Mayor Steve Adler has proposed adding an extra week to the time between when an item is posted on City Council’s draft agenda and the day Council hears the item. Members of the transition committee – an unofficial Council committee working on changes to committee rules and procedures – seem to have reached agreement on […]
Austin City Council Transition Committee
Though it’s not an “official” committee, this City Council group was formed to take a look at the Council committee system that was reformed in 2015 in order to make the process more uniform and easier to understand and manage. It was quickly nicknamed the “Committee Committee.”
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Casar proposes changes to committee rules
City Council Member Greg Casar is proposing that most items go directly to the Council agenda, eliminating the assumption that items are discussed before a Council committee before being passed to the full Council for consideration. This proposal is just one of several that the District 4 Council member has put forward to change the […]
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TipSheet: This week’s Council committees
As part of our ongoing effort to keep readers up to date with all that is going on at City Hall, we present our tip sheet for Austin City Council committees. As usual, we will be offering highlights of meetings, with links to entire agendas. Economic Opportunity Council Committee Monday, Nov. 9, 1 p.m. 4. […]