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Electric Utility Commission approves AE budget

Austin residents can expect higher electric rates in the coming year, but low-income utility customers may get a few more breaks. The Austin Electric Utility Commission met Monday to approve the utility’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 and discuss ways…

Resources • By Kara Nuzback • Aug 19, 2014

No ballot question on Onion Creek buyout

    The question of whether Austin should buy out 240 at-risk homes in the Onion Creek floodplain will not go before voters in November. During a special called meeting Friday, Austin City Council voted 5-1 against putting the buyout…

Elections • By Gene Davis • Aug 18, 2014

Austin Energy to cut planned 2015 fee increase

Austin City Council members are studying an Austin Energy plan to lower regulatory fees in 2015, which will cut the average monthly residential bill. Utility officials floated the plan Thursday at the Council Committee on Austin Energy. Austin Energy officials…

Resources • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 18, 2014

Commission nixes brew pub tasting room

A plan to open a tasting room in conjunction with a new East Austin brewery failed to win over the Planning Commission last week. Owners of the Blue Owl Brew Pub had hoped to reach a compromise with the neighborhood…

Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 18, 2014

Welcome

A note from Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin. Hi there. And welcome to our new home. When the Capital of Texas Media Foundation purchased the former In Fact Daily this past October, we marked out a rough path through what…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 18, 2014

Health Services tells county it needs more staff

The Travis County’s Health and Human Services Department asked for an additional $313,000 for six full-time employees to its Fiscal Year 2015 budget Friday, the last day of budget hearings. Travis County Commissioners spent last week discussing requests for additional…

Local Government • By Beth Cortez-Neavel • Aug 18, 2014

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C3 Presents promoters may have suffered data breach

C3 Presents, the Austin-based music promotions firm behind such festivals as Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza, has apparently suffered a security breach. The details were cited in a letter sent to potential victims of the violation, including an Austin Monitor…

Local Government • By Michael Kanin • Aug 15, 2014

Council OKs rail ballot tweak; foes protest

Austin City Council members Thursday approved what they called a clarifying language change to what is now a November mobility bond ballot question. As they did so, they continued to hear vocal opposition from a handful of opponents to the…

Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Aug 15, 2014

Few changes as aquifer board OKs SH45 SW comments

The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District board approved its staff’s written comments on the State Highway 45 Southwest draft Environmental Impact Statement on Tuesday night amid heated discussion over the district’s role in future iterations of the project. Though…

Development • By Alex Dropkin • Aug 15, 2014

Council punts decision on AE reserves

The Austin City Council decided with a 4-3 vote Thursday to postpone a decision to transfer $30 million from Austin Energy’s Operating Fund to its Strategic Reserve Contingency Fund as requested by staff in order to bring the utility closer to complying…

Local Politics • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 15, 2014

Library staff holds the line on 2015 funds

Despite the imminence of a glowing new Central Library on the horizon, the library department kept it humble Wednesday afternoon. As part of the city’s budget process, City Council heard from Brenda Branch, director of the Austin Public Library department.…

Local Politics • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 14, 2014

Background checks for dog walkers ?

Fingerprinting and an eight-week wait for a background check … to walk shelter dogs? At Wednesday’s City Council budget work session, Council Member and mayoral candidate Mike Martinez noted that some would-be Austin Animal Center volunteers decide to help elsewhere…

Local Politics • By Jenny Blair • Aug 14, 2014

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