By Rafael Marquez A $15,000 expenditure that would go toward a swift water rescue boat for the Emergency Services District No. 5 (ESD 5), which includes the Kyle Fire Department, was allotted by Kyle city officials within the 2016-2017 budget earlier this month.  But city’s budget item doesn’t inclu...

By Rafael Marquez The Kyle City Council Tuesday approved the city’s Fiscal Year 2017 $81.4 million budget by a vote of 6-1. The lone vote against the new budget came from councilwoman Daphne Tenorio.  The council unanimously passed the new ad valorem tax rate for the new fiscal year at $0.5748 per $...

By Rafael Marquez A $63,000 surplus within the 2016-2017 budget is estimated by Kyle city officials as the city is anticipating a one-cent reduction in the city’s ad valorem tax.  The estimate was discovered as City Manager Scott Sellers presented to the Kyle City Council amendments to the proposed ...

By Samantha Smith The creation of a public improvement district (PID) was given the okay by the Kyle City Council earlier this month for a sprawling 762-acre development along FM 150 east in the city’s extra territorial jurisdiction (ETJ).  The Kyle City Council Aug. 17 voted 5-2 in favor of the cre...

By Rafael Marquez In an attempt to remove politics from the decision making process, the Kyle City Council decided to kill a new ordinance regulating traffic control devices, such as stop signs, by a 4-1 vote earlier this month. Kyle council instead instructed city staff to come up with clear guidan...

By Rafael Marquez Concerns raised by the Kyle City Council over data security and giving enough time to inform the public on security alarm regulations led officials to table a proposed ordinance indefinitely earlier this month.  Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett proposed an ordinance that would instit...

By Bailey Buckingham The lights may be getting a little dimmer in Kyle after the city council unanimously approved an amendment to the current outdoor lighting ordinance Tuesday.  The amendment would update the standards for new commercial and multi-family housing outdoor lighting. Existing structur...

By Bailey Buckingham A fter years of talking about it, Kyle will soon gain a gateway sign that welcomes visitors to the city.  The city’s newest landmark will become a reality after the Kyle City Council unanimously approved installation of the sign in late July. Council approved the design of the s...

By Bailey Buckingham Kyle residents and businesses could be required to register security alarm systems with the city if amendments to an existing ordnance pass a second reading by the Kyle City Council.   Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said the proposed amendments could alleviate high numbers of fa...

By Bailey Buckingham Kyle city leaders are holding reservations regarding the abundance of citizen requests for stop signs in neighborhoods at Kyle City Council meetings, fearing unwarranted signs could lead to “unintended consequences.”  On July 5, District 5 council member Shane Arabie requested f...