TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Simply click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweet. ITEMS 1 4 5 10 11 20 32 39 44 45 48 58 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 169 DanKeshet 2 mclarkmadison 1 JimmyFlannigan 1 taradoolittle 1 cubbie9000 […]
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Neighborhood team scrutiny moves forward
With City Council Member Pio Renteria in the lead and several other Council members offering amendments, Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday that will start the process for reining in any neighborhood teams – also known as contact teams – that might be failing transparency tests or discouraging participation by newcomers. Renteria gave the longest […]
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Zimmerman will face ethics charges
Members of the Ethics Review Commission didn’t seem to know what to make of the four complaints lodged against Austin City Council Member Don Zimmerman. The charges, leveled by Mark Walters, a law clerk, forced the panel to explore the murky line between the public and private life of an elected official, a line that […]
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AISD trustees appoint Wagner to D7 spot
The Austin Independent School District concluded a more than six-week appointment process at its regular meeting Monday when, in a 7-0 vote — with Secretary Jayme Mathias abstaining — board members appointed Yasmin Wagner to South Austin’s District 7 seat. District 6 Trustee Paul Saldaña made the motion, and At-Large Board Member Kendall Pace seconded. […]
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Body camera policies to be scrutinized
After the City Council Public Safety Committee heard from five people well versed on issues surrounding police body cameras, committee Chair Don Zimmerman asked Kim Rossmo, chair of the citizens group charged with vetting public safety issues, to get more public input and help develop policies for using those cameras. Everyone on the panel seemed […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Staying confused
Staying confused… Followers of the City Council Austin Energy Utility Oversight Committee likely recall its Aug. 27 meeting, in which members opted to vote on a contentious solar energy item without taking input from the many members of the public who signed up to speak, prompting a public scolding from Frances McIntyre, advocacy director for the Austin […]
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TipSheet: This week with City Council
As part of our ongoing effort to keep readers up to date with all that is going on at City Hall, we present our TipSheet for Austin City Council committees. As usual, we will be offering highlights of meetings, with links to entire agendas. This week, Council has its full work session Tuesday, and its […]
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Districts 1, 2 and 4 hardest hit by retail food deserts
Despite beating most others in population growth estimates, Districts 1, 2 and 4 are trailing the rest of the city when it comes to fresh, healthy and affordable retail food options. Edwin Marty, food policy manager for the Office of Sustainability, told the City Council Open Space, Environment and Sustainability Committee on Wednesday that the […]
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Courthouse proposal gets shut down in committee
A city proposal to relocate the county courthouse from downtown to East Austin didn’t gain any traction at the Audit and Finance Committee on Wednesday, but it did spark a heated conversation. Though City Council Member Ellen Troxclair moved to approve the resolution, she did not receive a second. The resolution will not move on […]
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Austin to return Australian opal to its hometown
From our City Hall reporting partners at KUT, an update on the Australian opal story we covered in this week’s Reporter’s Notebook: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/225095031″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Austin Mayor Steve Adler
Austin Mayor Steve Adler joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the city of Austin’s fiscal year 2015-16 budget. The show is embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/224729829″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 9.17.15
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Simply click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweet. ITEMS 2 8 16 18 20 25 33 35 39 50 54 67 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 86 87 90 Tick Tock Participants: […]