Nicholas Sposato

Alderperson, Ward 38, Chicago City Council

We identified Sposato’s voice at 46 meetings across 10 bodies.

10 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

1.8min a meeting at the City Council, at least

24questions at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations

19 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Chairs the Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation; sits on 8 more committees

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

Four clips, newest first

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Every roll call, and Sposato’s other bodies

Present at 19 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 1. 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: 1.6 min of speech a meeting, range 0.8–3.0. In the same range as 27 other members.
Committee on Finance: 0.8 min of speech a meeting, range 0.4–1.5. In the same range as 25 other members.
Committee on Public Safety: 1.2 min of speech a meeting, range 0.2–2.6. In the same range as 15 other members.
Committee on Police and Fire: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Workforce Development: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Aviation: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on License and Consumer Protection: talk time not compared. We could name only 17% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation: present at 2 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Workforce Development: present at 5 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on License and Consumer Protection: present at 10 of 10 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

What they talk about

Parks and recreation took the largest share of Sposato’s speech with a checked topic: 18%

By the topic two AI readers agree on for each stretch of their talk, at the City Council and its committees. 86 of 153 minutes of their speech have a checked topic. How much they talk about it, not which side they take.

Parks and recreation18%

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials2.4%

Health and behavioral health2.3%

Arts, culture and libraries2.1%

Development and land use0.0%

Streets, traffic and parking0.0%

Questions

Sposato asked 24 questions at the 10 Committee on Budget and Government Operations meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Sposato’s 15 questions to city departments at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations, 7 went to fire and EMS.

Who they question: 35 questions to a department, 3 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Budget and Government Operations15 questions to city departments

Committee on Budget and Government Operations: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Fire and EMS		747%
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		320%
Public health and mental health		320%
Emergency management and 911		17%
Libraries, arts and culture		17%

Committee on Finance15 questions to city departments

Committee on Finance: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
City attorney / law department		1493%
Budget, finance and controller		17%

Committee on Public Safety5 questions to city departments

Committee on Public Safety: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
City attorney / law department		360%
Mayor's office		240%

Neighborhoods Sposato named

One place Sposato named in meetings

Lines where Sposato 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

Garfield Park 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 Sposato was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Sposato’s voice

46, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Sposato’s first remark.

Oct 8, 2026Committee on Public Safety0.7 min1:33:33
Oct 7, 2026Committee on Workforce Development0.3 min32:14
Oct 7, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection0.5 min41:55
Oct 5, 2026Committee on Finance1.5 min1:47:59
Oct 1, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight2.5 min39:13
Sep 24, 2026Committee on Finance1.0 min1:38:01
Sep 23, 2026City Council0.8 min3:14:40
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Police and Fire2.3 min36:12
Jul 15, 2026City Council6.9 min3:27:50
Jul 14, 2026Committee on Aviation0.3 min53:36

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Jul 13, 2026Committee on Finance0.2 min1:21:31
Jul 8, 2026Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.3 min40:15
Jul 7, 2026Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation13.8 min7:28
Jun 30, 2026Committee on Police and Fire0.1 min43:38
Jun 17, 2026City Council1.3 min2:58:31
May 20, 2026City Council9.5 min3:03:57
May 18, 2026Committee on Finance2.8 min1:47:36
May 12, 2026Committee on Workforce Development3.2 min47:24
May 6, 2026Committee on Police and Fire2.4 min1:47:07
Apr 15, 2026City Council3.7 min1:24:04
Apr 13, 2026Committee on Workforce Development8.7 min28:46
Apr 9, 2026Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation18.0 min2:46
Apr 9, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.6 min47:50
Mar 18, 2026City Council6.3 min3:22:26
Mar 13, 2026Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation6.5 min10:04
Mar 13, 2026Committee on Police and Fire1.4 min30:17
Mar 3, 2026Committee on Public Safety6.4 min1:19:25
Feb 18, 2026City Council1.8 min2:48:53
Feb 11, 2026Committee on Finance1.9 min45:47
Feb 3, 2026Committee on Public Safety1.4 min1:17:27
Jan 21, 2026City Council3.3 min2:19:44
Jan 15, 2026Committee on Budget and Government Operations0.4 min31:47
Jan 14, 2026Committee on Finance1.9 min49:42
Dec 20, 2025City Council0.1 min3:44:48
Dec 17, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations2.3 min3:27:55
Dec 16, 2025Committee on Finance1.4 min3:55:26
Dec 10, 2025City Council0.6 min1:01:23
Dec 4, 2025Committee on Finance2.9 min1:12:01
Nov 13, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations4.2 min1:48:45
Nov 12, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.9 min1:43:19
Nov 10, 2025Committee on Finance1.8 min1:24:11
Nov 6, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations10.1 min1:24:01
Nov 5, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations3.2 min5:39:42
Nov 4, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations3.7 min4:06:03
Oct 30, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations6.5 min1:26:59
Oct 29, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.1 min1:39:49

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 Sposato was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Nicholas Sposato’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 Sposato 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 Sposato or of Chicago alone.