T.C. Broadnax
The proposed City of Dallas budget won’t be unveiled until Aug. 8, but a 72-page Dallas City Council presentation is giving penny-pinching taxpayers plenty to digest in the interim. Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland reviewed the 2023-24 and 2024-25 budget and responded to general questions during a June 21 briefing. The City Council adopted a…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe City of Dallas has about $32 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to spend this budget year. The HUD funds will go toward housing programs covered by the city’s Community Development Block Grant program and Home Investment Partnerships Program, among other initiatives. City Council members were briefed Wednesday on how they…
Read MoreBelow is a memo filed Friday, April 14, by Dallas Assistant City Manager Carl Simpson in response to questions that arose during a council briefing on short-term rentals held earlier this month. Following the April 4 council briefing, City Manager T.C. Broadnax said staff would research the matter and bring back more data for an…
Read MoreOn Wednesday, the Dallas City Council approved a 10-year housing policy over the objections of a council member who equated the lack of public engagement to “craziness” and pointed to flaws in the plan that she alleged exacerbate racial issues and ignore poverty. The Dallas Housing Policy 2033 and a separate housing resource catalog replace…
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