Dallas City Council
“You gotta have faith” to bridge the gaps created by years of underserved communities in southwest Dallas says Zarin Gracey, the high-energy, newly elected District 3 Dallas City Council representative. And he might just be the man for the job. Gracey spent 15 years wearing about a dozen different hats at Dallas City Hall then retired…
The Dallas City Council advertised that it was seeking public input last month on its Fiscal Year 2023-24 operating, capital, grant, and trust budget, but just one resident appeared before the panel. No supplemental documents, such as a proposed budget, were posted with the May 24 Dallas City Council agenda, so there wasn’t much on…
The Dallas Inspector General wants to make it easier to file charges against city officials, and some council members don’t like it. The Dallas City Council was briefed on several amendments to the Dallas Code of Ethics on Wednesday. The updates included changes in language and definitions governing things like conflicts of interest, campaign activities,…
Dallas won’t be awarded $111 million in excess sales tax revenue anticipated from Dallas Area Rapid Transit, but the city could get $90 million and a plan was outlined Wednesday for how to spend it. A contentious debate has taken place over the last several months about the money DART promised to distribute to its…
New information on short-term rentals was presented to the Dallas City Council on Wednesday, with some city leaders asserting that a zoning change would not solve the problem of nuisance and crime-ridden properties. Planning and Urban Design Director Julia Ryan recommended regulating short-term rentals by building into the registration ordinance things like density caps “so…
