City Council
Monday, March 12, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
City Council
City to study McKalla Place as home for soccer stadium
It appears city leaders want to move ahead with making a piece of city-owned land north of the downtown core available as the site for a possible soccer stadium.Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo has co-sponsored a resolution that will direct…
Friday, March 9, 2018 by Elizabeth Pagano
City Council
Council denies reappointment of five judges
Who judges the judges? On Thursday, it was City Council. Though there was very little dissent on the dais about a recommendation that left five judges without appointments, the public testimony that preceded Council’s vote was critical and, at times,…
Thursday, March 8, 2018 by Audrey McGlinchy
City Council
Austin law requires job seekers with criminal pasts get a fair shot. But it’s not being enforced.
When Lauren Johnson started job hunting in the early 1990s, she walked from business to business, filling out applications by hand. “It’ll be so much easier someday when this is all computerized,” she remembers thinking.Two decades later, job applications had…
Thursday, March 8, 2018 by Elizabeth Pagano
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TipSheet: City Council, 3.8.18
City Council is back for what looks to be a reasonably short meeting again today – fingers crossed! Here are the things we have our eye on. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda.…
Friday, March 2, 2018 by Jack Craver
City Council
Council extends paid sick leave to city’s temporary employees
On Thursday, City Council made good on its promise to apply the same sick leave requirement to city government that it voted two weeks ago to impose on private employers.In a 9-2 vote, Council approved a resolution directing city staff to…
Friday, March 2, 2018 by Jack Craver
City Council
Council buys local on computer training contract
City Council rejected the advice of city staff and awarded a technology training contract to a local group over a national nonprofit that only recently arrived in Austin.Staff had recommended that the city contract with Community Technology Network to manage…
