Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Sheri Gallo

Austin City Council Member Sheri Gallo joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about her first months in office, the Bull Creek tract, Austin Oaks PUD, and much more. Show is embedded below.

Austin • By Michael Kanin • Aug 10, 2015

Council reaches Fun Fun Fun Fest compromise

Amid concerns that Fun Fun Fun Fest would not take place this November at Vic Mathias Shores, City Council has intervened in negotiations between festival organizers and the city’s Parks and Recreation Department to ensure that it goes forward as…

Music & Entertainment • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 7, 2015

Council prohibits use of bullhooks on elephants

While several bullhooks were brought into City Council chambers as evidence Thursday – one even passed around on the dais – these instruments, used to train circus animals, will be prohibited from use on elephants within city limits starting in…

Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 7, 2015

City to purchase preservation land

Austin will move forward with the purchase of slightly more than 10 acres of land in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, despite concerns from some City Council members about whether the purchase price could be lower. Council voted 9-2 to move…

Environment • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 7, 2015

Auditor to report on budget scrutiny options

In response to a request from Mayor Steve Adler, City Auditor Corrie Stokes and her team are preparing a report on how the City Council could scrutinize the budgets of various city departments and their programs throughout the year. In…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Aug 7, 2015

Updated: City staff asks for more Uber, Lyft accountability

Uber and Lyft drivers are operating all over Austin, but there is no way, sans app, to point out their cars, and the city can’t keep track of who has signed up. Transportation Department staff, however, are hoping that will…

Transportation • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 6, 2015

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Council not likely to ban bullhooks this year

Based on a discussion at a work session on Tuesday, City Council is not likely to ban the use of the bullhook — a common elephant training tool — in circuses before Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey comes to…

Austin • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 6, 2015

Travis County builds interest in courts complex development plan

The Travis County Commissioners Court has determined that a plan to let private developers build a second tower that would complement the proposed $291.6 Civil & Family Courts Complex is “extremely attractive.” According to the team steering the courts complex…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 6, 2015

In East Austin, another demolition

East Austin will soon say goodbye to yet another home built in the early 1900s. At last week’s Historic Landmark Commission meeting, commissioners voted to release a demolition permit for the house at 1613 Canterbury St. Commissioners Terri Myers, Grace…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 6, 2015

Planning Commission OKs landmark status for former home of legendary businesswoman

Celebrating female entrepreneurship, racial harmony and, of course, beautiful architecture, the Planning Commission voted to recommend historic zoning for an 85-year-old house at 113 West 33rd St. last week. After hearing Steve Sadowsky, the Historic Preservation Officer for the city,…

Preservation • By Jack Craver • Aug 6, 2015

Lower tax rate, higher tax bill in Travis County's draft budget

Travis County’s property tax rate is expected to dip during the next budget cycle, but taxpayers shouldn’t necessarily expect lower bills. According to the preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2016, the rate will drop by 6.62 percent. However, rising property…

Budget • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 5, 2015

Council likely to purchase endangered species tract

Despite questions about the price from City Council Member Don Zimmerman, Council appears poised to move forward Thursday with the purchase of a significant tract of land in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. The tract is within Zimmerman’s District 6. City…

Environment • By Jo Clifton • Aug 5, 2015

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