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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 4.20.23
Today, City Council will once again convene for its regular meeting. Given the speed of the newest incarnation of our city government and the fact that this is the second such meeting in as many weeks, it looks like this…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 20, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 4.13.23
Today City Council will convene for its regular Thursday meeting. As usual, anyone can read through the agenda, which is posted online, but we’ve done our level best to pick out the most interesting bits to make things a little…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 13, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 3.23.23
City Council’s abbreviated work session didn’t offer many clues to this week’s agenda, as most of it was spent behind closed doors in an executive session. However, reading through the posted agenda, there are a few things that stood out.…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 23, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 3.9.23
Today, Austin City Council will meet once again for a regular meeting. Tuesday’s work session was mostly dedicated to briefings on eTOD frameworks (which is up for a vote today) and the Climate Equity Plan (which is not). The full…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 9, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 2.23.23
City Council will convene today for its last regular meeting in February. It also marks the first official Council meeting with interim City Manager Jesús Garza, who has taken back his seat following the near-unanimous firing of Spencer Cronk. A…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 23, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 2.9.23
Does everyone remember how boring (but efficient!) Council’s last meeting was? Well, this one promises to be much more exciting. Unfortunately, a lot of that excitement is likely to be expressed behind closed doors during the emergency executive session called to…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 9, 2023
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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 1.26.23
Despite the excitement of having a new mayor and several new City Council members on the dais for the first regular meeting this year, this meeting looks … pretty boring. Though there are several familiar issues and zoning cases on the…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 26, 2023
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 12.8.22
If all goes according to plan, today will be the last City Council meeting for Mayor Steve Adler and Council members Pio Renteria, Ann Kitchen and Kathie Tovo (as well as zoning guru Jerry Rusthoven). Of course, if last week’s…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 8, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 12.1.22
As the clock winds down on this iteration of City Council, there is a certain amount of pressure on Council members who are on the way out to cement their legacies and tie up any loose ends before handing over…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 1, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 11.3.22
City Council convenes for yet another regular meeting today and we’ve put together yet another TipSheet to guide our readers through the anticipated highlights of that meeting. As usual, the thorough and the curious can check out the full agenda…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 3, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 10.27.22
With elections underway, a lot of local policy aficionados may be focused on other things. But not us! We’re tuning in to this week’s City Council meeting, as always, and taking a minute to preview the meeting for those who…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 27, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 10.13.22
A discussion about scheduling at Tuesday’s City Council work session made it clear that local officials are acutely aware of the upcoming transition ahead. With at least four new representatives on the way, it’s starting to look like it’s time…