Newsletter Signup
The Austin Monitor thanks its sponsors. Become one.
Most Popular Stories
- Latest State of Downtown report shows the city core’s businesses and housing are in transition
- Watson is ahead in election for Austin mayor, but it’s unclear if he’ll avoid a runoff
- Nearly 52% of registered voters in Travis County cast an early ballot
- Updated: Austin Energy still considering options to answer to grid growing pains
- Laine appears to edge out Kelly in race for D6 Council seat
-
Discover News By District
Popular Whispers
- Meet Austin’s new park director finalists
- TCAD will soon be verifying property owners’ homestead exemptions
- Riverside intersection for Project Connect part of TXDOT’s $746M I-35 contract
- Smart Cities Connect brings fall conference to downtown Austin
- Siegel, Bledsoe announce new endorsements in D7 runoff
Tag Archives: certificates of obligation (COs)
Council OKs two measures to speed buyouts in flood-prone areas
More than six months have passed since Austin’s Halloween flood. At nearly 1 a.m. Friday, Onion Creek residents gathered at City Hall learned that relief may be in sight in the form of an expanded city buyout program. Two…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 16, 2014
Martinez proposes that city issue debt to buy out flooded homes
Austin City Council Member Mike Martinez will announce a proposal at 10 a.m. today that would have the potential of greatly accelerating buyouts for homeowners whose houses were damaged or destroyed in last year’s Halloween floods on Onion Creek. …
Development • By Michael Kanin • Apr 25, 2014
Kyle to issue almost $2 million in debt for capital expenditures
Kyle property owners can expect increases in their property tax rate and city utility bills next fiscal year as City Council members prepare to issue $1.866 million in short-term debt. The city will issue the debt to buy various equipment,…
Local Government • By Andy Sevilla • Feb 25, 2014
The Austin Monitor thanks its sponsors. Become one.