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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 4.10.25
Today’s Austin City Council meeting looks to be a rather tame affair, but we’re staying tuned nonetheless. As usual, the entire agenda is posted online, but we’ve read through and made our best guesses at what might be worth a…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 10, 2025
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 3.6.25
The Austin City Council will meet today to vote on an abbreviated agenda – just 48 items – but we managed to find a few things to dive into nonetheless. As usual, the entire agenda and backup is also available…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 6, 2025
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 2.27.25
Austin City Council will meet today for their regular meeting and, looking over the agenda, it promises to be a shorter meeting, for the most part. As for the other part, Council is poised to consider, if not adopt, new…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 27, 2025
TipSheet: Austin City Council 2.13.25
Today, the Austin City Council will convene for a regular meeting with a manageable agenda that has some issues worth diving into. As usual, we’ve taken a minute to highlight those issues and, as usual, the whole agenda and backup…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 13, 2025
TipSheet: Austin City Council 1.30.25
After a long holiday break, it’s time to turn our eyes back to local politics, with the first regular meeting of City Council in 2025. It’s also the first meeting for Council members Marc Duchen, Mike Siegel and Krista Laine.…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 30, 2025
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 12.12.24
Today’s City Council meeting is the last of the year, which always makes for a packed agenda. This Thursday is no different, so there’s a lot we have our eye on. It’s also the last meeting for Council members Alison…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 12, 2024
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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 11.21.24
Austin City Council will convene for their regular meeting today and, per usual, there were a few things that caught our eye that we’ve detailed in this TipSheet. For more information, or to make your own decisions, the entire agenda…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 21, 2024
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 11.7.24
Well, the show must go on. After a momentous election Tuesday that will also see new Council members in Districts 6, 7 and 10 and probably the return of Mayor Kirk Watson, City Council members are dusting themselves off and…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 7, 2024
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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 10.24.24
Austin City Council will convene today for a regular voting meeting at City Hall. To prepare, we’ve read through the agenda (which is available in its entirety here) and highlighted what is of the most interest to us and, hopefully,…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 24, 2024
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.26.24
Today, City Council will convene for its regular meeting, and we’ve taken a look at the agenda to piece together some educated guesses about what the most interesting things on said agenda are. As evidenced by today’s edition of the…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 26, 2024
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.12.24
Today, City Council will meet once again for its regular Thursday meeting. And we, in turn, have once again read through the agenda and compiled a list of the items that caught our eye. After years of debate, an “agent…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 12, 2024
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 8.29.24
Today, City Council will convene to hold its regular Thursday meeting and, to celebrate the occasion, we’ve put together a collection of things that caught our eye while reading through the agenda. Behold! In February, Council approved a new density…