City Hall
Summer break is winding down for Dallas City Council members, and a tough budget session lies ahead for City Hall. As previously reported, a series of budget town halls are scheduled across town so residents and stakeholders can meet with officials and express their views on how the city should prioritize spending. Some hard choices…
From a long-awaited demolition to the partial reopening of the Dallas Municipal Court, staff at City Hall have been busy trying to address problems and plan for the ones to come this past week. Mayor Eric Johnson also made his first committee assignments in light of the impending special legislative session. He appointed Council Member…
Dallas City Council members are still in recess (or on summer vacation, if you prefer), but planning commissioners were hard at work at City Hall considering a couple of controversial rezoning cases. So what else is new? Staff have also been dealing with a nascent revolt from residents living in single-family neighborhoods built around the…
A group of Dallas residents is up in arms over an administrative decision to phase out alleyway trash pickup, with an online petition calling on city leaders to reverse course, having garnered more than 2,400 signatures in just a few days. The city’s Sanitation Services department is moving to end trash and recycling pickup next…
Heavy rain on Tuesday has apparently led to the temporary shuttering of the Dallas Municipal Court building for at least a week, with city officials disclosing that every floor of the property was impacted by water damage. Early Wednesday morning, the city announced that the court would be closed for the day due to “substantial…
