The mayor emphasized the need to provide tax relief while investing in public safety, code enforcement, infrastructure, and the new inspector general. — DALLAS — Mayor Eric Johnson on Thursday released his top priorities for the next fiscal year’s budget. Mayor Johnson sent his top five general fund priorities in a memo to City Manager T.C. Broadnax. The city manager is expected to deliver his proposed budget by Aug. 6. The Dallas City…

DALLAS — Mayor Eric Johnson on Tuesday announced he will pursue a series of new public safety initiatives for the city. The mayor’s proposals build upon Police Chief Eddie Garcia’s violent crime reduction plan, strategies from the Mayor’s Task Force on Safe Communities, and other city efforts. Mayor Johnson detailed…

DALLAS — Mayor Eric Johnson and City Manager T.C. Broadnax on Tuesday announced that they have reached an agreement for moving forward together. “A little over a week ago, I said that it was time for a change at the top of our city government,” Mayor Johnson said. “I still…

Mayor Johnson serves on the advisory board for the conference. — RENO, Nevada — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is attending the 90th Annual Meeting of U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) this weekend. USCM is a nonpartisan organization that represents more than 1,400 cities that have populations of 30,000 people or more. Each city is represented in the conference by its chief…

Top priorities include retaining the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars, as well as attracting a second NFL franchise to North Texas. — DALLAS — Mayor Eric Johnson on Tuesday announced the creation of a new City Council committee focused on attracting and retaining professional sports franchises in the city limits. Mayor Johnson created the committee — the Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention — via a memorandum to his…

DALLAS — Julie Hiromoto, a Principal and Director of Integration at Dallas-based architecture and design firm HKS, will join the city’s new Environmental Commission as Mayor Eric Johnson’s citywide representative. Mayor Johnson, who has made environmental resiliency and sustainability a top priority, nominated Hiromoto to serve on the Commission to…

Mayor Eric Johnson had made the ordinance changes a priority — DALLAS — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a new ordinance that will ease the city’s restrictions on food trucks, food trailers, and other mobile food service providers. Mayor Eric Johnson made the reforms — meant to increase the numbers of mobile food units across the city — a…

Mayor Johnson posted the governor’s address on the Dallas City Council’s official April 27, 2022 agenda. — DALLAS — Nuevo León Governor Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda will address the City Council during its meeting Wednesday. Mayor Eric Johnson invited Governor Garcia to visit Dallas during the mayor’s official visit to Mexico last month. …

The proclamation is part of the Lights Out Texas Initiative led by former First Lady Laura Bush. — DALLAS — Mayor Eric Johnson on Friday issued an official proclamation declaring April 22 through May 12, 2022, as “Lights Out Nights” in the city. Mayor Johnson’s proclamation urges residents and businesses — including the city’s famed LED-lit downtown buildings — to turn off or turn down non-essential lights between…