Budget
Monday, August 21, 2017 by Elizabeth Pagano
Budget
City Budget: Austin weighs in
For the past month or so, City Council has been working through the details of this year’s proposed budget. At their most recent meeting, Council members heard from Austinites in a 2 1/2-hour public hearing that focused on the shape…
Thursday, August 10, 2017 by Jo Clifton
Budget
Council moves toward tax swap with AISD
In an effort to help the Austin Independent School District lower its tax rate and send fewer dollars to the state under the so-called Robin Hood plan, City Council voted 6-4 Wednesday to begin consideration of raising the city’s property…
Thursday, August 3, 2017 by Jo Clifton
Budget
Adler bashes Texas over ‘state property tax’
During Wednesday’s budget presentation to City Council, Mayor Steve Adler spoke passionately about the state’s system for funding public schools, calling the current system a “state property tax.”It is not city taxes that are out of line, Adler said. If…
Thursday, August 3, 2017 by Audrey McGlinchy
Budget
Budget proposal would raise Austin property taxes, increase permitting capacity
Austin homeowners could see higher property tax bills next year.Under the city’s proposed $3.9 billion budget, most residents with a median-value home ($305,510) would pay an additional $118 in property taxes compared to last year. Utility fees would rise, too…
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 by Jo Clifton
Budget
Budget: Staff says higher taxes needed
Even though Deputy Chief Financial Officer Ed Van Eenoo has already held 13 separate budget sessions and several retreats with City Council as well as numerous other meetings with boards and commissions and interested citizens, budget season begins in earnest…
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 by Chad Swiatecki
Budget
Push on to ‘normalize’ minority chambers’ funding
Austin’s four minority group chambers of commerce could see their funding from the city of Austin restructured and made more transparent in the coming budget year, a change that is seen as needed to make the groups more equal.The city’s…
