Peter Chico
Alderperson, Ward 10, Chicago City CouncilWe identified Chico’s voice at 12 meetings across six bodies.
Also sits on 5 committees
Next City Council meeting: Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 am · Agenda
Two clips, newest first
“So the RFI process lasted from September 2024 through February 2025, roughly 5 or 6 months. What was the ultimate outcome of the RFI process?”
“It’s a matter of common sense. The situation I just laid out, when nobody calls, they heard— they acknowledge they heard shots fired. And they don’t call, and hours and hours later they leave their home and see a body. That’s just common sense. I mean, anybody could see that we need gunshot detection for these situations.”
Ward 10 on the current City Council map
Every roll call, and Chico’s other bodies
Present at 19 of 20 roll calls at the City Council
- Committee on Public Safety: 2.4 min of speech a meeting, range 0.9–4.6. In the same range as 16 other members.
- Committee on Education and Child Development: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety: talk time not compared. We could name only 22% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
- Committee on License and Consumer Protection: talk time not compared. We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
- Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: talk time not compared. We could name only 9% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
- Committee on License and Consumer Protection: present at 10 of 10 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: present at 10 of 13 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Workforce Development: present at 4 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Chico asked 15 questions at the six Committee on Public Safety meetings where we identified them
Of Chico’s 13 questions to city departments at the Committee on Public Safety, 12 went to administration, HR, contracts and facilities.
| Department | Share | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Administration, HR, contracts and facilities | 1292% | |
| Mayor's office | 18% |
Every meeting where we identified Chico’s voice
- Jul 9, 2026Committee on Public Safety1.5 min1:44:47
- Jun 17, 2026City Council0.5 min4:07:50
- Jun 9, 2026Committee on Public Safety5.5 min3:50:37
- May 26, 2026Committee on Education and Child Development1.5 min2:50:42
- May 12, 2026Committee on Public Safety9.5 min45:43
- Apr 13, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection0.3 min1:45:58
- Feb 3, 2026Committee on Public Safety1.0 min1:44:15
- Jan 13, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.4 min51:32
- Jan 7, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.7 min2:01:13
- Dec 10, 2025City Council1.2 min56:16
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- Dec 3, 2025Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety0.8 min1:07:28
- Nov 10, 2025Committee on Public Safety1.1 min1:11:25
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 Chico was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Peter Chico’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 Chico 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 Chico or of Chicago alone.