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Friday, December 21, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
City Hall
After re-election, Adler in ‘do stuff’ mode for 2019
As upbeat as Mayor Steve Adler stays most of the time when talking about the stalled and heavily criticized CodeNEXT rewrite of the city’s land use code, it’s still easy to hear the exasperation and disappointment that lingers over the…
Friday, December 21, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Cronk reflects on first year in Austin
Less than a year after taking over as Austin’s city manager, Spencer Cronk calls himself “the luckiest person in the world.” He recognizes the many challenges Austin faces, but city administration is what he has chosen to do with his…
Friday, December 21, 2018 by Jack Craver
City Hall
Harper-Madison wants more housing, transportation options for District 1
Above all else, Natasha Harper-Madison, the incoming City Council member for District 1, wants to use her new platform to connect more people to the decisions made every day at City Hall.The campaign Harper-Madison waged for the Council seat over…
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
City Hall
Budget amendment means new $150M Austin Energy HQ at Mueller
Austin Energy will move its offices on Barton Springs Road to a new headquarters at the Mueller development in North Austin, a move that is expected to save the city roughly $1 million per year.Last week City Council unanimously approved…
Monday, December 17, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
City Hall
Camelback is back, but this time at the Ethics Review Commission
After so much contention and inflamed passions on both sides, it’s no surprise that the story of the Camelback planned unit development did not end with the Nov. 1 approval by Council.On Dec. 12, the Ethics Review Commission heard a…
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Home repair problems continue to surface
After our story last week highlighting problems in the city’s Neighborhood Housing and Community Development home loan repair program, the Austin Monitor received information from another homeowner who says the contractor hired to refurbish his home in 2014 did a…
