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The City
of Austin practices a Council-Manager form of government.
The Mayor and Council appoint the City Manager, who serves as the Chief Administrator of the City
organization.
There are
seven members on the Austin City Council: one Mayor and six
Council Members. The entire Council is elected at large by
the voters of the City. Each member serves a staggered
three-year term. Thus, three of the members are voted on
one year, with the remaining members, including the Mayor,
elected the following year. Term limits are now in place,
which means the Mayor and Council Members may serve in their
respective seat for a maximum of six years, or two
consecutive terms.
Meeting
schedules, agendas, minutes and transcripts are available
online at the City of Austin’s web page.
The mayor and city council offices are located at the
City Municipal Building, 124 W. Eighth St., Austin, TX
78701.
For U.S. Postal Mail, you may use
City of
Austin, Attn: Name of intended recipient, P.O. Box 1088,
Austin, Texas 78767-8865.
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The
Austin City ConnectionTM
offers Live and rebroadcast
video streaming of all City Council meetings. To
listen to the
Real Video Broadcast you will need the Real Player
plugin available for free (Windows,
Macintosh,
Mobile Phones,
Unix/Linux ) for your specific platform. Austin City
Council meetings are broadcast on municipal TV cable Channel
6 and is also simulcast on KAZI-88.7 FM radio starting at
1:30pm.
There are seven members on the Austin City Council: one
Mayor and six Council Members. The entire Council is elected
at large by the voters of the City. Each member serves a
staggered three-year term. Thus, three of the members are
voted on one year, with the remaining members, including the
Mayor, elected the following year. Term limits are now in
place, which means the Mayor and Council Members may serve
in their respective seat for a maximum of six years, or two
consecutive terms. Search the
election history database for more information on the
election history of the Mayor and Council Members.
The Austin City Council has regular weekly meetings each
Thursday. Throughout the year, there are some
canceled meetings, so be sure to check ahead of time.
Council agendas,
transcripts from the meetings and
approved minutes are all available on the Web in HTML
format. Council committee and
subcommittee
agendas can also be found on the Web in HTML and PDF
formats.
The Austin City Council adopted
new rules and procedures for conducting Council meetings
on Aug. 7, 2003. On July 17, 2003, the Council decided to no
longer have Wednesday work sessions. The new Thursday format
has meetings beginning at 10 a.m. For more information,
visit
Council Rules & Procedures.
Information gathered from the
City of Austin web pages.
LINKS TO SURROUNDING CITY GOVERNMENTS
Cedar Park
Leander
Pflugerville
Round Rock
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