Events, City News

First a couple of event reminders:

Household Hazardous Waste Event - Saturday, May 21, 8AM till noon, Hudson Bend Middle School. Here's a link to more info!

The annual Eggstravaganza is scheduled for Saturday, April 16th at 2PM. The Lakeway Swim Center Summer Season is from May 31 - August 21, 2011. For more info on these click here!

Serene Hills Dr. is now open to Hwy 71. Check it out!

From Steve Jones:

I rode with Sergeant Brinkman this week to see firsthand how our new patrol technology works. The new automated ticket writers and mobile computer system were demonstrated and then they went to the dispatch center to see how it all integrates into the dispatch system. I was impressed with the technology and its capabilities, and the officers seem to be very appreciative of these new tools.

We (Lakeway, Bee Cave, Sunset Valley, and Rollingwood) met with Austin Energy to discuss our concerns with their proposed utility franchise agreement. Their response was encouraging and agreement was reached on the main points of concern - we should have a satisfactory document drafted within the next few weeks!

The warrant roundup this year was a huge success! Preliminary numbers show that we collected $108,707 and cleard more thatn 400 cases! March was also a record breaking month for regular warrant collections, clearing 125 cases and collecting $152,068 in fines. A lot of credit goes to the efforts of Citizens Police Academy graduates who volunteered their time to work the phones and locate defendants - THANKS! Click here for a full report!

I attended the District Court hearing for the Brown vs. Lakeway lawsuit in which Brown alleges that Lakeway is guilty of contempt of court for approving a development agreement for the Crosswater Yacht Club. Patty Akers (City Attorney) was able to convince Brown to "non-suit" the city and the judge dismissed us from the case. Crosswater is still implicated and their motion for dismissal is under consideration.

Cheif Radford, Mayor DeOme and I met with CAPCOG this week to discuss the status of our 9-1-1 PSAP (public safety answering point). they advised us they have plans to stop our service in July. We are considering funding the service ourselves to keep the service and will need to have this on the May agenda for a decision.

Dave DeOme, Alan Tye, Joe Bain and I met this week to work on the interlocal agreement with the Lake Travis Community Library District. The recommended changes have been forwarded to our bond attorney who should respond next week.

We recently performed an audit of local businesses and discovered quite a few that were not collecting and remitting sales tax. We are now engaged in an audit of franchise fees from Pedernales Electric Coop and the property tax roll at Travis Central Appraisal District. It's too early to have good numbers, but it looks likely that we will identify a dozen or more errors in each one.
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Thanks for all the support!

Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us