jr.Ward 40

51 local news articles on inspector general in 12 months, and 11 meetings that took it up

Month by month · articles we found in local outlets (Block Club Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ, WTTW), not all coverage

Local news articlesMeetings that took it up
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Meetings that raised inspector general drew 6.5 public speakers each

Public speakers per meeting, the whole meeting, not only this item · counts of people, never names · members of the public are never named, pictured or quoted

Meetings that raised inspector general6.5
11 meetings
All other meetings we counted8.7
256 meetings

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