… but I won’t do that

Though City Council approved a hefty number of agenda items on consent at the beginning of its Thursday meeting, Council Member Don Zimmerman registered “no” votes on three of those items. The first waived $17,775 in fees and $35,145 in costs for the city’s August PRIDE parade. Zimmerman also voted against the addition of a school representative to the CodeNEXT advisory board and a shift in Planning Commission rules that would allow someone other than the Austin Independent School District’s board of trustees president to serve as the ex officio member. He was the sole vote against all three items.