William E. Hall

Alderperson, Ward 6, Chicago City Council

We identified Hall’s voice at 19 meetings across seven bodies.

8 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

0.6min a meeting at the City Council, at least

5questions at the Committee on Finance

19 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Also sits on 6 committees

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

Two clips, newest first

William E. Hall · Member · Committee on Finance · Sep 14, 2026 · 1:51:10
“If there’s a conflict in something that we have to vote on, we, you know, we abstain from it. Is that same parliamentary procedure going on in these meetings?”
William E. Hall · Member · Committee on Finance · Dec 16, 2025 · 2:39:28
“…much in the efficiency recommendations include jobs to be either closed or cut, or are there any?”

Issues Hall raised, by number of meetings

Head tax and budget revenue2 meetings
ICE and immigration enforcement1 meeting

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

Every roll call, and Hall’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 Finance: 0.5 min of speech a meeting, range 0.1–1.3. In the same range as 24 other members.
Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards: talk time not compared. We could name only 15% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
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 Police and Fire: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Education and Child Development: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation: talk time not compared. Seated for only 3 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: present at 5 of 13 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
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 3 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Hall asked five questions at the five Committee on Finance meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Hall’s 2 questions to city departments at the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development, 2 went to budget, finance and controller.

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

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

Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Budget, finance and controller		2

Committee on Finance1 question to a city department

Committee on Finance: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Planning and zoning		1

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Hall’s voice

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

Sep 29, 2026City Council2.2 min31:12
Sep 24, 2026Committee on Finance5.0 min2:09:56
Sep 14, 2026Committee on Finance0.5 min1:50:58
Jul 22, 2026City Council4.5 min6:32
Jul 15, 2026City Council0.3 min3:34:46
Jul 14, 2026Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards0.9 min42:57
Jul 13, 2026Committee on Finance0.4 min2:06:23
Jun 17, 2026City Council0.4 min4:03:36
May 26, 2026Committee on Education and Child Development3.3 min3:04:09
May 6, 2026Committee on Police and Fire2.7 min1:24:10

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May 6, 2026Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards0.1 min1:08:25
Apr 15, 2026City Council0.5 min1:57:50
Apr 9, 2026Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation2.1 min1:43:40
Mar 18, 2026City Council1.2 min1:20:34
Mar 13, 2026Committee on Finance0.7 min1:12:24
Dec 20, 2025City Council2.7 min2:25:19
Dec 16, 2025Committee on Finance3.1 min2:37:40
Dec 10, 2025City Council0.6 min57:26
Nov 12, 2025Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development2.8 min1:32:32

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