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The city's new budget would shutter Recycled Reads by winter, redistribute inventory to branches, and transfer staff.
Former Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax, now serving in that same role in Austin, said he would reimburse Austin more than ...
Recycled Reads was created as a way to raise money for the Austin Library system while also helping to divert books away from landfills. The store may close, but the program will not end entirely.
Platt's formal withdraw came over the weekend. More: Austin City Council announces 3 finalists for city manager Platt was hired by Kansas City less than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
The big thing they found is that Broadnax was eating lunch on the city's dime almost daily, averaging about $20 per meal and ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin city council will meet Tuesday to discuss the plan for finding a new city manager, after council members voted to fire ex-city manager Spencer Cronk on Feb. 15.
Austin City Manager TC Broadnax presented a proposed $6.3 billion operating budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year to the Austin City Council, emphasizing a balance between fiscal responsibility and ...
He will receive about $463,000 in severance. The council appointed Jesús Garza, who has previously served as Austin’s city manager, to take Cronk’s job on an interim basis.
The North Texas city councils said hundreds of millions of dollars were in jeopardy if they didn’t shut certain programs to ...
The city manager of Austin, Texas, was fired Wednesday after tens of thousands of residents were left without power during a recent ice storm. The Austin City Council voted 10-1 to remove Spencer C… ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — After 39 people applied to be Austin’s next city manager, Austin City Council has identified its top candidates after a work session behind closed doors Tuesday.
Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk, center, participates in a city council meeting on Sept. 19, 2019. (Eddie Gaspar/The Daily Texan, Eddie Gaspar/The Daily Texan) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas ...