City of Austin Council Message Board

Mayor, Thank you for this important and thought-provoking post. Councilmember Troxclair would be very interested in having a seat at the table to discuss these important issues to Downtown, many of which have been of real interest to her throughout her time in office. I would be curious to hear from...

Mayor, Councilmember Troxclair would also like to express her support for these initiatives, especially the extended hours for the Red River District venues. In December, the Economic Opportunity took up this item and we heard from members of the community and the venues that this opportunity would ...

All, I wanted to share a message that Council Member Troxclair just shared with me about the Budget. She wanted to make sure that her position on this Budget was on record and known to the public and all of her colleagues on Council. I also want to reiterate her thanks to the City Staff, Council Mem...

In preparation for tomorrow's work session, Councilmember Troxclair wanted to post a summary of the administrative adjustment policy for unexplained high water usage. In response to hundreds of constituent calls, we have worked closely with the Austin Water Utility staff and the members of the Publi...

Council Members & Staff, As CM Troxclair discussed during the work session, there is a Resolution (very similar to the Austin Water General Fund Transfer Resolution) posted for the Austin Energy Oversight Committee agenda tomorrow. It should be sent to you all as late backup but we thought we wo...

Councilmembers & Staff, Agenda item #4 on the Public Utilities Committee is "discussion and possible action" regarding Austin Water's General Fund transfers. You can view the agenda here (http://austin.siretechnologies.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=1064&doctype=agenda) Being th...

Councilmembers & Staff, We have been working closely with CM Gallo's office to recommend some additions to the RCA (Recommendation for Council Action) document. During our first year, there has been a pattern in the types of questions that we have had about different agenda items. Instead of con...

I asked the Purchasing office if there was an existing list that Council could have access to. Below I have provided the response from the Purchasing office. ---------------------- "For a number of years now the Purchasing Office has maintained an “Expiring Contracts List” on the Austin Finance...

CM Zimmerman, This is a great idea. Having effective and consistent enforcement is critical in order to address the complaints many constituents have communicated to the Council regarding "party-house" short term rentals operating in violation in of current City Code. CM Troxclair has expr...

We hope that you all will review this proposal and strongly consider. In the Whereas clauses, we have laid out a few options for efficiencies in the City budget but we are surely not limited to those options. We have other ideas of how to tighten the Budget without negatively impacting City services...

Below is our amendment to the Homestead Ordinance. Please review carefully and we hope that you will strongly consider supporting this approach. WHEREAS, according to data collected by Texas A&M Real Estate Center, the median-value home in Austin has experienced a 68.4% increase in City property...

CM Troxclair would like to offer this as an amendment to your resolution. RESOLUTION NO._________________ (DRAFT) WHEREAS, the City of Austin seeks to operate within its financial means; and WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the May 2014 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan...