Although some City Council members worried about the lack of minority participation in the agreement, Council voted 9-2-1 on Thursday to approve a contract with Community Trucking LLC to provide crushed rock for various city departments in an amount up to $993,603. The company will also have three 12-month extension options for a total contract […]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 10.1.2015
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 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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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 10.1.15
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. 4. Authorize execution of a 15-year power purchase agreement with East Pecos […]
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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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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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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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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: […]
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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. Planning and Neighborhoods Council Committee Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, 2 p.m. […]
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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.17.15
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. 20. Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to award cultural arts […]
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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. As usual, we will be offering highlights of meetings, with links to entire agendas. Economic Opportunity Committee Monday, Sept. 14, 2:00 p.m. 4. Briefing from […]