Extreme weather causes Austin Energy’s revenues to jump

The heat is good for Austin Energy.   According to the utility’s third quarter report, this summer’s high temperatures have contributed to an $11.2 million jump in its expected 2011 electricity sales. However, impressive as that figure may be, it…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 5, 2011

Council considers moving 2012 city elections from May to November

Four members of the Austin City Council could be in office six months longer than voters had in mind when they elected them in 2009.   Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday that directs the city manager to explore the…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 5, 2011

Travis County will look to open source code for election night reporting

The Travis County Commissioners Court gave its approval for County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir to explore an open source solution to replace the Travis’ election night reporting software. If the county completes such a deal, it would provide election night observers…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 4, 2011

Eastside cocktail lounge fails to gain Planning Commission backing

The Planning Commission last week declined to recommend Council approval for a conditional use permit for a cocktail lounge in the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood, due at least in part to neighborhood opposition.   That vote, which required a super-majority…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 4, 2011

Council to address election postponement and single-member districts

Council will begin discussion today on two enormous proposed shifts in the way the city votes for its representatives. At Tuesday’s work session, Council members acknowledged the legal and political difficulties that could result from the city’s moving its election…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 4, 2011

Rehab facility gets thumbs up, despite proximity to church, day care

Agent Danae Falvo’s biggest challenge to the rezoning of an office strip mall wasn’t in the audience at last night’s Zoning and Platting Commission meeting. It was Commissioner Patricia Seeger, sitting on the dais.   This rezoning case, from LO…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 3, 2011

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Travis County assessments and tax bills both going up

Tax bills for Travis County taxpayers are going up again, but if commissioners adopt staff recommendations, the increase for most property owners will not be as great as originally estimated. On the average property, bills will increase by about $45…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 3, 2011

Council to consider settlement in historic landmark lawsuit

The City Council will consider changes this week to regulations governing historic zoning as part of a settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the way it has been granting tax exemptions to owners of historic properties.   In the lawsuit…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 3, 2011

Public safety panel to seek at least 10 additional 911 operators

The city’s Public Safety Commission will recommend that the City Council approve 10 more 911 operators for the city’s emergency communications center. That suggestion, which will come in the form of a memo from commission chair Michael Lauderdale, will also…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 2, 2011

Council reluctantly rejects appeal of on-site sewage line permit

A Council discussion about an on-site sewage facility turned into a debate about the city’s authority over infrastructure in far west annexed areas of the city. Even as they voted against an appeal to stop construction of the facility, Council…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 2, 2011

Report measures results of Travis County workforce development programs

The results of a lengthy study of Travis County’s involvement in a host of local employment assistance programs are in and by the looks of it, the county’s partnership with at least one – Capital IDEA – is working out…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 1, 2011

Tovo, Morrison reject upzoning in two downtown cases

Laura Morrison and Kathie Tovo are Council’s two most neighborhood-centric allies, but the pair stood against neighborhood wishes, and their colleagues, on two downtown zoning cases at last week’s Council meeting.   Tovo’s choice to pull a zoning case on…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 1, 2011

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