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Who's building Austin? As city grows, construction workers are getting left behind
At the end of the workday in downtown Austin, streams of construction workers start pouring out of the city. They spend their days building the condos and office buildings that will make up the new Austin, but they go home…
City Council • By Cate Malek • Sep 1, 2016
Biz groups oppose more rules for permitting
Four Austin business groups are opposing a plan to require extra steps in the city’s permit review process. The steps would lead to more protection for construction workers, but they would also involve extra time and paperwork as well as…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Sep 1, 2016
Austin Monitor Radio: D7 Candidate Natalie Gauldin
District 7 Council candidate Natalie Gauldin joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to chat about her campaign. The show is embedded below.
City Council • By Michael Kanin • Aug 29, 2016
Austin libraries not giving up on CDs
Even in the Live Music Capital of the World, there are undoubtedly plenty of people who haven’t bought a physical music album in years. All Austinites, however, continue to buy compact discs through their taxes. On Thursday, City Council approved…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Aug 5, 2016
Council to consider videoconferencing for public testimony
In a quest to simplify the lives of constituents while easing some downtown traffic, City Council Member Don Zimmerman has proposed testing out videoconferencing for citizens communication during Council meetings. “I have a lot of constituents complaining about parking problems…
City Council • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 4, 2016
Suit: Pilot Knob vote violated state, federal law
Civic activist Brian Rodgers has amended the lawsuit he initially filed in February against the city of Austin, challenging the city’s entire scheme for financing water and wastewater improvements at the controversial Pilot Knob development in Southeast Travis County. Rodgers’…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Aug 3, 2016
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Council seeks to reverse decision on Hays County emergency service district
It wasn’t just Austinites who were inconvenienced by the absence of Mayor Steve Adler and two City Council members during last week’s Council meeting. Several dozen families who live in a 5-acre area of Hays County that is located within…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Jun 14, 2016
Austin Monitor Radio: 2016 transportation bond?
Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard hosts Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s communications director Jason Stanford for a conversation about a potential 2016 City of Austin transportation bond. Sponsored by Austin Water. Post is embedded below. Clarification: At about 16 minutes and…
City Council • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 14, 2016
Mayor's absence causes Council headaches
City Council can conduct its business without the mayor and two Council members. But a tedious morning session on Thursday proved that it’s not necessarily easy. The absence of Mayor Steve Adler and Council members Delia Garza and Ann Kitchen,…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Jun 10, 2016
Council OKs contract for impact fee study
With City Council Member Don Zimmerman opposed, Council voted 7-1 Thursday to award a $1.18 million contract for a transportation impact fee study to Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. in anticipation of adopting developer impact fees to pay for street improvements…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jun 10, 2016
Kitchen steps into planning personnel issues
Last fall, City Council Member Ann Kitchen asked Planning and Zoning Department Director Greg Guernsey to remove the staff member who had been overseeing the formation of one of the South Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan’s contact teams because she did…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • May 31, 2016
Austin Monitor Radio: Reporter's Roundtable
The Austin Chronicle‘s Michael King joins Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano and Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to take a look at what’s been going on with your Austin City Council. Sponsored by Austin Water. Post is embedded below:
