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Council extends living wage to subcontractors
City subcontractors – such as airport food vendors and construction workers – will now be paid $13.03 an hour after City Council extended the city’s living wage requirements on Thursday to everyone working on a city contract. Two ordinances that…
City Council • By Eva Ruth Moravec • Mar 25, 2016
Council poised to pass fair-chance hiring ordinance
Despite the fact that Jacqueline Conn has a master’s degree, it took her 10 months to find a job in Austin, a delay she attributes to a 15-year-old felony conviction. On Tuesday, Conn, 34, stood behind Council Member Greg Casar…
City Council • By Eva Ruth Moravec • Mar 23, 2016
Ethics complaint filed against Council Member Renteria
The owner of a short-term rental business has filed an ethics complaint against City Council Member Pio Renteria, alleging that he violated city conflict-of-interest rules by pushing for an ordinance approved last month that will eventually phase out short-term rental…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Mar 17, 2016
Kitchen: Spirit of innovation still alive in Austin
This year’s South by Southwest Interactive conference kicked off with a cloud of doubt hanging over the city of Austin’s relationship with the tech sector that has helped spur the regional economy for lo these many years. Recent efforts by…
City Council • By Caleb Pritchard • Mar 15, 2016
Is Austin still tech-friendly?
“Austin has spent decades building a reputation as an innovative city, but our new City Council’s confusion about (the) issue is destroying our reputation and driving away investment capital,” according to Capital Factory Executive Director Joshua Baer. In the Medium…
City Council • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Mar 15, 2016
Council enacts changes to committee system
Just before the close of its meeting Thursday night, City Council made changes to its committee system. City Council voted 8-3 in favor of Council Member Greg Casar’s resolution, which was intended to streamline the sometimes cumbersome committee system adopted…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 7, 2016
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Updated: Petition to Recall Council Member Kitchen Deemed 'Insufficient'
From KUT News: A petition submitted by a political action committee attempting to recall Austin City Council member Ann Kitchen has been deemed “insufficient” by the City Clerk. The PAC Austin4All failed to get the petition notarized, which was required…
City Council • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Mar 4, 2016
Council starts Pilot Knob amendments
City Council voted 10-1 Thursday to start the amendment process on the affordable housing portion of the zoning ordinance that created the Pilot Knob planned unit development in Southeast Travis County. Council Member Don Zimmerman voted no. Council initiated the…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Mar 4, 2016
The nitty-gritty of a Pilot Knob reconsideration
City Council members will decide today whether to revisit an affordable housing deal approved by vote in December. And how they might re-table the deal is a bit mystifying. Council Member Ellen Troxclair is proposing an amendment that would initiate…
City Council • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Mar 3, 2016
Council might ban the box as part of hiring mandate
Sometimes, a potential law goes by two names. But other times, it goes by one – while confusion breeds alternative monikers. City Council members have spent the past year chewing over hiring requirements for private employers. But recently, Council Member…
City Council • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Mar 1, 2016
Rosewood Courts' historic zoning back in play
It was far from clear what had happened after a flurry of amendments and votes. But when the dust settled, the question of historic zoning for Rosewood Courts remained open. City Council voted 8-0-3 to initiate historic zoning on Rosewood…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 26, 2016
Zimmerman, Lewis fail on Ott resolution
Conservative City Council Member Don Zimmerman and liberal attorney Fred Lewis don’t have much in common, but they both seem bent on replacing City Manager Marc Ott. Nonetheless, they failed on Thursday to persuade any of the other 10 members…
