Austin police officers could be without a contract soon

Negotiations have come to a sudden stop after the City Council declined to vote on a new, four-year police contract and instead offered a one-year extension.

City council approves pursing one-year agreement with Austin Police Association

The Austin City Council today approved on a 9-2 vote pursuing a one-year contract with the Austin Police Association (APA) to begin when the current contract expires on March 31, 2023.

Austin City Council fires Spencer Cronk as city manager

City council members decided that Spencer Cronk had to go following the handling of the recent storm that left nearly 200,000 people without power.

City Manager Spencer Cronk responds to council's plans to discuss severance benefits

An addendum was added to Wednesday's called city council meeting and according to the agenda, council members will tackle paying severance benefits to City Manager Spencer Cronk.

Austin City Council decides City Manager Spencer Cronk must go

Right now, Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk still has his job, but it will soon be decided if he will resign or be fired.

Austin City Council discusses 'terms and conditions' of City Manager Spencer Cronk's job

The Austin City Council will be discussing the terms and conditions of City Manager Spencer Cronk's job in the aftermath of the failures following last week's ice storm.

Late fees for Austin utility bills to be waived to help residents affected by outages

Austin City Council approved a number of resolutions and ordinances Thursday to provide additional support to households impacted by the recent winter storm.

City of Austin, Austin Police Association reach contract agreement

After months of negotiations, the City of Austin and the Austin Police Association have made an agreement for a four-year contract.

City officials announce opening of resource centers to help residents affected by ice storm

City Manager Spencer Cronk says Austin Energy and its out-of-state partners continue working around the clock to restore power, but that many remaining outages are very complex.

Austin City Council to discuss Austin Energy's performance during winter storm

District six council member Mackenzie Kelly discussed what's to come in the upcoming city council meeting regarding Austin Energy and city manager Spencer Cronk.

Austin City Council to evaluate employment of City Manager Cronk in wake of ice storm

Austin City Council will take up an emergency agenda item this Thursday to evaluate the employment of Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk in the wake of the ice storm that left nearly 200,000 people without power.

Austin Water needs to make changes, external audit finds

Austin Water needs to make some changes, according to a new report released Wednesday by researchers at the University of Texas.

2023 Austin City Council members take oath of office

Council member Velasquez, Council member Ryan Alter and Council member Zohaib “Zo” Qadri were elected in December’s runoff election, along with Mayor Kirk Watson.

Mayor Steve Adler hit with ethics complaints days before leaving office

Austin City Council Member Mackenzie-Anne Kelly and Linda Guerrero, a former candidate for Austin City Council District 9, have filed ethics complaints against Austin Mayor Steve Adler during his final days in office.

Early voting for 2022 runoff election ends Dec. 9

Early voting runs until 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 and picks up Tuesday, Dec. 13 for Election Day.

Austin City Council approves base rate charge increase for Austin Energy customers

Austin City Council approved increasing the base rate charge on a 7 to 4 vote. This comes after customers already saw a $15 increase on their bill last month.