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Ott tells Council that Weis is his choice to run Austin Energy
City Manager Marc Ott has decided Larry Weis is the best fit to become Austin Energy’s next general manager. He told City Council members and others in e-mail late Friday, “I have concluded that Larry Weis, from the Turlock…
Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jul 13, 2010
Task force endorses transportation bond package but frustrations remain
The citizen’s task force charged with vetting a potential $90 million transportation bond package has given its formal approval to the measure. The vote, however, came with two abstentions, a host of additional recommendations and some frustration from Task Force…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jul 13, 2010
Parks Department looks to overhaul cemeteries maintenance contract
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department has started meetings relating to the maligned cemetery maintenance contract that the city holds with Intercare Corporation. Angela Means, who runs the PARD Financial Services division, told In Fact Daily that officials hope to…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jul 12, 2010
Travis County’s financial limitations mean shortened budget process
With little room in the budget for new spending next year, Travis County Commissioners have directed staff to again significantly shorten the 2011 budget process. Instead of seven days of hearings, during which departments can plead their case for…
Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jul 12, 2010
Staff proposal would make city employees work longer before retirement
A series of proposed changes to the city’s pension program would require new employees of the City of Austin to work longer before they can retire with full pension benefits. According to city financial staff, the city’s pension fund…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jul 9, 2010
Traffic congestion debate central to bond proposal considerations
City staff will be providing members of the 2010 Transportation Bond Citizen Task Force the final draft of the preliminary transportation bond package today. That package will be for task force members’ to consider over the weekend before voting on…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jul 9, 2010
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Hays County accepts strategic policy plan
The Hays County Commissioners Court has unanimously acted to accept a wide-ranging strategic policy plan for that region. The move, however, stops short of a wholesale adoption of the document’s recommendations. The document includes demographic projections that predict an…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jul 8, 2010
Efficient lighting coming to 60 city buildings through stimulus money
The city is making the Palmer Events Center a greener place thanks to $7.5 million in federal stimulus money that officials are using to make municipal buildings more energy efficient. The city announced this week that it has begun…
Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jul 8, 2010
County development decisions delayed by commissioners
Questions about who should manage the renovations to the first two floors of a newly acquired high-rise were among the issues that led Travis County commissioners to hold off on a decision about the project on Tuesday. The county…
Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jul 7, 2010
Capital Metro making changes to meet Sunset Commission standards
Capital Metro is on track to implement the recommendations of a recent Sunset Commission report, Sen. Kirk Watson assured the Sunset Advisory Commission yesterday. The audit of Capital Metro came at Watson’s request, and his office continues to work…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Jul 7, 2010
New committee takes a crack at reforming city’s historic landmark rules
A new committee is taking a run – the third in the last six years – to try and fix what ails the city’s long-standing system of designating homes historic landmarks. Austin’s Historic Landmark Ordinance has been labeled as…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Jul 6, 2010
City inches closer to new approach to social service contracting
Two weeks ago the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee met to begin reconsidering the way the city engages in social service contracts. After that meeting, HHS Director David Lurie envisioned that committee members would spend their time this week…
