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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 3.7.24
Today, City Council will convene for a normal Thursday meeting, and we’ve put together a few of the items on this week’s (short!) agenda that caught our eye. Proposed changes to environmental protections on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 7, 2024
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 2.29.24
Today, City Council will convene for its regular Thursday meeting. We’ve taken a look at the agenda and compiled our best guesses about what will be of interest below. The biggest item on this week’s agenda might be one of…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 29, 2024
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 2.15.24
City Council will, once again, meet for a regular meeting today. And we, once again, have gathered some highlights from today’s agenda to get you excited for the bonanza of public policy that will soon be upon us. For even…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 15, 2024
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 1.18.24
Today marks the first official City Council meeting of 2024, and despite an extremely abbreviated work session, there are a few things that we’ll be keeping our eye on. As usual, this TipSheet is just a collection of best guesses…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 18, 2024
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 12.14.23
The last City Council meeting of the year is here. Breaking from a tradition that the final meeting of any year is longer than reason, Council opted to take up its most contentious items – amendments to the Land Development…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 14, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 11.30.23
City Council will once again convene for a meeting at City Hall today and, as a preview of sorts, we’ve compiled our best guesses as to what might be of interest at the meeting. We’ll note that though Tuesday’s work…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 30, 2023
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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 11.9.23
Greetings and welcome to another round of Austin City Council. As usual, we’ve rounded up the most-likely-to-be-interesting parts of today’s agenda, but the whole thing is online for those who would prefer to make up their own minds. Among other…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 9, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 11.2.23
Anyone who watched this Tuesday’s work session is probably already prepared for what looks to be a smooth meeting today. Though there are a number of items on the agenda that caught our attention, it’s telling that none warranted further…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 2, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 10.19.23
Today, City Council will convene for a regular Thursday meeting, and we’ve gone through the agenda in an attempt to compile what might be the most interesting bits from the meeting. If this triggers your trust issues, you can read…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 19, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 10.5.23
Today’s regular City Council meeting promises to be a total snooze, with only 41 things on the agenda. We’ve done our best to highlight the most interesting of those things, though it’s pretty slim pickings, as illustrated by Tuesday’s work…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 5, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.21.23
It’s the second week in a row of City Council meetings, so it makes sense that this one might lack pizzazz. As usual, however, there are some standouts on the agenda, and we’ve compiled the things we’re keeping an eye…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 21, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.14.23
At the risk of seeming optimistic and bad at defining “fun,” today’s City Council meeting seems like it could be just that. There are a few things in particular that caught our eye, and those are detailed below. The agenda…