Austin City Council
UPDATED 10:35 a.m. CST 2/12/15

Austin City Council approved the council committee appointments laid out by Mayor Steve Adler.

All council members voted in favor of the committee appointments, with District 6 Councilman Don Zimmerman abstaining from the vote.



After discussions with each Austin City Council member about his or her area of interest, Mayor Steve Adler announced his council committee assignments Feb. 9.

The council committees were created as part of a new structure created and adopted by the new 11-member council adopted during its first meeting Jan. 29.

There are 10 committees with four council members each. Only the Austin Energy committee will include all council members. Adler and his staff have not yet announced or released a schedule forwhen the committees will begin meeting.

City Council must vote on and approve the assignments Adler proposed during the group's Feb. 12 meeting.

Proposed appointments include:

Audit andFinance

  • Kathie Tovo, chairwoman

  • Ellen Troxclair, vice chairwoman

  • Sabino Renteria

  • Leslie Pool


Austin Energy

  • Sheri Gallo, chairwoman

  • Leslie Pool, vice chairwoman


(All other members of City Council, including Mayor Steve Adler, will serve on this committee.)

Economic Opportunity, Technology,Innovation & Creative Industries

  • Ellen Troxclair, chairwoman

  • Ora Houston, vice chairwoman

  • Greg Casar

  • Leslie Pool


Health and Human Services

  • Ora Houston, chairwoman

  • Kathie Tovo, vice chairwoman

  • Delia Garza

  • Ellen Troxclair


Housing & Community Development

  • Sabino Renteria, chairman

  • Ann Kitchen, vice chairwoman

  • Greg Casar

  • Sheri Gallo


Mobility

  • Ann Kitchen, chairwoman

  • Sheri Gallo, vice chairwoman

  • Delia Garza

  • Don Zimmerman


Planning and Neighborhoods

  • Greg Casar, chairman

  • Sabino Renteria, vice chairman

  • Sheri Gallo

  • Kathie Tovo


Public Safety

  • Don Zimmerman, chairman

  • Greg Casar, vice chairman

  • Ora Houston

  • Leslie Pool


Public Utilities

  • Delia Garza, chairwoman

  • Don Zimmerman, vice chairman

  • Ann Kitchen

  • Ellen Troxclair


Open Space, Environment & Sustainability

  • Leslie Pool, chairwoman

  • Delia Garza, vice chairwoman

  • Kathie Tovo

  • Don Zimmerman


Many intergovernmental committees have been without members during the transition period since the new member council convened. Those assignments were also announced Feb. 9:

Austin City Council intergovernmental committees

  • Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Committee Planning Organization Coordinating Committee Councilwoman: Leslie Pool

  • Capitol Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Board: Council members Delia Garza, Ann Kitchen, Sheri Gallo

  • Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board: Councilwoman Delia Garza

  • Austin Fire Fighters Relief and Retirement Fund: Mayor Steve Adler

  • Community Advancement Network Board of Directors: Council members OraHouston, Sabino Renteria

  • Capital Area Council of Governments Clean Air Coalition Subcommittee: Councilman Don Zimmerman

  • Capital Area Council of Governments Executive Committee: Councilwoman Ellen Troxclair

  • Capital Area Council of Governments General Assembly: Councilman Sabino Renteria

  • City of Austin Employees' Retirement System: Councilwoman Leslie Pool

  • City of Austin/AISD Board of Trustees/Travis County Commissioners Court Joint Committee: Council members Ora Houston, Kathie Tovo, Ellen Troxclair

  • Clean Air Force of Central Texas Board of Directors: Councilman Don Zimmerman

  • Lone Star Rail District: Councilman Sabino Renteria

  • National League of Cities: Councilman Greg Casar

  • Police Retirement Board: Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo

  • Texas Colorado River Floodplain Coalition: Councilman Don Zimmerman

  • Texas Municipal League Board of Directors: Mayor Steve Adler

  • U.S. Conference of Mayors: Mayor Steve Adler

  • Downtown Austin Alliance: Mayor Steve Adler, Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo

  • Pecan Street Project: Councilwoman Sheri Gallo

  • Hate Crimes Task Force: Council members Ora Houston, Leslie Pool, Greg Casar

  • Regional Affordability Committee: Council members Delia Garza, Ann Kitchen, Ellen Troxclair

  • Psychiatric Services Stakeholder Committee: Councilwoman Ann Kitchen

  • Austin-Travis County Sobriety Working Group: Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo