[remote & asynch; 5pm-end] 2025 Chicago Budget Hearing: infrastructure

Finance

Politics

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
5:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. CST

Remote

This is an assignment to document a portion of Chicago City Council’s 2025 budget process is dependent on day-of meeting duration. Apply to indicate your interest. In the event that the meeting runs past 5 p.m., by the following morning we will assign someone to take notes on a designated portion of the video recording. The assignment will be due by noon the day after that and paid according to the regular formula (meeting duration + 2 hours). If the meeting does not run over, this assignment will be canceled.

For example, a Monday meeting adjourns at 6:42 p.m. On Tuesday morning we assign someone to take notes on the portion that took place after 5 p.m., or the last hour and 42 minutes. The assignment will be due by noon on Wednesday.

Other notes and pre-research resources

For more info and resources, see our Chicago Documenters Guide to the City’s 2025 Budget Process (in 2024).
Chicago Councilmatic: This civic data org’s website has a lot of the information that can be found on the city’s database in a more user-friendly format, as well as context on City Council and alders.
Applicants who completed 2025 budget season training on Oct. 21 or 22 will receive an extra hour of pay on each assignment they submit.

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Agency Information

Chicago City Council

chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov

(312) 744-3166

@ChiCouncil

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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.