Of Nikelle Meade’s 31 unique cases, 24 have concluded — reached a Planning Commission or ZAP decision — and 22 of those ended in approval at their final hearing: 91.7%.
Postponement is a clock, not a verdict: of the 7 concluded cases postponed at least once, 7 still ended in approval (100.0%). At least 9 of these cases are confirmed adopted as Council ordinances (Council records run only through 2026-04-23, so this is a floor, not a rate).
Counted once per case, not once per hearing: a case postponed several times before approval would otherwise read as several losses and one win.
| Hearing date | Outcome | District | Firm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | Approved · Became law · Approved as amended on all three readings · Council 2026-04-23 | D4 | Husch Blackwell |
| 2026-03-10 | Approved · Became law · Approved on all three readings · Council 2026-04-23 | D4 | Husch Blackwell |
| 2025-12-16 | Approved · Became law · Approved on all three readings · Council 2026-01-22 | D9 | Husch Blackwell |
At the hearing level every appearance counts, so a case postponed N times adds N postponements and one decision. Hearing-level approval-of-decided is 29.8% (vs the field’s 46.1%) and postponement is 68.1% — both far from the case-level figure above, for exactly that reason. Two stages, two denominators: these are commission-stage outcomes (approve vs. postpone/deny at the Planning Commission or ZAP hearing), not the City Council vote. Once a Commission-recommended case reaches Council it is approved in the high-90s%, so a low commission-stage approval rate reflects strategic postponement, not defeat.