The Austin City Council will have its regular meeting Thursday. Below is a list of items we’re watching for the upcoming week. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda. The City Clerk’s office posts a copy on its Web site, here. 5. Approve an ordinance authorizing an increase in the Fiscal […]
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Concrete pouring ordinance may need more time
City staff’s proposed restrictions on notoriously loud and bright overnight concrete pouring at downtown sites may not be ready to hit the ground yet. That’s according to a discussion City Council had at its Tuesday work session ahead of a vote on the issue Thursday. “There was a lot of conflicting information,” said Council Member […]
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Transition group will begin posting meetings
It was never intended to be a committee. But the City Council committee on committees, also known as the transition committee and the Transition Work Group, has met at least twice without the usual notice to the public, video recording or broadcast on ATXN. What at first seemed like just an informal gathering of four […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: King, Rockwell, Pagano, and Kanin on the new Council
The Austin Chronicle‘s Michael King and the Austin American-Statesman‘s Lilly Rockwell join Monitor editor Liz Pagano and publisher Mike Kanin to talk about life under the new Austin City Council. Show is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/210434730″ 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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Houston comes out against sole-source contracts
At the June 4 City Council meeting, Council Member Ora Houston voted against an Austin Water Utility contract with Austin White Lime that would allow the company to provide about 21.5 tons of lime per year to soften the city’s water. She also voted against three other contracts that were designated “sole-source” by the Purchasing […]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 6.11.15
Tick Tock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from Council day. Simply click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding. Votes are color-coded: Green for yeas, red for nays, et cetera. It’s embedded below.Tick Tock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from Council […]
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TipSheet: This week’s Council Committees
As part of our ongoing attempt to keep readers up to date with all that is going on at City Hall, we will now be offering weekly tip sheets for City Council committees. As usual, we will be offering highlights of the meetings, with links to the entire agenda. Planning and Neighborhoods Committee Monday, June […]
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Closed captioning costs city $10,000 per month
Austin’s switch to a 10-1 government is costing the city money in unexpected areas. At a budget work session Wednesday, the city’s Support Services Department forecasted a $131,000 expenditure increase to fund ATXN, the city’s government access channel, as a result of the City Council committee restructuring. That number is part of the department’s overall $6.6 million […]
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TipSheet: Austin City Council 6.11.15
The Austin City Council will have its regular meeting Thursday. Below is a list of items we’re watching for the upcoming week. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda. The City Clerk’s office posts a copy on its Web site, here. 4. Approve an ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of […]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 6.4.15
Tick Tock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from Council day. Simply click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding. Votes are color-coded: Green for yeas, red for nays, et cetera. It’s embedded below. ITEMS 2 3 10 11 16 19 20 21 23 30 37 40 44 […]
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TipSheet: This week’s Council Committees
As part of our ongoing attempt to keep readers up to date with all that is going on at City Hall, we will now be offering weekly tip sheets for City Council committees. As usual, we will be offering highlights of the meetings, with links to the entire agenda. Economic Opportunity Council Committee Monday, June […]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 5.28.15
Tick Tock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from Council day. Simply click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding. Votes are color-coded: Green for yeas, red for nays, et cetera. It’s embedded below. ITEMS 1 4 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 85 slmcdonald77 2 HGerbracht 1 Thursday, May […]