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Thursday, August 16, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Should Board of Adjustment have outside counsel?
Two members of the city’s Board of Adjustment argued strenuously in favor of providing outside legal counsel for the board when it is interpreting city code, but the assistant city attorney who has been advising the board for several years…
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 by Audrey McGlinchy
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English sues Austin over wording of ballot question for city audit
Ed English is suing the city over the wording of a November ballot measure about a citywide audit.Activists collected more than 30,000 signatures asking the city to hire a third party to conduct an efficiency audit of all its departments.…
Monday, August 13, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
City Hall
Final hearing scheduled for fraudulent vacation time case
After retiring in June of last year, Curtis Graves, a former superintendent of system operations at Austin Energy, found out that he was under investigation for his use of vacation and sick time by both Austin Energy’s internal Human Resources…
Thursday, August 9, 2018 by Jack Craver
City Hall
Council seeks to steer incentives from big business to local business
In Austin, the city’s practice of providing financial incentives for companies to relocate or move operations here has garnered plenty of criticism, ranging from outright opposition to the practice to concerns about whether the incentives are leading to jobs for…
Thursday, August 9, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Council seeks review of insurance appeals
Last month, Chuck Lesniak retired from the city of Austin after 28 years, most recently as the city’s environmental officer. However, his involvement with the city is continuing as he urges City Council to establish a third-party appeals process that…
Monday, July 30, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Cronk wants to change assistant city managers
City Manager Spencer Cronk announced via memo to department directors on Friday that he plans to make major changes in the city manager’s office.Cronk said he was appointing Chief Financial Officer Elaine Hart, who served as interim city manager for…
