TipSheets

In what has become one of our most treasured and least favorite of yearly traditions, the last City Council meeting of the year is always a long one, with everyone trying to get in a last bit of business before Council takes its break until Jan. 27. We’ll note that today will include an executive […]

All signs indicate that today’s City Council meeting will be on the lighter side, which is reflected in this week’s TipSheet. As usual, we’ve gathered up the agenda items that are most likely to strike our fancy – readers who prefer a deep dive might want to look through the agenda themselves, which is posted […]

This week, City Council will meet yet again. It’s getting to be a habit! We’re following suit, with a pre-cap of what promises to be interesting on today’s agenda. The intrepid can read the whole agenda for themselves.  Aside from a couple of items, today’s Council meeting promises to be reasonable. However, the simmering conflict over the […]

Hello, and welcome to another edition of our TipSheet. Today, City Council will meet for the second time in as many weeks. The meeting promises to be mellow, though a canceled work session Tuesday means that potentially time-consuming briefings will be held today instead. As usual, the entire agenda can be found online, for the […]

Today’s Austin City Council meeting promises to be heavy on zoning cases, but a number of items on the consent agenda also caught our eye. We’ve detailed them all in this TipSheet. As usual, you can read the entire agenda online or catch the meeting live on ATXN. In terms of process, we’ll be paying attention […]

Today, Austin City Council will make its way through another lengthy agenda. The meeting will be held both remotely and in person, which means that Council will continue its practice of taking public comment in two blocks – at 10 a.m. and at 2 p.m.  The biggest thing happening today, probably, is confirmation that Joseph […]

This week’s City Council meeting promises to be another blessedly short affair. As usual, you can read the entire agenda online, but for those with less time on their hands, we have collected the items that look the most interesting in this here TipSheet. It’s worth noting that today is the first meeting to be […]

In good news for reporters covering City Hall, today’s City Council meeting looks to be on the lighter side, with not much more than a handful of zoning cases to focus on. (It’s always worth noting, however, that trying to predict the length of a Council meeting is a fool’s errand. One just never knows […]

After a summer break and more than a year away from meetings held from the physical dais, City Council is back to a (more) regular meeting. Like the work session Tuesday, Council members can participate remotely or in person. The same holds true for speakers. Though the speaker sign-up rules remain slightly modified (speakers need […]

Today City Council will meet for the last time before its summer break, which ends in late July. So, let’s make the most of it, shall we? The meeting itself promises to be on the reasonable side, though we’re slightly nervous that the executive session might drag on in an attempt to square things away […]