While Buda officials don’t have set finish dates for street, park and drainage improvement projects under its 2014 bond, the city’s public safety and municipal facility buildings are nearing completion. John Nett and other city officials gave an update Dec. 5 on the status of its $55 million dollar ...

Within six short months, construction crews with JE Dunn have made progress on Buda’s new municipal building and library located along north Main Street. The facility, approved by voters as Proposition 1 in the 2014 bond, is expected to be complete by April 2018. Work also continues to progress on t...

Completing the remaining 2014 bond projects was one of the primary budget items Buda city leaders focused on during the city’s initial budget meeting earlier this month. Overall, city leaders were encouraged by the outcome of the special budget meeting held at U.S. Foods, with Buda Mayor Todd Ruge s...

The high cost of maintaining a large aesthetic medallion in the FM 967 and Main Street intersection in Buda led city leaders to forgo the project, which could have cost $104,000. Buda city officials instead chose to go with a cheaper option, which ranges from $27,000 to $55,000, that they hope could...

Improvements at Buda City Park are on the table as Buda city leaders unanimously approved the schematic design for a portion of the 2014 bond project. The improvements constituted a portion of projects from Proposition 5, which was approved by Buda voters for $8 million. Claire Hempel, a representat...

With a handful of projects already underway, several items within Buda’s $55 million bond, which was passed by voters in 2014, are seeing various degrees of construction,   with others nearing completion. Prop 1 Municipal Facility Except for the mechanic, electrical and plumbing design plans, the ne...

Action taken earlier this month allowed Buda to officially cut ties with ECM International, a professional project management firm which oversaw Propositions 1 and 2 of the 2014 Buda Bond projects. Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said the decision came after weeks of deliberation by council members behind clos...