Tag Archives: Austin City Council Economic Opportunity Committee
City takes a look at Expo Center plans
Amid talk of the potential pluses of an expanded Austin Convention Center, some City Council members Monday heard for the first time publicly about a recent consultant review of the Travis County Exposition Center. Brian Block, the development administrator for…
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Apr 12, 2016
Disparities persist within city's contracting
The city of Austin continues to disfavor minority- and women-owned businesses in its contracting, a 750-page study finds. Jon Wainwright, a senior vice president with NERA Economic Consulting, which authored the study, spoke to City Council’s Economic Opportunity Committee on…
City Hall • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jan 12, 2016
Fair chance hiring moves forward
City Council’s Economic Opportunity Committee voted Monday to direct staff to move forward with writing what is known as a fair chance hiring ordinance. It would include a one-year period to educate employers before they would face penalties for noncompliance.…
Austin • By Jo Clifton • Nov 10, 2015
Fair Chance advocate tells her story
University of Texas PhD student and former Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Susannah Bannon describes her research as being “at the intersection of rhetoric and social justice.” In her studies as a communications student, Bannon examines the ways in…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Nov 9, 2015
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'Fair chance' proponents deliver message
About two weeks ago, City Council’s Economic Opportunity Committee took the first step toward mandating removal of the box on employment applications indicating whether the applicant has a criminal record. However, the rest of the package of proposals – all…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Oct 27, 2015
Committee OKs 'ban the box' ordinance
The City Council Economic Opportunity Committee voted 3–0 Monday to move forward with an ordinance that would prevent private employers from asking job applicants whether they have a criminal history on their initial employment applications. Similar laws – called “ban…
Austin • By Jo Clifton • Oct 13, 2015
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Council OKs purchase despite complaints
Although some City Council members worried about the lack of minority participation in the agreement, Council voted 9-2-1 on Thursday to approve a contract with Community Trucking LLC to provide crushed rock for various city departments in an amount up…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Oct 5, 2015
Ban the box ordinance moving forward
The proposal to ban the box that requires job applicants to say whether they have a criminal history is moving forward, but proponents – including City Council Member Greg Casar – hope to move slowly so as not to alarm…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Sep 15, 2015
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Plans for expanded Convention Center laid out for Council committee
As design consultants laid out the plans for an expanded Austin Convention Center to members of the Economic Opportunity Committee on Monday, they emphasized the inability of the current center to accommodate a growing city with a growing roster of…
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 25, 2015
May vote possible on Decker Golf proposal
City Council Member Ellen Troxclair, chair of the Council Economic Opportunity Committee, said she intends for her committee to vote on the Decker Lake Golf proposal at its next meeting May 11. Troxclair outlined some options for her colleagues at…
