Buda residents may be seeing an increase in water and wastewater rates in the new fiscal year because of various water and wastewater capital improvement projects, the new wastewater treatment expansion and the agreement with Alliance Regional Water Authority regarding the pipeline being built. Fina...

A three-way agreement among Buda, the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority (GBRA) and the Sunfield Municipal Utility District (MUD) could allow for the future expansion of the city’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The agreement, approved unanimously by the Buda City Council June 20, would call for t...

uda has spoken and the Wiener dog races are here to stay. More than 23,000 people converged on Buda in 2017 for the 20 th Annual Buda Lions Club Country Fair and Wiener Dog Races, said Keith Handrick, Buda Lions Club representative. The number came as a post event report, which is required for a cit...

No action was taken Tuesday on a proposed amendment to Buda’s city charter that could potentially designate single member districts in the city. Council member Wiley Hopkins, who requested the agenda item, said he did so to gather city leaders’ thoughts on the matter. “I requested this item so the c...

Positive reactions to operations and maintenance (O&M) cost estimates for improvements under Proposition 5 of the city’s 2014 bond emerged from the Buda City Council dais June 13. The projected cost for the O&M for improvements to City Park, as well as the proposed Green Meadows Splash pad and the G...

Conflict hit the Buda City Council dais June 6 when council members debated the mission behind the reintroduced housing plan study, which centered on the controversial topic of affordable housing. Buda Assistant City Manager Chance Sparks reintroduced the item due to an interest to “look for potenti...

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...

Protections that help preserve heritage trees in cities such as Buda could go by the wayside if legislation makes its way through the Texas Senate. As city leaders keep an eye on Senate Bill 782, authored by State Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels), Buda Planning and Zoning Commissioners are forw...

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...

As growth continues to make its way to Buda, city leaders have given the green light on a new policy addressing how it will guide annexation in the future. By a unanimous vote March 21, the Buda City Council approved a new annexiation policy. Chance Sparks, Buda assistant city manager, said the poli...