City Council meeting, December 10, 2025

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At its December 10, 2025 meeting the City Council heard eight public commenters, most addressing the 2026 budget debate, property taxes, youth jobs, a proposed hemp ban and environmental and housing concerns on the Southeast and West Sides. Members honored the De La Salle boys soccer state champions, the 119th anniversary of American Postal Workers Union Chicago Local 001, and the Dr. Timuel Black Scholarship and Fellowship Program. The Council approved committee reports including TIF-funded park and school improvements (the first item passed 48 to 0), lawsuit settlements of $1 million and about $15.4 million, a land sale enabling the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial, a Wrigley Field night game exception, liquor moratoriums, disabled permit parking reforms, an ADU expansion and zoning map amendments, while a proposed citywide ban on hemp-derived cannabinoid sales was deferred and published. After a motion to table failed 18 to 30, the Council adopted a substitute setting five meetings on December 15, 16, 17, 18 and 23 to complete work on the budget.

Topics: 2026 budget, property taxes, public comment, TIF funding, lawsuit settlements, Torture Justice Memorial, hemp ban, disabled permit parking, zoning, meeting schedule

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