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Audit results push Austin Energy to make changes in Efficiency Program
Austin Energy is promising to change the way that it does business after an audit of its Efficiency Program revealed serious flaws. The program offers $50 to $2,000 rebates to customers who install high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment. Those…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 8, 2013
Task forces urges increased safety, better pay for construction workers
Travis County must do more to ensure the safety of and fair compensation for its construction workers. Those are unquestionably the biggest issues facing construction workers today according to the Economic Development Task Force the county formed to study this…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 8, 2013
Support growing for another Affordable Housing bond election this year
Council support is coalescing around a major November bond initiative that would, if approved by voters, raise somewhere in the neighborhood of $65 million for the city’s affordable housing programs. At the Tuesday work session, Council Members Mike Martinez, Laura…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 8, 2013
AE manager argues against expanding utility’s goals for solar power
A fight is brewing over Austin Energy’s solar energy goals. In a memo sent to Council Tuesday, utility General Manager Larry Weis preempts a rally set for noon today at City Hall. Weis says that gathering called by solar…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 7, 2013
County to spend $1.8 million to fund slimmed-down Public Integrity Unit
Travis County taxpayers will help breathe life into the state’s nearly defunct Public Integrity Unit after Commissioners Court Tuesday voted 4-1 to dedicate nearly $1.8 million in funding to the department. Pct. 3 Commissioner Gerald Daugherty – the only Republican…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 7, 2013
Council to consider study of expedited development permit process
Skepticism emerged Tuesday over a plan by Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole to establish an opt-in, pay-extra expedited permit process for select projects in the City of Austin. Two major issues stood out: Whether a study that could kick off…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 7, 2013
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Ott asks for federal investigation into APD policies in wake of shootings
Austin City Manager Marc Ott has invited US Department of Justice officials to once again examine the Austin Police Department. In a letter to US Attorney Robert Pitman, who serves the Western District of Texas including Austin, Ott asks for…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 6, 2013
Travis Commissioners to discuss funding DA’s Public Integrity Unit
Judge Sam Biscoe put the future of the state’s Public Integrity Unit firmly in the hands of the Travis County Commissioners Court last week. In the wake of Gov. Rick Perry’s line-item veto of a $3.5 million appropriation for the…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Aug 6, 2013
Public Safety Commission discusses EMS System structural issues
The Public Safety Commission waded into ongoing issues surrounding Travis County Emergency Service Districts on Monday afternoon. And while the commission postponed taking an in-depth look at the problem, it could be the beginning of engagement with an issue that…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 6, 2013
Commission hears public input on proposed rental registration regulations
Proposed rental registration regulations continue to inspire passion among Austinites, as two proposed versions of the idea are headed for consideration by Austin City Council members. The Building and Standards Commissions heard two hours of public testimony on the matter…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 5, 2013
Budget discussion raises affordability questions
Tuesday’s City Council budget work session sparked immediate philosophical concerns for Austin City Council members. These surfaced at the prompting of Council Member Laura Morrison. “What is systemically in our budget, in the way that we are doing business,…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 2, 2013
Council members look for ways to give civilian employees a 3 percent raise
In the wake of Thursday’s budget presentation – where city staff officially recommended a 1.5 percent pay raise for City of Austin civilian employees – at least some City Council members are considering ways to bump that figure up to…
