Travis County Commissioners made the results of the Nov. 4 elections official Tuesday. Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir, who oversees the Travis County Elections Office, read the results into the Commissioners Court record and reported that 41 percent of registered voters, about 270,000 people, cast ballots in Travis County. She also reminded the commissioners that […]
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Commissioners to hear budget for new courthouse
Travis County Commissioners are set to hear a report today on the planned Civil and Family Courthouse project, but there have been protests about the project’s proposed $294 million budget even though the report has yet to be made public. Commissioners approved the space allocations for the building about a month ago, and today will […]
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Find your way to GIS Day
Two City of Austin departments will participate Wednesday at GIS Day, with a full day of events and activities planned. GIS Day is an international forum for geographic information system users to share knowledge and applications of GIS technology. The event provides an opportunity for students, professionals, businesses and the public to discuss the impact […]
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Final BBB session set Tuesday night
Austin City Council Members Laura Morrison and Bill Spelman are set to help the Austin Monitor close out its 2014 Beers Brains and Betterment discussion series with what we’re calling an exit interview Tuesday evening. As always, the event is at the North Door, 501 Brushy St., where doors will open at 7 p.m. Tickets […]
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Memorial placed for fallen APD officer
Another memorial has been placed for a fallen Austin Police Department officer. Officials with the Austin Police Officer Memorial Project placed a marker Friday for late APD Officer Leland Dale Anderson at the northeast corner of Congress Avenue and 8th Street, near where he died. Anderson was killed in the line of duty June 6, […]
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TipSheet: Travis County Commissioners 11-18
The Travis County Commissioners Court meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda here. The County Clerk’s office hosts a copy at its website. Items of interest for Commissioners Court include: 3. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE CREATION OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS WATER […]
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LWV plans runoff candidate forum
Now that the herd has been thinned out from 78 candidates to a more manageable number, the Austin Area League of Women Voters plans a forum Nov. 21 for all eight of the Council and Mayoral runoffs. The forum will be held in the new City Council Chambers at City Hall and will run from […]
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Judge-elect Eckhardt takes aim at jail video system
Incoming Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt says one of the many items on her “to-do” list when she takes office in January is to take on the county jail’s policy of limiting almost all family visits with inmates to a video conferencing system. Eckhardt says she would like to restore face-to-face visits. Eckhardt, elected last […]
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Guadalupe Street Corridor meeting set
The city will host its first public meeting for the Guadalupe Street Corridor Study to discuss the purpose of the study and listen to community feedback. Area residents will talk about how to improve the Guadalupe Corridor for pedestrians, bicycles, public transportation and cars. The goal of the study is to recommend short-term to long-term […]
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Final Monitor BBB session Nov. 18
Council Members Laura Morrison and Bill Spelman are set to help the Monitor close out its 2014 Beers Brains and Betterment discussion series with what we’re calling an exit interview Nov. 18. As always, the event is at the North Door, 501 Brushy St., where doors will open at 7 p.m. Tickets are free and […]
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Travis County OKs hiring consultant
Travis County Commissioners approved hiring an impartial consultant Friday to verify if the cost estimate for the planned Ronald Earle Building is accurate or needs to be rebid. The building, at 416 West 11th St., will house the district attorney’s staff. The county hired a contractor, Flintco, as a construction manager, and that firm came […]
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City, County adopt new wildfire plan
Both the City of Austin and Travis County adopted the Community Wildfire Protection Plan last week. The plan is the culmination of a joint effort between the city and county, along with state and federal officials. Following the devastating Bastrop wildfires in 2011, a Joint Wildfire Task Force was formed to study ways to prevent […]