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Tag Archives: city budget
Budget strives to address Council directives
The non-senior Austinite who owns a median-priced home and uses an average amount of water and electricity can expect his or her bill for taxes, fees and utilities to increase by about $12.48 per month for the 2017 Fiscal Year,…
Budget • By Jo Clifton • Jul 27, 2016
Push to expand city composting continues
Austin has made major progress in its efforts to reduce the amount of trash it sends to landfills, but the city will have to make a big change if it wants to realize the ambitious goals it has set through…
Resources • By Jack Craver • Jul 20, 2016
APD response times continue to increase
According to the city of Austin’s latest annual performance review released on June 22, the time it takes Austin police officers to respond to high-priority calls has been steadily increasing over the past five years. During Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the…
Police • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 1, 2016
Parks and Rec budget bogged down by golf
The Parks and Recreation Board is concerned that expenses from Austin’s city golf courses will overshadow the other needs in its already tight budget. At their meeting on June 29, board members looked over a budget forecast that predicts an…
Parks • By Cate Malek • Jul 1, 2016
By slim margin, Council approves an 8 percent homestead exemption
In a vote that pitted representatives of the city’s lowest-income districts against their colleagues, City Council members Wednesday narrowly approved an 8 percent homestead exemption — an increase of 2 percent over last year’s exemption. To a resident with a…
Budget • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 30, 2016
Budget process could calm employees' fears
At the end of a very long City Council budget work session last Wednesday, Mayor Steve Adler asked his colleagues to weigh in on a budget process proposal that he, Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and members of the city’s…
Budget • By Jo Clifton • Jun 7, 2016
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Fire Department to seek new stations
Wednesday was the 100th birthday of the Austin Fire Department, so, naturally, the members of City Council had to sing “Happy Birthday” to AFD Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr during their work session. Kerr noted that the department started with 27…
Budget • By Jo Clifton • Jun 6, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: True Facts
Über Uber… Avid Whispers readers will note that, last week, we reported on an erroneous Uber claim that the Circuit of the Americas racetrack was outside of the Austin City Limits and drivers “could earn BIG” by driving people to…
Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 6, 2016
Chief praises assignment change for detectives
Although the president of the Austin Police Association has criticized the department’s decision to deploy detectives from their usual assignments to work patrol shifts for three weeks each on a rotating basis, Police Chief Art Acevedo told City Council during…
Budget • By Jo Clifton • Jun 2, 2016
Tough choices ahead on human services spending
After hearing from the Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday about the community’s many needs, several City Council members had questions, but only Council Member Delia Garza said she would like to add to the upcoming budget the $8.3…
Budget • By Jo Clifton • May 19, 2016
Staff urges more funding for maintenance
City Council heard an urgent plea for more money for maintenance of city buildings and facilities Wednesday as part of staff’s series of budget presentations. During that presentation, Building Services Officer Eric Stockton and representatives from the Parks and Recreation…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • May 12, 2016
Council kicks off budget season
At its budget season opener on Wednesday, City Council heard again of Austin’s two cities: one that suffers from widening economic divisions and another that is “an economic star.” “This is extraordinary growth,” economic consultant Jon Hockenyos told Council members…
