The Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center is moving forward into the planning stages of an expansion project that’s been 22 years in the making. Austinites voted to approve the bond to fund updates, construction and expansion on the East Austin museum in 1998. The plan for the building process is broken into three […]
African American Resource Advisory Commission
The African American Resource Advisory Commission advises the Austin City Council on quality of life issues for the city’s African-American community and recommends programs to alleviate inequality.
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Audit finds management violating ethics rules
A report just released by the Office of the City Auditor says city management ignored a violation of city code by an employee serving on a city commission that covers subject matter related to her department – despite a warning from the city auditor. City code currently prohibits employees from serving on commissions that cover […]
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Ethics complaints filed on two city commissioners
Nathan Wiebe, chief of investigations for the Office of the City Auditor, filed two complaints with the city’s Ethics Review Commission this week against members of advisory commissions. Wiebe filed a complaint against Isabel López-Aguilar, a member of the Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Resource Advisory Commission and program coordinator at the Latino HealthCare Forum. The […]
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African American Advisory Commission membership raises questions at Audit and Finance
The Audit and Finance Committee spent just under an hour trying to resolve a dispute over membership on the African American Resource Advisory Commission at its Dec. 14 meeting. At issue were the six seats on the 17-member commission reserved for members appointed by six civic organizations: the Austin Revitalization Authority, the Greater Austin Black […]