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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 by Areeba Amer
City Hall
Municipal court cases linger longer these days
Four years ago, the Austin Municipal Court generally took under 190 days to close cases. The number of days has since gone up to roughly 215 days, due to Senate Bill 1913 passed by the Texas Legislature in 2017, said…
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Audit finds temp employee misused city truck
The Office of the City Auditor has found that a temporary employee of the Planning and Zoning Department regularly misused his assigned city vehicle to drive himself home and run personal errands. His work with the city ended shortly after…
Thursday, February 6, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Hall
Working group to examine changes in how to rename Austin’s parks facilities
The Parks and Recreation Board has started the process to ask City Council to amend an ordinance that dictates the process for renaming parks facilities.At its meeting last week the board voted 6-2 to form a three-member working group to…
Thursday, January 30, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Hall
City moving forward with centralized office for enforcing civil rights laws
The city appears to be moving ahead with a proposal to create a central office for the enforcement of civil rights ordinances, which are currently handled across an assortment of city departments with no formal framework for how to best…
Thursday, January 16, 2020 by Jessi Devenyns
City Hall
BoA discusses how many postponements are too many
Postponement requests are available to applicants, neighbors and city staff who require extra time to organize their cases for the Board of Adjustment. However, there are certain cases that come before the board where a postponement request is a red…
Friday, January 10, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
City Hall
Cypress and Shoal Creek Project potential recipient of hotel tax dollars
The Public Works Department has studied various ways to prioritize and fund the Cypress and Shoal Creek Project on the northeastern edge of the Seaholm District. Now the department has determined that the Historic Preservation portion of the Hotel Occupancy…
