Council to Vote on "Anti-Eviction Ordinance"

Ordinance allows 60-day grace period for rent payment during pandemic

"...months to do so before landlords can begin eviction proceedings against them...."

March 23, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Would You Like to Swap a Vowel?

City Council gets into its A-E-I-O-Us

"...that staff could reach out to more potentially affected property owners...."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Infighting Continues at Tourism Commission

Commission moves on to the 12th round

"...is a coalition of commissioners who were appointed by Mayor Steve Adler and council members Delia Garza, Greg Casar,..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Some Say the World Will End … in Ice

City Council dodges the ice storm, and much of its agenda

"...the City Council meeting had a hurry-up vibe that produced some postponements and truncated testimony. But Council managed to..."

Dec. 11, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Inauguration Highlights and Shadows

New City Council sworn in amid mixed omens

"...additional bit of official business in the re-election of Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo (D9). D1 CM Ora Houston..."

Jan. 9, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Council: Save the Coyotes!

A morning on wild, wild life, an afternoon on workers’ rights

"...debate concerned what seemed to be a minor, $10,000 proposed contract between the Animal Services Department and the Texas..."

Oct. 10, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Council: Dog Days Ahead

What if they proposed a budget, and nobody came?

"...Financial Services staff will unveil City Manager Marc Ott’s proposed FY 2017 budget, and update the various spring estimates...."

July 26, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Council: Not Enough Hours in the Day

How about a meeting about the meeting?

"...afternoon – Audit and Finance, to begin consideration of Mayor Steve Adler's detoured request for more staff and more..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Housing Heartburn or Marijuana?

Short-term rentals remain contentious

"...Organic gardener and longtime Austin resident Bob Easter is proud of his two short-term rental properties: two- and three-bedroom..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

Council: Only the Strong Survive

Mayor Adler begins to build his administration

"...move away from Austin's council-manager governing structure to a strong-mayor system – in which, instead of being one vote..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...house, and with a bit of hoopla, the new mayor, Steve Adler, and 10 City Council members were sworn..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature

Council Tentatively Approves Gables Project

Developers of a residential tower and boutique hotel resolve differences with neighbors

"...Downtown hotel and residential tower gained initial City Council approval Feb. 14 after a last-minute agreement was reached between..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council Split on How – and When – to Fund Housing

City scrambles to finance what voters rejected

"...a December resolution (courtesy of CMs Laura Morrison and Kathie Tovo) pushing for a wide-ranging look at what the..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Council: Time for a Beer

A short but packed agenda for this week's Council

"...At 69 items, it's not an unusually daunting agenda for City Council's..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

WTP4: Running on Overruns?

Austin Water wants more money for WTP4

"...whether we actually need the thing. Or the environmental protections we'd like to see put in place to protect..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

It's May in a Landslide!

Council votes 4-3 – three times – to keep spring election

"...Members Bill Spelman and Laura Morrison posted an action item for a second vote as a late Friday addition..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Still Unsettled

The Sanders saga, set to close before a changed council

"...Item 82, sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole, Laura..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

First Project Under New Ordinance Gets Nod

Project in Barton Springs Zone wins unanimous council approval

"...City Council last week unanimously approved the first big construction job affected by a 2007..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Going Big

How to spend $720 million on mobility

"...several hours of testimony and debate, early Friday morning Mayor Steve Adler persuaded a majority of his Council colleagues..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Getting Moving?

City Council's continued transportation debate may backlog zoning cases on agenda

"...Council's "zoning" meeting – that is, the recurrent 10-1 attempt to consolidate myriad zoning cases into one meeting to..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Leave No Fingerprints

Council’s last 2015 meeting looks both ways before crossing

"...drivers, but leaving both the enforcement mechanisms and the procedures until later, to be phased in by “benchmarks.”..."

Dec. 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

TCAD Challenge Moves to Court

Mayor announces next stage of appraisal fight

"...suit today against the Travis Central Appraisal District, commercial property owners, and Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, challenging the property..."

Aug. 24, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Unchartered Waters

City Hall and citizen advocates look toward a new model of representation – is the seventh time the charm?

"...I'm in a single district." But, under a hybrid system, he continues, "I have some allies, I have some..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Council: No Marxism Around Here

City Council pushes homestead exemption by thinnest of margins

"...point (and low) of City Council's discussion of the property tax homestead exemption was Council Member Don Zim­mer­man's denunciation..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Escape From City Hall!

Members navigate homestead exemption politics en route to vacation

"...Actually, after last Thursday's marathon meeting – 103 items (with a few lagniappes) lasting until 3am – City..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Nonconsensual

City Council wrestles with itself over bonds, spending

"...at least anticipates a full complement of participants. Enough proposals were punted from last Thursday to this one (and..."

June 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Council: Plenty of Work, and Campaigns

November elections are coming soon

"...Energy (committee of the whole). On the annual budget project, Council has been hearing staff presentations on the city's..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Parliamentary Maneuvers

Council plows through agenda beneath a persistent TNC cloud

"...fireworks over transportation network companies threatened to derail the proceedings altogether...."

May 23, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Council: Incompatible Binaries

TNC debate still sucking all the available oxygen

"...Tuesday’s morning work session (still in progress mid-afternoon) considered a few other things – notably a..."

Feb. 2, 2016 News Post by Michael King

News Roundup: Climate, Cuts, and Cuckoos

Austin attends the Paris climate conference

"...Paris at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change by Mayor Steve Adler and District 7 Council Member Leslie Pool,..."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

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