Austin, TX
KCMO City Manager Brian Platt formally withdraws from consideration for Austin position
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, City Manager Brian Platt is no longer looking for employment in Austin, Texas.
“I formally withdrew from consideration for Austin’s City Manager search as of this afternoon,” Platt said in a statement.
Platt was named as a finalist for the Austin position on Tuesday.
After the announcement, the KCMO City Council authorized Mayor Quinton Lucas to negotiate a contract extension with Platt through Aug. 1, 2027.
The city manager “represented to the Council that he will withdraw his name from any current pursuits for appointment to any other governmental executive position upon passage of this ordinance,” according to an ordinance the Kansas City, Missouri,City Council passed Thursday.
His decision to withdraw came Sunday.
Platt is contracted with the city through the end of the year.
No terms have been agreed upon and no contracts have been signed regarding an extension.
In his statement announcing the withdrawal, Platt said additional details are forthcoming.
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Austin, TX
Adobro’s Filipino-Fiesta-meets-Texas-Dancehall “Right Here, Right Now” Album Release Party
AUSTIN, Texas – Barton Springs Pool will reopen to visitors this week.
What they’re saying:
The City of Austin said the pool will reopen on Tuesday, June 23, for the early morning regularly scheduled “swim at your own risk.”
The pool had closed on June 15 due to severe weather.
City staff removed large tree branches, aluminum cans, fishing hooks, and other debris from the water.
The team also cleaned off decks and reinstalled the diving board in preparation for the pool’s reopening.
The Source: Information from the City of Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — A high-stakes vote this week could shape what Texas public school students learn in social studies for the next decade, as the State Board of Education considers proposed new standards that supporters say will strengthen civics instruction and critics call deeply flawed.
The board begins its meeting Monday morning to review the proposed social studies standards and is expected to vote Friday.
FULL STORY | Texas education board to vote Friday on proposed social studies standards
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