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Friday, April 17, 2020 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Audit: AFD employee accepted gifts from subordinate
An investigative audit by the Office of the City Auditor has found that Austin Fire Department spokesperson Michelle Tanzola violated city ethics policy by accepting gifts of photographic services from an employee who reports directly to her. Tanzola has responded…
Friday, April 10, 2020 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
City joins county with expanded sick leave pay
City employees will be eligible to receive 100 percent of their regular pay if they take emergency sick leave as a result of Covid-19, retroactive to March 15, under a resolution approved by City Council on Thursday.The resolution, similar to…
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
City takes precautions for critical employees
Electricity. Water. Trash pickup. The city of Austin provides all these services and we take it as a given that they will be there when we need them.Even as most Austinites have been ordered to stay home, the employees who…
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 by Jessi Devenyns
City Hall
Historic zoning, demolitions on hold for the time being
When it comes to zoning cases, the city has carved many different timelines into the code to keep cases moving forward. Those timelines are currently on hold.For historic zoning cases, non-administratively approved applications have been stopped in their tracks until…
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 by Jessi Devenyns
City Hall
City works out logistics to allow boards and commissions to meet virtually
After nearly a month of meetings being on hold, City Council voted last Thursday to temporarily waive a local ordinance requiring a quorum of board or commission members to be physically present in order for a meeting to take place.The…
Thursday, March 26, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Hall
Council vote could allow online board and commission meetings during COVID-19 quarantine
The city’s boards and commissions, which have been sidelined since mid-March because of bans on large gatherings linked to the spread of COVID-19, could get the green light to hold virtual meetings.Today City Council is expected to vote on temporarily…
