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County nixes revenue to save inmates money
The Travis County Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to forgo a six-figure revenue stream in the name of letting jail inmates and their families save money on telecommunications services. The commissioners voted 3-1 to modify a contract with Securus Technologies…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 9, 2015
Study: AISD passive participant in discrimination
The Austin Independent School District board of trustees heard troubling news Monday: AISD’s contracting process does nothing to combat entrenched discriminatory practices among businesses and governmental entities in the Austin area, according to a recent disparity study. The study, which began…
AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Dec 9, 2015
Austin Energy waste contract extension in doubt
City Council members Ora Houston and Don Zimmerman voiced their objections at Tuesday’s work session to a 12-month extension of the contract between the city and Republic Services Inc. for hauling industrial waste from Austin Energy to the Waste Management…
Energy • By Jo Clifton • Dec 9, 2015
Commissioners Court adds security screenings
Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt has announced that all visitors to weekly Commissioners Court meetings will be subject to security screening starting next week. A non-operational metal detector standing in front of the court chambers at the regular meeting Tuesday…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 9, 2015
Austin police talk 'open carry' at safety commission
The Austin Police Department expects to be fielding more gun-related 911 calls after Texas’ recently passed open carry law takes effect in January. The new law allows licensed gun owners to have their weapons visibly holstered in public, but many…
Public Safety • By Jack Craver • Dec 8, 2015
APD estimates $1.5 million in spring festival costs
The Austin Police Department’s financial staff has estimated that the department will incur $1.5 million in overtime expenses during the 2016 spring festival season, March 10-20. Many, but not all, of these events are related to South by Southwest. In…
Music & Entertainment • By Jo Clifton • Dec 8, 2015
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BoA ponders increased fees for neighborhoods
Board of Adjustment members are mulling over whether a recent increase in fees is fair to neighborhood associations, but they aren’t yet ready to offer any solutions. A cost-of-service study from September 2015 evaluated the fees charged by the city…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 8, 2015
Playground talk sparks district conflict
Parks advocates appear united in their belief that the city needs to spend more money to provide green spaces and playgrounds for kids, but precisely where it should invest limited resources is a source of contention. At a meeting of…
Parks • By Jack Craver • Dec 7, 2015
Is gentrification a human rights issue in Austin?
Over the past few months, the city’s Human Rights Commission has been taking a hard look at preservation and gentrification. Though such issues might seem outside the commission’s purview, onetime City Council candidate Fred McGhee has a different opinion. McGhee’s…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 7, 2015
ZAP chair hopes to avoid more PUD postponements
Gabriel Rojas, the chair of the Zoning and Platting Commission, told colleagues at the commission’s meeting last week that he hoped the discussion over the Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development – a controversial proposal for a mixed-use development…
Development • By Jack Craver • Dec 7, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: The time she got to Arizona
Ghosts of resolutions passed… Though city officials’ trips to Paris may have garnered all the headlines last week, City Council Member Ellen Troxclair’s trip to Scottsdale, Arizona, for the American City County Exchange Policy Summit sparked the most interesting question:…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 7, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: TravCo Pct. 1 Candidate Richard Franklin
Richard Franklin, community activist and Pct. 1 Commissioners Court candidate, joins Austin Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin to talk about his campaign. Show is embedded below.
