AFD opposes use of Medical Response Units as budget-cutting tools

Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr has written a memo to her department announcing her intention to cancel what would have been a pilot program for the use of Medical Response Units (MRU) in the city. The move came just…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 21, 2010

Ott picks Californians as finalists for Austin Energy post

On Thursday, City Manager Marc Ott announced his choices in the search to replace Roger Duncan as General Manager of Austin Energy. All three are from small California utilities and two of the three are operated under the Southern California…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Jun 18, 2010

Council to consider two resolutions on recycling facility next week

Dueling resolutions for moving forward with a new recycling facility are slated to appear on next week’s City Council agenda.   One resolution, sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and Council Members Randi Shade and Laura Morrison would direct…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Jun 18, 2010

Transportation Director talks about bond projects that didn't make cut

Five of the top 10 projects—and 11 of the top 25—that scored highest in the City of Austin’s ranking of needed mobility projects as identified by officials and the general public would not be funded by a proposed $85 million…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 18, 2010

Board of Adjustment says four walls needed for a “remodel”

The Board of Adjustment voted Monday to clarify last month’s rejection of a so-called remodeling project in a west campus neighborhood. In so doing, it moved to declare that property owners had to leave the basic four walls of their…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 18, 2010

Three Californians tapped as finalists for Austin Energy post

City Manager Marc Ott has chosen three California utility executives to interview for the position of General Manager of Austin Energy, according to well-informed sources at City Hall. None of the candidates who work at Austin Energy—Karl Rábago, Cheryl Mele…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Jun 17, 2010

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Cantalupo explains overdue audit at his final CAMPO meeting

Joe Cantalupo, in his last meeting as CAMPO’s executive director, had to answer some of his toughest questions yet: For instance, how did the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization manage to avoid its required annual financial audit?   Cantalupo presented…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Jun 17, 2010

Leffingwell foresees major changes with 2012 election

Plans for future bond elections got a lot more interesting Wednesday, as Mayor Lee Leffingwell’s office announced he would now favor a 2012 election on urban rail—as well as a change in the city charter to have City Council select…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Jun 17, 2010

Community members express opinions about Travis County campus

Any plan to upgrade Travis County’s downtown campus should include more than the “nuts and bolts” required for day-to-day business — it should include features that would allow the county to weave itself more tightly into the community.   That,…

Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jun 17, 2010

City residents chime in on budget cuts

No solid theme has emerged as Austin residents consider which fat to trim from their city’s 2011 budget. Still, responses continue to arrive at the city-sponsored web survey that asks for popular opinion on the matter.   Given an opportunity…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 16, 2010

Council votes to exclude tract from Boggy Creek VMU overlay

The lengthy story of the Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Plan got another chapter Thursday when City Council voted, just barely, to amend the plan’s vertical mixed use conditional overlay. Moving against the wishes of the neighborhood’s contact team, Council voted…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jun 16, 2010

County commissioners decide how to spend federal grant funds

Travis County commissioners on Tuesday approved spending $942,749 in federal money, primarily on road improvements, homebuyer assistance, and social work services.   The money will come from a federal pot know as the Community Development Block Grant, or CDBG, which…

Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Jun 16, 2010

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