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At today’s meeting, the City Council is set to consider changes to an ordinance that would require owners of certain apartment complexes to dramatically reduce their energy consumption. The Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure ordinance originally required highest-energy-use multifamily…
A flurry of action over the past few days appears to have improved the chances that the City Council will decide to contract with both Balcones Recycling and Texas Disposal Systems, the firms they originally said they wanted to participate…
A divided Travis County Commissioners Court decided Tuesday to move forward with two solicitations designed to get external input on a new civil and family courthouse complex. The first call will go out as a request for information about public-private…
With the Budget Office projecting a $9.8 million shortfall, it looks like FY2012 is going to be another year of belt-tightening for Austin. At a presentation before Council this morning, CFO Leslie Browder, Budget Officer Ed Van Eenoo and economic…
The Urban Renewal Board, mired in a number of months of inactivity and low on members, did manage a discussion Monday night that could move the 1100 block of East 11th Street (Block 18) forward toward a temporary use. …
The city is going to have to wait a little longer – and pay more – for its long-awaited new utility billing system for its 420,000 customers. At Thursday’s meeting, the City Council is scheduled to consider adding $4.6…
What started as a fairly bland presentation of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority’s fiscal year 2011 report turned quickly into a discussion of regional transportation options last week at the Travis County Commissioners Court. CTRMA Executive Director Mike Heiligenstein reported…
The Solid Waste Advisory Commission has recommended that the Austin City Council find a way to split the city’s single stream residential recycling contract between Balcones Recycling and Texas Disposal Systems. Its suggestion, which the Council can choose to ignore…
The Travis County Commissioners’ Court got a rare bit of (relatively) good budget news at its meeting on Tuesday. According to staff, the latest version of the Texas House’s budget bill would save the county roughly $2 million over a…
The Travis County Commissioners’ Court spent nearly four hours listening to testimony about a proposal to cut county tax benefits associated with historic zoning on Thursday. The room, initially standing-room only, produced mostly historic property owners concerned about what the…
City Council Place 3 candidates got to talk about their water conservation bona fides last Thursday at a South Austin forum hosted by the Save Barton Creek Association. The forum seemed custom made for challenger Max Nofziger. The Save…
War chests are brimming with cash in the only truly contested race for the Austin City Council election on May 14. According to campaign finance reports, Place 3 incumbent Randi Shade is sitting on a $106,000 nest egg while challenger…
