Meeting stats
How long the council actually meets and how many people show up to speak — from the clerk's minutes. More fun than useful; for looking things up, use the meetings list.
1,250
meetings with stated times
2,415h
total time in session
1h 39m
median meeting length
8,607
public speakers counted
(1,038 meetings)
(1,038 meetings)
Records
Longest meetings
| Date | Meeting | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2020 | Atlanta City Council | 10h 45m |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Atlanta City Council | 10h 02m |
| May 15, 2023 | Atlanta City Council | 10h 02m |
| Apr 19, 2021 | Atlanta City Council | 9h 40m |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Atlanta City Council | 8h 46m |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Atlanta City Council | 8h 42m |
| Jul 12, 2021 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 8h 32m |
| Aug 9, 2021 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 8h 19m |
| Aug 3, 2020 | Atlanta City Council | 8h 08m |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 8h 00m |
Shortest meetings
| Date | Meeting | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2024 | Zoning Committee | 1m |
| Mar 13, 2019 | Zoning Committee | 2m |
| Jul 10, 2019 | Zoning Committee | 3m |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Zoning Committee | 3m |
| Oct 16, 2019 | Zoning Committee | 3m |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Zoning Committee | 3m |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Zoning Committee | 3m |
| Dec 12, 2018 | Zoning Committee | 4m |
| Sep 11, 2019 | Zoning Committee | 4m |
| Nov 13, 2019 | Zoning Committee | 4m |
Most public speakers
| Date | Meeting | Speakers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2021 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 386 | 8h 32m |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 283 | 6h 16m |
| May 15, 2023 | Atlanta City Council | 283 | 10h 02m |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 274 | 8h 00m |
| Aug 9, 2021 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 227 | 8h 19m |
| Aug 11, 2020 | Community Development/Human Services Committee | 185 | 5h 46m |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 97 | — |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 89 | — |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 88 | 3h 56m |
| Jun 23, 2020 | Community Development/Human Services Committee | 85 | 3h 11m |
The late gavel
Scheduled start vs. when the clerk says the meeting was actually called to order. Starts more than an hour early or four hours late are excluded as clerical errors or rescheduled meetings.
Average lateness by body
| Body | Meetings | Avg late | Started late |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 168 | 10.5m | 57% |
| Finance/Executive Committee | 173 | 4.7m | 38% |
| Atlanta City Council | 201 | 4.6m | 71% |
| City Utilities Committee | 170 | 4.6m | 44% |
| Community Development/Human Services Committee | 167 | 4.1m | 72% |
| Transportation Committee | 172 | 3.4m | 56% |
| Committee on Council | 131 | 2.9m | 50% |
| Zoning Committee | 155 | 2.7m | 68% |
Latest starts
| Date | Meeting | Gavel fell |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2018 | Atlanta City Council First Organizational Meeting | 239m late |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Atlanta City Council | 186m late |
| Sep 11, 2018 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 122m late |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 120m late |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 105m late |
| Aug 14, 2018 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 96m late |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 84m late |
| Jan 30, 2019 | Finance/Executive Committee | 80m late |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 78m late |
| Jan 16, 2018 | Atlanta City Council | 75m late |
By body, by year
Median length · Total time in session · Public speakers · Meetings held
| Body | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee | 148 | 97 | 679 | 1,118 | 187 | 104 | 97 | 103 | 92 |
| Atlanta City Council | 320 | 336 | 150 | — | 364 | 699 | 199 | 1 | — |
| Community Development/Human Services Committee | 80 | 96 | 463 | 246 | 99 | 120 | 105 | 191 | 126 |
| Transportation Committee | 104 | 156 | 159 | 34 | 55 | 104 | 201 | 64 | 66 |
| Finance/Executive Committee | 46 | 27 | 133 | 159 | 48 | 43 | 76 | 28 | 35 |
| City Utilities Committee | 46 | 91 | 87 | 60 | 47 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 1 |
| Zoning Committee | 1 | — | — | 134 | 40 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 63 |
| Committee on Council | 48 | 44 | 8 | — | 15 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 1 |
Source: times and speaker counts parsed from the clerk's minutes PDFs; not every meeting states them (some minutes leave the adjournment blank, and recent full-council minutes point to the video instead of listing speakers). Times are kept as printed — the occasional AM/PM typo is corrected only when computing durations. Speaker figures are counts only.