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- Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: City Manager Search Process
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5057
City Manager Search Process
Council Members: As I promised, I am taking the steps to begin the search process for a permanent city manager. I committed that we would start in the June/July timeframe. I have asked Mayor Pro Tem Ellis and Council Members Pool, Vela and Fuentes to serve as a sub quorum/committee to help with the ...
- Wed May 31, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Meeting Schedule 6/1/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4539
Council Meeting Schedule 6/1/23
Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you wo...
- Mon May 29, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Work Session Schedule 5/30/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4347
Council Work Session Schedule 5/30/23
Council, Below is my proposed plan for our Council Work Session on May 30, 2023. We have three items related to Project Connect on the Work Session agenda. I would like to take these items up together. After calling the meeting to order, we will go into Executive Session. Following Executive Session...
- Sun May 21, 2023 9:21 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Special Called Public Safety Committee Meeting 5/22/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4621
Special Called Public Safety Committee Meeting 5/22/23
Council, The Special Called meeting of the Public Safety Committee will be held tomorrow, May 22nd at 10am. We will begin with the staff presentation and briefing on the Austin Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety partnership. Following the presentation and briefing, we will hear ...
- Wed May 17, 2023 5:32 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Meeting Schedule 5/18/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4596
Council Meeting Schedule 5/18/23
Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please remember to let Colleen kn...
- Sat May 13, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Statement on APD / DPS Partnership
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5291
Statement on APD / DPS Partnership
Council, Please see my statement on the APD / DPS partnership. The Texas Department of Public Safety has determined that it needs to deploy additional resources to the border because of the expiration of the federal Title 42 border policy. At the time the partnership was announced, the director of D...
- Fri May 12, 2023 10:06 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: APD / DPS Partnership Update
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4996
APD / DPS Partnership Update
Council:
I want to give you an update on the APD / DPS partnership.
DPS officers will work supporting APD through tomorrow and then all officers will be sent to the border.
This will be for a minimum of two weeks.
Thanks,
Kirk
On behalf of Mayor Watson
I want to give you an update on the APD / DPS partnership.
DPS officers will work supporting APD through tomorrow and then all officers will be sent to the border.
This will be for a minimum of two weeks.
Thanks,
Kirk
On behalf of Mayor Watson
- Thu May 11, 2023 11:04 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Update on House Bill 3899
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4964
Update on House Bill 3899
Colleagues – I want to update you on a significant development with House Bill 3899, which is the legislation aimed at killing Austin Light Rail. House Bill 3899 was heard in the Senate Local Government Committee on Monday, and Chairman Paul Bettencourt has raised a new argument directly related to ...
- Wed May 10, 2023 3:25 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Special Called Meeting of the Austin City Council
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4899
Special Called Meeting of the Austin City Council
Council, I am calling a Special Called Meeting of the Austin City Council on May 16th immediately following the conclusion of the Work Session to canvass the May 6th Election results. While we only need two members present to canvass the Election results, all members are welcome to be present. Pleas...
- Sat May 06, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Statement on Election Results
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4811
Statement on Election Results
Council, For your information, I’m sharing the statement I released regarding today’s election. The Austin City Council did not adopt the four-year police contract in February primarily because we wanted to protect the right of voters to be heard on police oversight. With the passage of Proposition ...
- Wed May 03, 2023 6:33 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Meeting Schedule 5/4/2023
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4752
Council Meeting Schedule 5/4/2023
Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please remember to let Colleen kn...
- Wed May 03, 2023 8:53 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Special Called Public Safety Committee Meeting
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4698
Special Called Public Safety Committee Meeting
Council: This is a follow-up to the discussion we had about the next in person briefing we will receive re the APD/DPS partnership. I worry I may have caused confusion yesterday when I suggested moving it up from the Special Called Public Safety Committee meeting scheduled for May 22 to the Council ...
- Mon May 01, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Work Session Schedule 5/2/2023
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5287
Work Session Schedule 5/2/2023
Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council Work Session tomorrow, May 2, 2023. We will begin with the briefing on the five-year Financial Forecast. This presentation is expected to be two hours. We will take up the briefing on the partnership between the Austin Police Department and the Texas...
- Thu Apr 20, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Speaker Registration - Public Safety Committee Meeting 4/24/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4967
Speaker Registration - Public Safety Committee Meeting 4/24/23
The automated speaker registration system used to sign up to speak at meetings, including the Public Safety Committee meeting on April 24th, will be down for maintenance this weekend. To accommodate for this, the kiosks will be open to register for the Public Safety Committee meeting earlier than us...
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 5:02 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Meeting Schedule 4/20/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4768
Council Meeting Schedule 4/20/23
Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. We will then take up the non-cons...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:32 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Special Called Public Safety Committee Meeting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3181
Re: Special Called Public Safety Committee Meeting
Council Member, After our telephone conversation, I took immediate action so this requested briefing will be on the Work Session agenda on May 2nd. I appreciate your sense of urgency. We will keep the Special Called Meeting of the Public Safety Committee on May 22nd so that we can have continued bri...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Special Called Public Safety Committee Meeting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3181
Special Called Public Safety Committee Meeting
Council, Our Work Session today was very productive and informative. Thanks for all the good questions. I recognize that there are unanswered questions, a desire from Council to hear from the Department of Public Safety, and the need to stay up to date on this partnership. For these reasons, I’m cal...
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:51 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: City Council Meeting Process
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4261
City Council Meeting Process
Council: I’m proud of the work that we’ve accomplished together, and I’m looking forward to our continued work. As we seek to achieve our shared goal of conducting effective and efficient City Council Meetings, I want to propose a couple of ideas. In trying to be efficient, but I don’t want to miss ...
- Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:50 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Meeting Schedule 4/13/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4121
Council Meeting Schedule 4/13/23
Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please note that any items with a...
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Work Session 4/11/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3659
Council Work Session 4/11/23
Council: This is to let you know the order that we’ll take up work session items tomorrow. As you know, the Austin Energy Oversight Committee of the whole is set for 9:00 tomorrow. Chair Pool will call that to order and preside over the business of that committee. Following that meeting, we’ll have ...
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:10 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: New Procedures for Initiating Emergency Operations
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3756
New Procedures for Initiating Emergency Operations
TO: Council Members FROM: Mayor Kirk Watson Jesús Garza, Interim City Manager DATE: April 6, 2023 SUBJECT: New Procedures for Initiating Emergency Operations The most critical time for the City to be providing its residents with the clearest information and best services possible is during an emerge...
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:07 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Meeting Schedule 3/23/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3715
Council Meeting Schedule 3/23/23
Colleagues, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. Please note all times are estimated and may change, depending on the will of the dais and additional speaker sign-ups. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony first. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will the...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:26 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Public Safety Committee Agenda - April 24th
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14414
Public Safety Committee Agenda - April 24th
Council: The next meeting of the Public Safety Committee is scheduled for April 24th at 2pm. I know public safety is an important issue for all the members of this Council, so I would like to invite all Council Members to offer suggested agenda items. If you have an agenda item that you would like t...
- Wed Mar 08, 2023 4:49 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Meeting Schedule 3/9/23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9465
Council Meeting Schedule 3/9/23
Colleagues, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. Please note all times are estimated and may change, depending on the will of the dais and additional speaker sign-ups. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony first. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will the...
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Executive Session item - 3/9/23 Council Meeting
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7791
Executive Session item - 3/9/23 Council Meeting
Colleagues - I requested that the City Attorney add an executive session item to the March 9, 2023, agenda to discuss the process and timeline for hiring a new permanent City Manager. She will post this as both a legal and personnel matter. The interim City Manager has also asked for a separate exec...