By Moses Leos III An estimated 195,000 gallons of domestic wastewater spilled into Garlic Creek Tuesday following a suspected pump malfunction at a lift station that is currently under construction. The spill happened at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday at the FM 967 Lift Station. Domestic wastewater co...

By Moses Leos III The Buda City Council Feb. 29 joined citizens in expressing staunch opposition to plans for a proposed expansion of Main Street after discovering six heritage trees may be sacrificed to do so. According to a city of Buda press release, city engineers will explore “other alternative...

By Moses Leos III A “firestorm” is brewing between Buda and a business owner over back-taxes stemming from the city’s share of Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission fees. This Buda business owner is fighting the charges, saying the city never gave prior notification of that tax.    “There was no notif...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton Cities in some parts of the U.S. are still hurting from the recession, but it seems Texas has quite a few of its cities listed among the most recession-recovered cities in the country. That report comes from the WalletHub Study, which periodically looks at trends around the co...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Buda leaders are again exploring water options – nearly all of which were not available a year ago when the city started looking for additional water. But at Tuesday’s special called meeting, options flowed like a river. Buda City Council heard from regional entities and a private ...

By Moses Leos III Buda city leaders are contemplating a five percent pay bump in the fiscal year 2016 budget. The first in three years, the measure would increase salaries for all city staff with the exception of the city manager. Why now? “We looked at our pay scale, part of the pay versus retentio...

By Moses Leos III Possible penalties from surpassing debt issuance limits have Buda waiting until 2016 to pay for its share of Phase 1A of the Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency’s (HCPUA) pipeline project.  In doing so, the city opted to decline a low-interest loan from the State Water Implementati...

By Jessica Breger As Buda City Council debates enacting a drainage utility fee, Mayor Todd Ruge told the 20 or so residents who attended a recent public meeting, “It’s not a money grab.” At the May 27 session, the first of two planned public meetings, HDR Inc. project manager Grady Reed told audienc...

By Andy Sevilla Buda city leaders and residents have both voiced urgency in building a new police department as a top priority as officials plan the roll out of $55 million in voter approved infrastructure fixes. “I think all of us, when we ran for office, ran on public safety as one of our concerns...

By Andy Sevilla Buda voters approved $55 million in funding for five proposed bond projects earlier this month, and now city leaders are laying the groundwork to steamroll ahead. The bond proposal was broken down into five different propositions in the November general election ballot, allowing Buda...