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Monday, July 2, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Visit Austin audit revised
The City Council Audit and Finance Committee accepted the results of an audit of the contract between the city and Visit Austin at last week’s meeting. The audit did not find any significant contract compliance issues with Visit Austin, which…
Friday, June 29, 2018 by Audrey McGlinchy
City Hall
Austin may be getting a new department to oversee labor rights laws
City Council members voted Thursday to ask the city manager to look into creating a new department to oversee its labor rights laws – including rules that guarantee rest breaks for construction workers and mandate paid sick leave for private…
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 by Jo Clifton
City Hall
Committee wants more responses from chief
The City Council Audit and Finance Committee accepted an audit from the Office of the City Auditor Monday that faulted the city’s processes in dealing with recommendations from the Citizen Review Panel to the chief of police. All the members…
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 by Jack Craver
City Hall
Citizen petition demands city audit
This article has been updated. A spokesperson for Council Member Ellen Troxclair said that the proposed audit ordinance is not on the agenda for the next City Council meeting because one of the initial co-sponsors of the proposal withdrew support.A…
Monday, June 18, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
City Hall
New Tourism Commission to advise on hotel tax funds, issues related to $9B industry
Austin’s tourism industry will get some additional City Hall oversight as City Council prepares for budget workshops that are almost certain to include decisions on how to spend the quickly growing reserve of Hotel Occupancy Tax funds.Council voted 8-1-2 Thursday…
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 by Caleb Pritchard
City Hall
Renteria opposes contract award to contractor who used racial slur
City Council Member Pio Renteria says he will oppose the awarding of a city road maintenance contract to a firm whose president used a racial slur at a Travis County-sponsored meeting last month.According to a memorandum Capital Contracting Officer Rolando…
