[remote or in person, 1:30pm-5:30pm] Committee on Finance: AFTERNOON

City Council Chamber, 121 N LaSalle St, 2nd Floor, City Hall, Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)

Remote Event Link

This assignment is to cover the afternoon session of the Finance Committee, from 1:30pm-5:30pm (or the end of the meeting, whichever comes first). Please consider your availability to stay for the whole shift when applying.

You have the option of documenting this meeting in person or remotely.

If you choose to attend in person, an additional hour will be added to your total assignment hours. You may be asked to provide government-issued photo ID and to go through a metal detector/security check.

Please note that there may be increased security and restrictions, including: only allowing clear or see-through bags, no large water bottles, no thermoses and no metal water bottles or food containers.

If you choose to document remotely, the meeting will be live-streamed 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.

Meetings may begin late. 15 or 30 minutes is within the normal range. After 15 minutes, we recommend that you contact our team by phone or text at 708-820-2154. If you are sent to voicemail, please leave us a message with your name, assignment title, and a brief description of the issue.

The end time listed on this assignment is an estimation based on the duration of past meetings of this type.

Other pre-research resources

• Committee on Finance meeting details page: https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Meeting/?meetingId=E94B026B-AEC4-F011-BBD2-001DD81024B7
• Note: Police misconduct settlements are often posted after the main agenda has been published in a separate deferred agenda.
• Be sure to check the “attachments” tab for the meeting agenda and other documents. You can access more information about items on the agenda at https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/. You can search keywords or click the “Show more filters” button and enter the legislation number (i.e. [O as in Ordinance][year introduced]-####, [R as in Resolution][year introduced]-####).
• 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, with info on this committee, plus headshots of members

Check the source website for additional information