# 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](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/budget-and-government-operations)
- Video: https://vimeo.com/1148736982
- Transcript: [full text](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/transcripts/1148736982.txt) (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](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/7E609E74-D9E0-F011-8543-001DD8029F6B?t=788) Public comment on alcohol tax transition: discussed
- [16:04](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/7E609E74-D9E0-F011-8543-001DD8029F6B?t=964) Transfer fund ordinance substitutes for Ward 15 and Ward 28: discussed
- [17:31](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/7E609E74-D9E0-F011-8543-001DD8029F6B?t=1051) Technical corrections to 2020 sixth annual appropriation ordinance (library fund and pension adjustments): discussed

### Alderpersons who spoke

- [Raymond A. Lopez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/15) (chair): Lopez introduced the motion to accept the two transfer-fund ordinance substitutes for Ward 15 and Ward 28. ([16:30](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/7E609E74-D9E0-F011-8543-001DD8029F6B?t=990)); He explained that the substitutes were included in the previous budget and needed to be added as new ordinances. ([16:35](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/7E609E74-D9E0-F011-8543-001DD8029F6B?t=995)); Lopez noted that Alderman David H. Moore wanted to withdraw his support, prompting the creation of two new ordinances. ([16:54](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/7E609E74-D9E0-F011-8543-001DD8029F6B?t=1014))
- [David H. Moore](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/17) (alderperson): Moore expressed a desire to pull back his support for the transfer-fund ordinance substitute. ([16:54](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/7E609E74-D9E0-F011-8543-001DD8029F6B?t=1014))
- [Gregory I. Mitchell](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/7) (alderperson)
- [Nicole T. Lee](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/11) (vice chair)
- [Maria E. Hadden](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/49) (alderperson)
- [Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/33) (alderperson)

## Documents

- [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/0071e4f6-a52b-434d-af4b-cc3773e961ea.pdf)
- [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/25d1fe4c-7ba4-4a2d-89ff-11a872bc69af.pdf)
- [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/ebb7f2e1-b1d4-4ee1-9814-4e4f446b1c7f.pdf)
- [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/6cf6dea3-f759-414e-bdce-51c4b0acb4e3.pdf)
- [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/17a2fe68-5874-4927-bb99-f01bed452df7.pdf)
- [Summary](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/fdae3b65-41ce-4484-a534-6308a0104b56.pdf)

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