The Office of the City Auditor’s Recommended Fiscal Year 2025 Audit Work Plan includes an audit of the lead abatement program. The work plan will be subject to final approval by the full City Council on Oct. 23. After the Work Plan is approved, the audit will be scheduled to sta...
To this day, Dallas is defined by its north-south divide. Taking funds meant to reverse decades of neglect in southern Dallas to keep a library open in a better-off part of town makes no sense. Council members haven’t even voiced a plan for how to fund the Skillman...
Some Dallas city council members even blamed the HERO Initiative for the reason formerDallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia left the city.CouncilmembersPaula Blackmon and Adam Bazalduatold CBS News Texas they blame HERO for Garcia's departure. Bazaldua said Garcia was likely undermined and micromanaged fr...
Gierisch was friends with Terry Barker, a commercial pilot for more than three decades and a former member of Keller's city council. "He had a goal to make this city better than he found it," said Gierisch. "He's definitely missed and he defi...
Several council members urged their colleagues, and Mayor Mike Rawlings, to pass an ordinance requiring acceptance of vouchers and see how it shook out in court. Instead, the council passed a watered-down version that said developers who take city subsidies or zoning variances will be required ...
and University Park. Dallas has a council-manager form of government that was established there in 1931. Inc.town, 1856; city, 1871. Area city, 385 square miles (997 square km). Pop. (2010) 1,197,816; Dallas-Plano-Irving Metro Division, 4,235,751; Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Metro...
Loses Perhaps you’ve heard that there is a plan moving forward at Dallas City Hall that will permanently change single-family neighborhoods throughout our city. Whatever you might know about it, it’s actually worse than you think. Not only is there a proposal from five council members to...
Massive amounts of radioactive waste brought to the surface by oil and gas wells have overwhelmed the industry and the state and federal agencies that regulate it, according to a report released today by the prominent environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council. The waste poses “significa...
2023-06-27 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication is to seek approval to acquire land from M.L. Tierce, III and Lynda L. Tierce (Seller) for the construction of a new Fire Station No. 16 in Southwest Fort Worth. The Property ...
The city uses a council-manager government, with Eric Johnson serving as mayor,[224] T.C. Broadnax serving as city manager,[225] and 14 council members serving as representatives to the 14 council districts in the city.[226][227][228] This organizational structure was contested by some in...