By Samantha Smith Action was taken at the Buda City Council meeting April 5 approving land development agreements with local landowners, which completes Buda’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) agreement with Austin from 2002.  According to Buda Planning Director Chance Sparks, all of the developm...

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 Roughly a year after voters approved its $55 million bond, the Buda City Council got the chance to envision what a new municipal facility under the bond package should look like.  Page Architects, the design team behind the facility, completed that process as part of an open-ended ...

By Moses Leos III Pushing projects in the $55 million bond forward and increasing staff pay were two of several topics advocated by Buda City Council members during its first budget workshop on May 13.  For council member George Haehn, kick starting the bond projects approved by taxpayers is an impe...

By Gudjon Berdmann A hot start defined a water-centered Buda City Council meeting Tuesday night. “Really pissed off!” “Will defend my land.” “Filing lawsuits.” “Our wells will go dry.” Angry citizens, some of whom were nearly in tears, made these and other comments at the March 17 meeting. Their ang...

By Andy Sevilla Buda city leaders will revisit their special events package and potentially make changes to the regulations after concerns of noise and fireworks exploded on the dais. “What I’m wanting to do is to make sure that all our ordinances apply equally to all,” council member George Hahn sa...

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 Strong emotions were reignited in Buda as city staffers informed council that two prospects were looking to develop affordable housing rental units in the city. Previously failed affordable housing proposals earlier this year are coming back to Buda for a second look. In January, thr...

By Andy Sevilla Six votes pushed Buda council incumbent Bobby Lane to victory on Election Night, according to the unofficial results, but now, his challenger says uncounted ballots may give him the edge needed to win the seat. After relentless issues plagued the polls during Buda’s Nov. 4 election —...

By Andy Sevilla Democrats lost their last countywide seat in Hays County Tuesday night after incumbent Linda Rodriguez fell to Republican challenger David Glickler in a County Court at Law race that withstood a 2010 GOP takeover. Rodriguez was the Democrats’ last chance at a countywide holding, but ...