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The Travis County Jail needs nearly $8 million in upgrades to extend its life for at least another five years, a county budget official told the Commissioners Court Thursday. During a work session, Rodney Rhoades, executive manager for the…
The Austin City Council has thrown out the city’s most recent attempt to bid out a contract to handle the management and construction of a local single stream recycling facility. With the action, Council members put off a decision on…
The Water and Wastewater Commission failed to recommend either of two Water Treatment Plant 4-related items last night after hearing a barrage of citizen criticism of the project. Council is scheduled to take up the items at this morning’s meeting…
City Council members will hear today that city staff is recommending they choose Allied Waste Services to partner with the city to build a new Single Stream Recycling materials recovery facility. Members will also hear from the Solid Waste Advisory…
Hoping to secure an additional source of water for a growing population in Central Texas, the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District is looking for grant funds to study if a desalinization plant could make water from an underwater saline…
In a memo to Mayor and Council last night, Austin Chief Financial Officer Leslie Browder once again had good news on sales tax collections. The city has received word from the state that the city’s sales tax revenue jumped from…
Yesterday morning, Austin Water Utility crews were on the scene of a wastewater spill from a broken 10-inch sewer main near the 4900 block of Manchaca Road. The spill was originally reported at about 9:40am. According to Jill Mayfield…
Travis County staff members presented the commissioners court on Tuesday with the next round of federal grant projects meant to improve the quality of life for residents in the county’s unincorporated areas. Commissioners are scheduled to vote June 15…
Two land use code changes that could have been controversial won unanimous Planning Commission approval last night with no opposition. It remains to be seen what the development community will think if the City Council ultimately approves them. One…
Two members of the city’s Public Safety Commission offered a resolution Monday seeking the addition of up to 500 more Austin police officers over the next “three or four years.” Chair Michael Lauderdale and Vice Chair Mike Levy’s plan calls…
After nearly five contentious months, Texas Disposal Systems has finally been officially disqualified from the soon-to-be completed process associated with the City of Austin’s new recycling facility. That hasn’t stopped TDS CEO Bob Gregory from making the case that an…
The race appears to be on, again, for a second downtown convention hotel, as attorney Michael Whellan earned the Downtown Commission’s blessing for CBD-CURE zoning on the downtown block once occupied by Las Manitas. Whellan admitted he had very…
