Water line application illuminates dysfunction between Buda entities

Disapproval by Buda city staff of the Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) decision to nix funding for a proposed water line to Buda Elementary was a factor in a continuing fight between the two bodies.

That specific argument escalated in a resolution approved by Buda city leaders April 25 that claimed the EDC “abandoned” its incentive task force (ITF), a group meant to score applications for EDC funding, and instead took “independent action” without city collaboration.

But documents and emails obtained by the Hays Free Press show Buda city staff was part of a 2018 ITF meeting on the project and allegedly left a decision on the application up to the EDC Board of Directors.