[remote or in person] Chicago City Council

Chicago City Council

Politics

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025
10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. CST

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121 N LaSalle St Chicago 60602 (Directions)

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Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Live reporting by Grace Vaughn

City Council has yet to vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bond proposal, which would allow the city to borrow $830 million to upgrade outdated infrastructure – including lead service line replacements.

Grace Elisabeth

Hello! I’ll be live-tweeting today’s City Council meeting for #CHIdocumenters @CHIdocumenters 🧵

09:57 AM Feb 19, 2025 CST

Grace Elisabeth @Gracieevaughn 2/10

You can find the agenda here: …icityclerk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public-1/…

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The meeting should begin shortly. Watch along: chicityclerk.com

chicityclerk.com

Grace Elisabeth @Gracieevaughn 4/10

Mayor Brandon Johnson has called the meeting to order. With 43 members present, quorum is met and public comment begins.

Grace Elisabeth @Gracieevaughn 5/10

So far, comments have all focused on concerns over a homeless encampment at Gompers Park. Public commenters have claimed incidents involving indecent exposure to children, drug paraphernalia on baseball diamonds and human feces on park grounds.

Grace Elisabeth @Gracieevaughn 6/10

The next commenters, representatives from the Active Transportation Alliance and Better Streets Chicago, ask for support on the ordinance to lower the city’s default speed limit to 25 mph.

Grace Elisabeth @Gracieevaughn 7/10

Meeting moves into the resolutions and honorary acknowledgements portion.

Grace Elisabeth @Gracieevaughn 8/10

At 12:40, the meeting moved into the reports and communications from the Mayor.

Grace Elisabeth @Gracieevaughn 9/10

Read an update about the Gompers Park Encampment here: blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/19/cit…

blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/19/cit…

Grace Elisabeth @Gracieevaughn 10/10

Signing off here. More to come, including updates about the bond issue. For further meeting coverage, head to ✍🏻 documenters.org

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By Rachel Birkhahn-Rommelfanger ⋅ February 19th, 2025

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By Rachel, Chicago - IL Documenters Team ⋅ February 19th, 2025

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February 19th, 2025

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February 19th, 2025

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The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago and consists of the Mayor and Aldermen elected from each of the City’s fifty wards. Source

If you attend a meeting in person, be prepared to go through a security checkpoint and show photo ID.

Meetings are also livestreamed at https://www.chicityclerk.com/.

At this link, scroll down to “Meeting Notices.” Look for “Watch now” and click on the link with the meeting title to go to a livestream page. If you don’t see a link for the meeting, you may be early or the meeting may be starting late. Wait a few moments and try refreshing your Internet tab.

Recordings of past City Council meetings may be found here: https://vimeo.com/user100351763/videos/sort:date.

See also: “What to Expect at a Meeting of Chicago’s City Council” via the Better Government Association.