City Council meeting, May 15, 2023

• When: Mon, May 15, 2023, 10:30 AM (Chicago time)
• Where: Credit Union 1 Arena (UIC Pavilion), 525 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
• Status: Recessed
• Body: full City Council
• Video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6277394/video/826670252
• Transcript: full text (11,173 words, automatic captions)

Video chapters

• 1:34:20 Land acknowledgment by the American Indian Center of Chicago
• 1:50:08 Official statement concerning election of mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, and alderpersons
• 1:50:54 Oath of office of City Clerk
• 1:52:24 Oath of office of alderpersons-elect
• 1:57:57 Official bonds of the mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer
• 1:59:45 Oath of office of City Treasurer
• 2:15:10 Oath of office of Mayor
• 2:17:32 Mayor's inaugural address

Meeting notes

AI-written from the transcript. Speakers are inferred from cues in the recording, so treat names as estimates and check the video at the linked time.

This May 15, 2023 City Council meeting was the inauguration ceremony for the 2023-2027 term, including a land acknowledgment, invocation, poetry reading, and several prayers and musical performances. The City Clerk presented the official statements of election, City Clerk Anna M. Valencia took her oath of office and then administered the oath to the alderpersons-elect of all 50 wards, and the roll call established a quorum. On a motion by Alderperson Jason C. Ervin, the Council approved by voice vote the official bonds of the mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer, after which Melissa Conyers Ervin was sworn in as City Treasurer and Brandon Johnson was sworn in as the 57th Mayor of Chicago. In his inaugural address the mayor discussed revenue and the structural deficit, public safety, transit, housing and homelessness, schools, mental health services, and support for new arrivals. The Council then approved, on Alderperson Julia M. Ramirez motion, a recess until May 24, 2023 at 10 a.m.

Topics: Inauguration, Oaths of office, Official bonds, Inaugural address, Public safety, Housing and homelessness, Mental health services, Education, Public transit, Land acknowledgment

Agenda items discussed

• 1:34:20 Land acknowledgment by the American Indian Center of Chicago
• 1:50:08 Official statement concerning election of mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, and alderpersons
• 1:50:54 Oath of office of City Clerk
• 1:52:24 Oath of office of alderpersons-elect
• 1:54:20 Roll call to establish quorum
• 1:57:57 Official bonds of the mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer: passed
• 1:59:45 Oath of office of City Treasurer
• 2:15:10 Oath of office of Mayor
• 2:17:32 Mayor's inaugural address: discussed
• 3:02:30 Motion to recess until May 24, 2023: passed

Alderpersons who spoke

Documents

• Agenda
• Notice

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