City of Austin Council Message Board

Councilmember Zimmerman,

Thanks for brining this up. We have also heard about this multiple times during citizen's communication. I think this is worth discussing, either during our next executive session or in the Pubic Utilities Committee.

Thank you,
Ellen

This is an interesting idea, Council Member Zimmerman. I imagine that some kind of rolling list may already exist in order for the city staff to use in tracking contracts. Although, it seems that because of the number of issues we face each week, topics don't bubble to the surface until necessary. I...

I, too, will honor the Mayor's request for postponement so that we can have the comprehensive discussion at one time upon his return.

Thank you,
Ellen Troxclair

Mayor,

Thank you for broaching the topic and for your work on this issue. I share your interest in the idea of a sunset review process and look forward to hearing your thoughts on implementation during our upcoming work session.

Thank you,
Ellen Troxclair

On Thursday, the City Council will consider expressing its support for continuing legal action in order to challenge certain property tax appraisals. Due to a prior commitment, I will be unable to attend this special-called council meeting, but wanted to voice my thoughts on this important topic. Wh...

Council Members, I wanted to share this article from the Austin Business Journal for you to read when you get a chance. I would like to have a discussion with our Planning and/or Legal staff about this case. If other members are interested, this could be done during a work session or executive sessi...

Thank you, Council Member Zimmerman for bringing this issue back up in light of the failure of the recent bond election. Because it is clear that another proposal for a new courthouse will be pursued, I think it's important that the city offer to collaborate and assist in the process. Considering lo...

Thank you to the Mayor and to Council Member Garza for ensuring that the affected residents get the answers and direction they need as soon as possible. Going through an event like this is incredibly challenging, but to think that these same residents are reliving this devastating flooding yet again...

Council Member Zimmerman,

I look forward to discussing this item at our next Audit and Finance meeting.

Thank you,
Ellen

Thank you for the suggestion, Mayor Pro Tem Tovo. And thank you Mayor for recognizing the possible limitations of any process and working on a fair way to work through our complicated budget decisions. It seems to me that the proposed method assumes that we will add resolutions that increase spendin...

I wanted to let everyone know that I talked with the city staff about providing us with a legislative update at the next Council work session on March 24th, and possibly in executive session if necessary. They will also be sending us a copy of the agenda before then. Because the positions were adopt...

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem Tovo for bringing this forward. I would also like to work with you on this issue. Since Zilker Park is in District 8, I have been meeting with constituents, with city staff, and researching this issue as well. In addition to the the impact of events on our parks and surround...

CM Garza, thank you for your work and your input. First, I want to mention that I have made a few wording edits to the original amendment in response to requests from co-sponsors as well as our discussion at work session on Tuesday. I have posted that language below. In regards to your amendment, I ...

We are working on how to best manage this as well, so please let me know what you come up with.

Thank you!
Ellen

I would like more information about this as well. My office has also received several requests to waive fees for other events not on this list. My understanding is that each office can waive up to $6,000/year, so $66,000 total. It seems like waiving so many fees (and therefore shifting the total cos...