The Austin City Council will hold its regular meeting Thursday. Below is a list of items we’re watching. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda. The Office of the City Clerk posts a copy on its website, here. 2. Approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20150908-003 to add an electric […]
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Fair Chance advocate tells her story
University of Texas PhD student and former Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Susannah Bannon describes her research as being “at the intersection of rhetoric and social justice.” In her studies as a communications student, Bannon examines the ways in which public conversations create and maintain social inequities. Her interest comes from her personal experience […]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 10.15.2015
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 3 6 10 30 35 38 39 42 47 48 49 53 56 57 63 69 72 85 86 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 485 tcb 6 […]
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Council may finally bid adieu to ADU deliberation
After more than a year, City Council is closing in on new regulations for accessory dwelling units that, ostensibly, will make it easier for Austinites to build small, secondary homes on their property. As Council Member Greg Casar announced at Tuesday’s work session, “It’s been such a long process, and we’re finally here, sort of […]
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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 10.15.15
The Austin City Council will hold its regular meeting Thursday. Below is a list of items we’re watching. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda. The Office of the City Clerk posts a copy on its website, here. Our first tip? This promises to be a long meeting. 3. Adopt […]
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Ethics Commission reprimands Zimmerman
The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to sanction City Council Member Don Zimmerman for two violations of city campaign finance code Tuesday night. They also voted unanimously to issue a written reprimand to Zimmerman, though they did not recommend prosecuting the matter further. A reprimand is the second-most severe written sanction given by the commission. […]
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Council to take stance on Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood funding may be a national issue, but City Council will likely weigh in on it this Thursday when it considers endorsing federal spending for the women’s health organization in the city’s federal legislative agenda. Council will also consider endorsing an increase in access to and state funding for a “full spectrum of health […]
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Houston, Casar balk at larger Convention Center
The City Council Economic Opportunity Committee rejected a chance to weigh in on the expansion of the Convention Center Monday, with Council Members Ora Houston and Greg Casar saying they were not ready to recommend the consultant’s long-range master plan. Convention Center Director Mark Tester pushed the committee to recommend moving forward with the planning. […]
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TipSheet: This week’s Council committees
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. This week is an ultra-short one, with only the Economic Opportunity Committee meeting. Economic Opportunity Committee Monday, Oct. 12, 2:00 p.m. 3. 4:00 PM: Consider […]
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Tick Tock: Austin City Council Meeting 10.8.2015
ITEMS 4 6 11 12 16 25 26 28 30 32 33 34 35 36 38 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 80 LillyRockwell 1 Thursday, October 08, 2015 9AM .@MayorAdler speaking about @MobilityATX report. #atxgov #atxcouncil http://t.co/Yk9ZG4oEyN October 08, 2015 09:39 AM .@MayorAdler speaking about @MobilityATX report. #atxgov #atxcouncil http://t.co/Yk9ZG4oEyN October 08, 2015 09:39 AM More […]
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Council urges restraint in reporting immigrants to ICE
City Council is putting pressure on the Travis County Sheriff’s Office to stop reporting undocumented immigrants who are processed at the county jail to immigration authorities. While the body voted Thursday to approve a one-year, $6.58 million interlocal agreement with the county that will allow those detained by city police to continue being processed and […]
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TipSheet: Austin City Council, Zoning 10.7.15
The Austin City Council will hold its regular meeting Thursday. Below is a list of items we’re watching. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda. The Office of the City Clerk posts a copy on its website, here. 2. Approve negotiation of an interlocal agreement with Travis County for the […]