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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.29.22
Unlike the past few meetings, today’s City Council meeting looks almost reasonable. For one thing, Council members aren’t scheduled to disappear into an executive session, which should free up some time. In this TipSheet, we’ve collected the things we’re betting…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 29, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 9.15.22
Today City Council will convene for a regular meeting. As usual, we aim to give you an overview of the meeting, but those who want to dive into the details can check out the full agenda or tune in to…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 15, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 7.28.22
After a brief, special called meeting last week, City Council is back in earnest today. How earnest? Well, Mayor Steve Adler joked that there was a betting pool at City Hall about how long the meeting would last, so that’s…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 28, 2022
Notley/Monitor Poll: Austinites stand divided on police spending, public safety
More than two years after a series of mass protests triggered budget cuts for the Austin Police Department, and nearly a year after voters rejected a proposition to expand the department’s ranks, Austinites remain split in their perceptions of law…
Police • By Emma Freer • Jul 14, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 6.16.22
Today Austin City Council members will meet for the last time prior to their annual summer break. Because they won’t have a regular meeting again until July 28, there’s a lot of pressure to get things done, which usually translates…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 16, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 6.9.22
Today is City Council’s penultimate meeting before a summer break, which means the meeting is jam-packed with odds and ends that need to get in order before then. This TipSheet is an educated guess as to what might be important…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 9, 2022
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TipSheet: Austin City Council, 5.19.22
Today’s City Council meeting could be a long one, with a few contentious items on the agenda in addition to a list of smaller things that can add up quickly. As usual, we’ve gathered the things that are most interesting…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 19, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 5.5.22
Hello, and welcome to another pre-cap of today’s City Council meeting. We’ve picked out a few things that might be interesting today, but as usual, you can find the entire agenda online. At its last meeting, Council postponed a guaranteed…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 5, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 4.21.22
Welcome to another edition of the Austin Monitor’s TipSheet! As usual, this is a rough guide to some of the things that will be up at City Council today, with our best guesses at what will be most interesting. Those with…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 21, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 4.7.22
It’s Thursday and another City Council meeting is upon us. Mayor Steve Adler, who has tested positive for Covid-19, is expected to join the meeting virtually. In a contrasting move back to “normal,” today marks the return of live music…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 7, 2022
TipSheet: Austin City Council, 3.3.22
Mayor Steve Adler will miss today’s meeting to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors. That typically means dramatic things are put on hold out of respect, but nonetheless, the show – and this TipSheet! – must go on, so we…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 3, 2022
TipSheet: City Council, 2.17.22
Austin City Council will once again convene for its regular meeting at 10 a.m. Of note today is the fact that this is Council Member Chito Vela’s first official meeting as the representative of District 4. Everything else of note…