Business, environmental panels split over Austin Energy candidates

Depending on the interest group, the two finalists for the job of general manager of Austin Energy either are experienced candidates who can lead the utility through future growing pains or aren’t qualified enough to play in the big leagues…

Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jul 2, 2010

Public meets Austin Energy candidates

More than 100 people packed a room at Austin Energy headquarters Wednesday evening to meet and ask questions of the two remaining finalists in competition to become the city-owned utility’s next general manager.   Larry Weis, general manager and chief…

Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jul 1, 2010

County plans downtown campus design

It’s a given that Travis County officials will consider cost when selecting one of three potential designs for a central downtown campus.   But there are a host of other factors county commissioners will take into account in the coming…

Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jul 1, 2010

City seeks new executive after receipt of grant funding

This City of Austin is in line for another manager. The city is now on the lookout for a chief service officer, a city executive who would “work under the direction of the mayor’s office to develop and implement a…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jul 1, 2010

Electric Utility Commission gets sneak peak at nearly final Austin Energy budget

Members of the city’s Electric Utility Commission have received a fuller picture of Austin Energy’s FY2011 budget. According to the utility’s senior vice president of finance and corporate services, Elaine Hart, her department has managed to trim the latest version…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 30, 2010

Partnership with YMCA reflects future for Parks Department

If the city can ink an agreement with the YMCA, North Austin residents will get a bigger, better recreation center than originally planned in 2006, when voters approved issuing bonds for the project.   That’s the way city staff members…

Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jun 30, 2010

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Council allows zoning change to make property more marketable

Council Member Bill Spelman split the difference on the case at 1307 Newning, overruling the Planning Commission recommendation but dividing the staff proposal for zoning and future land use map on the South Austin property.   The duplex at 1307…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Jun 29, 2010

Business reps voice complaints over transportation bond package

Now that Transportation Department Director Rob Spillar has presented City Council with staff’s initial recommendations for the proposed $85 million transportation bond proposal, the contentious process of finalizing the package through committee input has begun. Yesterday, Spillar brought staff’s proposal…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jun 29, 2010

Candidate withdraws from Austin Energy interviews; more meetings set

Ronald Davis, one of three candidates named as a finalist for Austin Energy’s general manager position, has withdrawn his candidacy, the recruitment firm handling the selection process confirmed Monday afternoon.   City Manager Marc Ott alerted Mayor Lee Leffingwell and…

Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jun 29, 2010

One of three finalists for utility general manager steps out of ring

Ronald Davis, one of three finalists for Austin Energy’s general manager position has withdrawn his candidacy, the recruitment firm handling the selection process confirmed Monday afternoon.   Davis is general manager of Burbank Water and Power, a community-owned utility that…

Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jun 28, 2010

Council votes to allow denser development on disputed tract

The months-long debate over the state of the Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Planning Area and its stubborn tract 3 has finally come to an end. On Thursday Council reversed its last decision on the Airport Boulevard site and voted to…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jun 28, 2010

Groups seek separate audience with finalists for Austin Energy job

A number of environmental groups and low-income advocates are asking City Manager Marc Ott for a separate and exclusive meeting this week with the three final candidates announced for the job of general manager of Austin Energy. An opportunity for…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Jun 28, 2010

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