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City Council
Expect talk on rent, rail station and ticking clocks at soccer hearing
With the term sheet for a proposed professional soccer stadium on city property in North Austin out for public debate since Friday, a special City Council meeting today on the possible agreement will give those on both sides a chance…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 1, 2018
Troxclair decides not to seek re-election
Council Member Ellen Troxclair, the lone conservative on City Council, announced Wednesday that she would not be seeking re-election to her District 8 seat. Troxclair was elected as part of the first group of Council members elected from districts, and…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jul 12, 2018
Council waives bidding rules for Austin Rowing Club
The Austin Rowing Club is going to get another chance. After hearing dozens of people testify in support of the club, City Council voted unanimously Thursday to give the nonprofit the go-ahead to negotiate a new contract to manage and…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Jul 2, 2018
City likely to help Cap Metro fund studies
City Council appears poised to move forward Thursday with approval of an amendment to its agreement with the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority that will help the agency fund preliminary engineering work and environmental analysis on what sorts of projects would…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jun 27, 2018
Tovo seeks to keep rowing club at boathouse
Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo wants to help the nonprofit Austin Rowing Club continue operating the city-owned Waller Creek Boathouse on Lady Bird Lake by instructing staff to extend the club’s contract rather than offer the boathouse for competitive bidding.…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jun 21, 2018
Council approves changes to anti-lobbying ordinance
Early Friday morning, City Council approved what supporters described as a temporary solution to an ongoing battle between Texas Disposal Systems and other waste contractors over city lobbying rules. The measure approved by Council makes a few small changes to…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Jun 18, 2018
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Council raises homestead exemption to 10%
On a vote of 7-4, Council on Thursday approved raising the homestead exemption from the current rate of 8 percent to 10 percent for the coming year. The resolution’s sponsors included Council members Ellen Troxclair, Leslie Pool, Ann Kitchen and…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jun 15, 2018
Council rejects contract award to contractor who used racial slur
City Council on Thursday used a contractor’s use of a racial slur as an reason to reject his company’s bid to repair two intersections along East Seventh Street. The Austin Monitor first reported that Aaron Cabaza of Aaron Concrete referred…
City Council • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 15, 2018
Houston withdraws, and Harding enters, in race for D1 Council seat
Austin’s City Council District 1, which is made up almost entirely of portions of East Austin, will definitely have a new representative in 2019, with current Council Member Ora Houston announcing Wednesday she will not seek re-election. Houston’s decision came…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 14, 2018
Questions arise over CodeNEXT votes
Attorney Bill Aleshire has alerted Mayor Steve Adler that a constituent saw a problem with the new method of counting City Council votes at Tuesday’s work session on CodeNEXT. That method required members to signal their support for an idea…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jun 7, 2018
Homestead exemption talk on the agenda
District 8 Council Member Ellen Troxclair is once again working to increase the general homestead exemption for property owners. She has worked on this issue since she was elected in 2014. Although City Council voted for a 6 percent exemption…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jun 5, 2018
Council votes to move ahead with People's Plan to combat displacement
City Council’s push to address the area’s rising cost of living could soon include components of a plan put forward by a coalition of community groups to prevent low-income residents from being priced out of Austin. At last week’s meeting,…
