Committee on Budget and Government Operations meeting, December 29, 2025
- When: Mon, Dec 29, 2025, 9:30 AM (Chicago time)
- Where: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602
- Status: Scheduled & Published
- Committee: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
- Video: https://vimeo.com/1148736982
- Transcript: full text (3,113 words, automatic captions)
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.
The Budget & Government Operations Committee met on Dec 29, 2025. After roll call, a public commenter representing a beverage-alcohol coalition asked the council to extend the implementation date of the new sales-tax on alcohol. The committee then considered two transfer-fund ordinance substitutes for Ward 15 and Ward 28 and deliberated technical corrections to the 2020 sixth annual appropriation ordinance, including library-fund and advanced-pension adjustments. Motions were taken but the transcript does not record final votes, so the items were discussed.
Topics: Public comment on alcohol tax transition, Transfer fund ordinance substitutes for Ward 15 and 28, Technical corrections to 2020 sixth annual appropriation ordinance
Agenda items discussed
- 13:08 Public comment on alcohol tax transition: discussed
- 16:04 Transfer fund ordinance substitutes for Ward 15 and Ward 28: discussed
- 17:31 Technical corrections to 2020 sixth annual appropriation ordinance (library fund and pension adjustments): discussed
Alderpersons who spoke
- Raymond A. Lopez (chair): Lopez introduced the motion to accept the two transfer-fund ordinance substitutes for Ward 15 and Ward 28. (16:30); He explained that the substitutes were included in the previous budget and needed to be added as new ordinances. (16:35); Lopez noted that Alderman David H. Moore wanted to withdraw his support, prompting the creation of two new ordinances. (16:54)
- David H. Moore (alderperson): Moore expressed a desire to pull back his support for the transfer-fund ordinance substitute. (16:54)
- Gregory I. Mitchell (alderperson)
- Nicole T. Lee (vice chair)
- Maria E. Hadden (alderperson)
- Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez (alderperson)