DRIPPING SPRINGS — Following a presentation by city attorney Laura Mueller, Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved a budget for Village Grove proposed improvements on Ranch to Market Road 12 pursuant to the Offsite Road Agreement on Aug. 6. During the Offsite Road Agreement negotiation p...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — The city of Dripping Springs is getting a new tree for this year’s Christmas on Mercer celebration. At its March 5 meeting, Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved a proposed amendment to the FY 2024 budget for the purchase of holiday decorations. The cost of the Chris...

By Megan Wehring   DRIPPING SPRINGS – It’s that time of the year again – budget season.   On July 19, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved to set the proposed ad valorem tax rate at $.19 per $100 valuation. While the council decided to keep the proposed rate the same as the existin...

By Chase Rogers WIMBERLEY – Wimberley Community Civic Club’s 2020 Wine Walk, slated for Thursday, April 2, will be relocated to Wimberley’s downtown district after being held at Blue Hole Regional Park in 2019. The event has become a Wimberley staple, attracting tourists seeking to try different win...

Wimberley residents expressed their frustrations with a wastewater update presented by City Manager Shawn Cox during a town hall meeting Jan. 30. Cox said he hopes to reach a flushing date “as close as I can to July 2020.” However, community members find it hard to believe since there is no contract...

Though this year is coming to an end, officials in Wimberley still think they can complete the wastewater project in 2020. Wimberley city council is willing to meet as often as possible to make a June 2020 deadline, however, a timeline for that date won’t be set until a January 2020 meeting. City Ad...

The Wimberley City Council was struggling last week with the placement of easements for its new wastewater system. They had imposed a deadline of today. The council didn’t take any action at its Oct. 31 meeting, even though the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has said that without an easement c...

After a year of work, the controversial Short Term Rental (STR) Committee in Wimberley will conclude its services after city leaders Aug. 1 voted 3-2 to deny a one-year extension and workshop. Council members Gary Barchfeld and Craig Fore both cast dissenting votes. Conceived in August 2018, the com...

A new resolution passed by the Wimberley city leaders reinstates the city administrator as the primary contact for matters relating to its wastewater project. The action repealed a previous resolution which labeled the city’s mayor and mayor pro tem, as well as the city administrator, as points of c...

The patience of some downtown Wimberley business owners is beginning to wear thin as the city’s battle for a wastewater system is hitting them in the pocketbook. Without a sewer system to collect and treat wastewater, the majority of downtown restaurant and business owners are footing the bill to pu...