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News from San Marcos, Buda, Kyle & Hays County
QUOTEOFNOTE “WE’VE ALWAYS BUILT UNIQUE PROJECTS THAT SOLVE LOTS WE’RE TRYING TO DO HERE, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SIT DOWN AT SOME OF THESE RESTAURANTS AND DINE. I KNOWA LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY FEELS THE SAMEWAY.” TRAVIS MITCHELL, KYLE MAYOR, ON KYLE CROSSING 2 NUMBER TOKNOW was awarded to Hays County from the Texas Department of State Health Services for public health emergency preparedness. $126,721 OF PROBLEMS. THAT ISWHAT CITY HIGHLIGHTS BUDA The city announced March 15 applications are being accepted through June 1 for human services funding for projects and programs addressing a variety of community needs that are likely to a ect the quality of life of a signi cant portion of the community, address issues or problems the city’s governmental entities do not, propose practical solutions to community issues or problems, and are sustainable over time. KYLE Director of Library Services Paul Phelan announced at a San Marcos City Council Meets April 19 at 6 p.m. 630 E. Hopkins St., San Marcos 512-393-8000 www.sanmarcostx.gov Kyle City Council Meets April 19 and May 3 at 7 p.m. 100 W. Center St., Kyle 512-262-1010 • www.cityo yle.com Buda City Council Meets April 19 and May 3 at 5:30 p.m. 405 E. Loop St., Buda 512-312-0084 • www.ci.buda.tx.us Hays County Commissioners Court Meets April 26 and May 10 at 9 a.m. 111 E. San Antonio St., San Marcos 512-393-2205 • www.co.hays.tx.us MEETINGSWE COVER March 22 meeting that the library will o er an information desk from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday to help residents with computers, applications and other needs.
City breaks ground on Kyle Crossing Phase 2
BY ZARA FLORES
The project has been in the works since 2019, through which a partner- ship was formed, CSTD Development Partner Travis Sawvell said. Through the partner- ship, the developer and the city formed their development agreement as well as a Chapter 380 agreement that o ers incentives to promote economic development through commercial and retail projects, according to the city’s economic development website. With the agreements in place, the developers will be able to deliver
Kyle Crossing Phase 2
KYLE City leadership and Central Southwest Texas Development LLC gath- ered at the corner of FM 1626 and Marketplace Ave- nue on March 22 to break ground on Kyle Crossing Phase 2, which will be home to the city’s rst mixed-use development. City Council recently approved a zoning ordinance change to allow for mixed-use buildings on 27.8 acres of land; how- ever, the entirety of the land for the Kyle Crossing Phase 2 development is 38.5 acres on two separate tracts of land.
Kyle Crossing Phase 2 broke ground onMarch 22.
restaurants, retail and outdoor spaces for the city of Kyle. “More importantly, we’re now being integrated with The Vybe, which we are so thrilled to be a part of. ... It gives us that ability to go and connect with the city of Kyle and its residents and plugs us in a way that we didn’t see possible,” Sawvell said. An addition to the development will be a $3 million tunnel built underneath Kyle Crossing
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into Cromwell Street, allowing residents to walk or bike from Plum Creek to the new development, Mayor Travis Mitchell said.
SanMarcos City Council approvesmid scal year cost-of-living pay increases
OVER CAPACITY If the Hays County Jail is at capacity, it will send inmates to one of the counties it has an interlocal agreement with.
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
knew that was being accounted for, and so they were able to make sure that things were funded appropriately. ... They just didn’t realize that that’s how it was taken care of, and I will be very candid with you: We have a lot of turnover in our nance department,” City Manager Stephanie Reyes said. Reyes added that new employees might not have understood the methodology used by prior personnel in cal- culating overtime expenditures. FUNDING THE RAISE The city budget was amended
Actual usable capacity
Jail capacity: 410 However, standards recommend leaving 10% open.
SANMARCOS City Council unanimously approved a mid- scal year 2% cost-of- living pay increase March 23 for city employees, overtime for public safety personnel and other sta budget amendments on the rst of two readings. According to city documents, sales tax revenue in the rst six months of scal year 2021-22 exceeded projections by more than $1.2 million and could fund the increase. Police Chief Stan Standridge said the request was presented due to an error in overtime charges for police and re departments discovered late in the scal year budget process. Some council members questioned how long the discrepancy might have gone on and if the city could guarantee the issue will not happen again. “The nance personnel in the department at that time
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Average number of inmates
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Peak inmates March 16
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SOURCE: HAYS COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Courtmoves to address Hays jail overcrowding
BY ZARA FLORES
HAYS COUNTY The Commissioners Court approved an interlocal cooperation agree- ment between Hays County and Lee County on March 22 for jail services. Lee County will house the over ow of Hays County inmates, when needed, for $75 a day per inmate, according to the agreement. Lee County, if housing Hays County inmates, will be responsible for their hous- ing, care and any medical services needed during the inmates’ stay. Hays County will be responsible for transporting inmates to the Lee County jail, and the county has similar arrangements with other counties.
to re ect sales tax revenue collected that came in over projections. That added revenue will in part fund the salary bump.
General fund Increase Revised budget
+ $90,955,663 $1,208,300 $92,163,963
SOURCE: CITY OF SAN MARCOS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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