Derrick G. Curtis

Alderperson, Ward 18, Chicago City Council

Chairs the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development; asked two questions at the five meetings where we identified them. Named Lake View most often: three times.

7 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

1.3min a meeting at the City Council, at least

2questions at the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development

18 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Chairs the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development; sits on 7 more other bodies

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Next City Council meeting: Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 am · Agenda

One clip, newest first

Derrick G. Curtis · Member · Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety · Apr 7, 2026 · 37:35
“…is there anything being put in place so we don’t run in the same situation with the bridges, with all of them closing at the exact same time?”

Every roll call, and Curtis’ other bodies

Present at 18 of 20 roll calls at the City Council

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 2. Nov 14, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 20 of the 22 meetings we hold, through Oct 14, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

Committee on Public Safety: 1.4 min of speech a meeting, range 0.7–2.3. In the same range as 16 other members.
Committee on Finance: 0.4 min of speech a meeting, range 0.1–1.0. In the same range as 25 other members.
Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety: 0.6 min of speech a meeting, range 0.1–1.7. In the same range as eight other members.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Police and Fire: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Chicago Plan Commission: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Workforce Development: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Aviation: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: present at 5 of 6 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Workforce Development: present at 2 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Curtis asked two questions at the five Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Curtis’ 2 questions to city departments at the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety, 2 went to transportation and transit.

Who they question: 3 questions to a department, 2 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety2 questions to city departments

Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Transportation and transit		2

Committee on Finance1 question to a city department

Committee on Finance: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
City attorney / law department		1

Neighborhoods Curtis named

4 places Curtis named in meetings

Lines where Curtis named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

Chicago

Lake View 3 times
Albany Park 1 time
Lincoln Square 1 time
Uptown 1 time

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s Boundaries - Community Areas file (City of Chicago Data Portal). A dot says the place was named, not where Curtis was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Curtis’ voice

33, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Curtis’ first remark.

Oct 9, 2026Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety1.1 min2:22:26
Oct 8, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development4.2 min44:37
Oct 8, 2026Committee on Public Safety3.8 min1:18:22
Oct 7, 2026Committee on Workforce Development1.4 min39:54
Oct 5, 2026Committee on Finance0.9 min2:37:58
Sep 23, 2026City Council1.2 min2:55:08
Sep 15, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development9.0 min40:55
Sep 14, 2026Committee on Finance1.8 min1:49:02
Aug 20, 2026Chicago Plan Commission6.8 min2:51:54
Jul 15, 2026City Council4.2 min2:02:28

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Jul 14, 2026Committee on Aviation2.1 min51:18
Jul 9, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development11.9 min26:30
Jun 30, 2026Committee on Police and Fire0.6 min34:47
Jun 17, 2026City Council7.0 min3:03:30
Jun 11, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development13.3 min45:30
Jun 9, 2026Committee on Public Safety1.0 min3:58:50
May 21, 2026Chicago Plan Commission0.3 min52:14
May 20, 2026City Council4.5 min4:42:03
May 11, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development15.7 min15:38
May 6, 2026Committee on Police and Fire4.3 min1:13:29
Apr 15, 2026City Council3.3 min1:07:23
Apr 13, 2026Committee on Workforce Development3.3 min51:32
Apr 7, 2026Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety0.5 min37:34
Mar 18, 2026City Council0.4 min3:28:44
Mar 13, 2026Committee on Police and Fire1.6 min40:06
Feb 18, 2026City Council3.2 min1:26:19
Feb 9, 2026Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety3.5 min1:44:31
Feb 3, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.7 min1:25:11
Jan 7, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.1 min1:42:59
Dec 11, 2025Committee on Police and Fire0.6 min39:52
Dec 4, 2025Committee on Finance1.2 min1:41:33
Dec 2, 2025Committee on Finance3.3 min36:02
Nov 10, 2025Committee on Public Safety3.1 min54:58

How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 410 council lines drawn, 352 right, 0 wrong, 1 unclear, 57 couldn’t be judged

We identified Curtis’ voice at 33 meetings across nine bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Curtis was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Derrick G. Curtis’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Curtis said. For councils and their committees, of 410 lines drawn, 352 were right, 0 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 57. We have since removed the voices behind 110 of those lines (0 wrong, 1 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 300 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 268: all 268 right (90% lower bound 0.99). They couldn’t judge the other 32. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Curtis or of Chicago alone.