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City Council — Process & throughput

How the body moves its business, not how anyone voted. Every figure is a mechanical count over the item record — an item is tracked across meetings by its official identifier, so a deferral and its later reappearance are one arc.

Excludes 114 motions not yet published. Deferrals and contested votes publish only after review, so these figures can run low until the queue clears.

5,507

tracked items (with an official identifier)

0

median days introduction → decision across 5,373 decided

124/5,507

items deferred at least once (2%)

18

items deferred 3+ times

118

items with no recorded final vote

The deferral graveyard

Items deferred 3+ times, or sitting 6+ months with no final vote — where items go to wait. Each links to its full lifecycle.

How these are counted. Items are tracked across meetings by official identifier; "decided" means a recorded adopted or failed vote; deferrals count each time an item was postponed. Rates are withheld below 10 items. See Methodology.