City Council, December 16, 2025
Decided: Substitute amendment to council meeting schedule, 30-19
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The City Council approved 90% of 199 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Jeanette Taylor (4 of 16 recorded votes).
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On December 16, 2025, Chicago acted on Substitute amendment to council meeting schedule (30-19).
This Chicago City Council meeting contained no substantive land-use or zoning decisions; the only recorded vote was procedural-adjacent, amending the council's meeting schedule (30-19) to allow a potential Saturday, December 20 emergency budget session.
- Jurisdiction
- Chicago, IL
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- December 16, 2025
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Decided, 30-19
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Substitute amendment to council meeting schedule
Alderman Beale moved to substitute the previously-passed council meeting schedule with a new schedule allowing a possible Saturday, December 20 emergency meeting to resolve the FY2026 budget. Passed 30 ayes to 19 nays on a roll call vote.
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Substitute amendment to council meeting schedule
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Who spoke
20 distinct speakers; 9 identified names.
All speaker roles: 8 Public, 1 Mayor, 3 Clerk, 7 Councilmember, 1 Witness.
Identified name roles: 1 Mayor, 1 Clerk, 6 Councilmember, 1 Witness.
Speaker sample: Silverstein, Councilmember.
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Zoning terms (3)
4 recorded timestamps
- zoning (2 timestamps)
- commercial (1 timestamps)
- approved (1 timestamps)
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