Emma Mitts

Alderperson, Ward 37, Chicago City Council

We identified Mitts’ voice at 26 meetings across six bodies.

6 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

1.1min a meeting at the City Council, at least

26questions at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations

18 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Chairs the Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity; sits on 4 more committees

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

Seven clips, newest first

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Mitts raised, by number of meetings

Casino2 meetings

We count who raised an issue, not which side they took.

Every roll call, and Mitts’ 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 Budget and Government Operations: 1.2 min of speech a meeting, range 0.4–2.4. In the same range as 28 other members.
Committee on Finance: 0.5 min of speech a meeting, range 0.2–1.2. In the same range as 25 other members.
Committee on Housing and Real Estate: 0.6 min of speech a meeting, range 0.2–1.4. In the same range as 17 other members.
Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: talk time not compared. On a random sample of meeting time, between 41% and 70% of members' speech here carries a name; we rank when the low end reaches 60%.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: present at 8 of 13 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on License and Consumer Protection: present at 6 of 10 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

What they talk about

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials took 24% of Mitts’ speech with a checked topic

By the topic two AI readers agree on for each stretch of their talk, at the City Council and its committees. 55 of 94 minutes of their speech have a checked topic. How much they talk about it, not which side they take.

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials24%

Housing and tenants8.0%

Homelessness3.8%

Development and land use1.5%

Taxes and fees0.3%

Questions

Mitts asked 26 questions at the seven Committee on Budget and Government Operations meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

…in terms of the contracts procurement process, Are we still looking for the, the right type of equipment to be able to process the contracts more efficient across the various departments?Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Apr 27, 2026 · Play at 1:11:35

Of Mitts’ 20 questions to city departments at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations, 7 went to police.

Who they question: 38 questions to a department, 4 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Budget and Government Operations20 questions to city departments

Committee on Budget and Government Operations: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Police		735%
Budget, finance and controller		630%
Housing		525%
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		15%
Emergency management and 911		15%

Committee on Finance11 questions to city departments

Committee on Finance: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Housing		655%
Water, power and utilities		327%
City attorney / law department		218%

Committee on Housing and Real Estate5 questions to city departments

Committee on Housing and Real Estate: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		480%
Planning and zoning		120%

Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development2 questions to city departments

Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
City attorney / law department		2

Neighborhoods Mitts named

One place Mitts named in meetings

Lines where Mitts 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

Austin 2 times

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 Mitts was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Mitts’ voice

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

Sep 24, 2026Committee on Finance3.8 min3:20:33
Sep 23, 2026City Council1.4 min3:23:56
Sep 16, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate2.4 min2:11:25
Sep 14, 2026Committee on Finance2.1 min1:05:16
May 20, 2026City Council2.7 min3:10:25
May 18, 2026Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity15.8 min9:13
May 18, 2026Committee on Finance0.7 min1:18:31
May 13, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate2.1 min1:26:07
May 11, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development5.7 min1:18:43
Apr 27, 2026Committee on Budget and Government Operations2.0 min1:11:31

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Apr 13, 2026Committee on Finance1.1 min1:43:06
Apr 8, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate2.6 min34:38
Mar 18, 2026City Council3.5 min1:25:38
Mar 11, 2026Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.3 min22:54
Feb 18, 2026City Council2.1 min1:29:46
Jan 22, 2026Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity10.6 min16:37
Jan 21, 2026City Council4.3 min2:27:01
Jan 14, 2026Committee on Finance2.0 min1:45:12
Jan 14, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate0.9 min49:08
Jan 13, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.2 min1:04:35
Dec 17, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.0 min1:54:25
Nov 14, 2025City Council6.4 min1:41:46
Nov 13, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations6.1 min1:50:42
Nov 10, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.2 min3:04:23
Nov 5, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations6.7 min7:35:41
Nov 4, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations6.1 min8:20:00

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

A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Mitts was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Emma Mitts’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 Mitts 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 Mitts or of Chicago alone.