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Dallas City Hall’s Human Resources Department is facing growing scrutiny, with council members on the Government Efficiency Committee signaling support for staffing reductions and even consolidation with the Civil Service Department. On Monday, the committee received briefings from Human Resources, Civil Service, and the Information & Technology Services Department. The departments provided overviews of their…
A lot of things in Dallas seem up in the air these days, and now you can add connectivity to Oak Cliff to the list. Plans to reconfigure the Jefferson Boulevard and Houston Street Viaducts that link North Oak Cliff to downtown are in the works, prompting concerns that the city is going to disrupt…
Happy Mother’s Day! We hope you’re treating mom to a wonderful day, but if y’all manage to get a little down time, catch up on some of the latest coming out of Dallas City Hall. For starters, members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Administrative Affairs talked about raising the city-imposed limit on individual city…
A campaign spearheaded by former mayor Mike Rawlings to build support for relocating City Hall from 1500 Marilla St. launched Thursday, with a website and advertising promoting redevelopment of the area. “Say Yes to Downtown” bills itself as an advocacy group of residents, business owners, and other stakeholders who see relocating the decades-old I.M. Pei…
The Dallas City Council is trying to get a handle on the city’s fiscal problems, signaling what measures may need to be taken to arrive at a balanced budget come the fall. And it ain’t going to be pretty. On Wednesday, staff gave council members a briefing on the budget situation, elaborating on the drivers…
