By SHELLY WILKISON The City Council learned Tuesday that it could take more than $179,000 to bring city salaries up to market level, as a salary study showed Liberty Hill city workers are paid less than their counterparts in neighboring cities. The study, which was commissioned of Ray Associates for $29,754, sought to compare local salaries and benefits with those of … [Read more...]
Council pumps up police staffing
By WAYLON CUNNINGHAM Ongoing budget talks at Monday’s City Council meeting largely concerned the police department, as Council Member Liz Rundzieher successfully pushed to add another police officer on top of City Administrator Greg Boatright’s recommendations. The change puts the police department budget at $1.03 million -- a 40 percent increase over fiscal 2016, and … [Read more...]
Council continues budget talks, Rhea returns to dais
By WAYLON CUNNINGHAM As the final vote for the City of Liberty Hill budget is pushed back to Sept. 11, and potentially to Sept. 25, Council Member Liz Rundzieher on Monday indicated that she will push for two additional full-time police officer positions. Police Chief Maverick Campbell had requested the two positions in his budget proposal earlier this month. After a … [Read more...]
Chief discusses police budget with Council, requests 33% increase in funding
By SHELLY WILKISON The City Council continued its budget discussions Monday in the second of three workshops this month. This week, the Council heard from department heads who explained their budget requests for the new fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. Police Chief Maverick Campbell, whose proposed budget was up from the previous week to $977,630, said after … [Read more...]
Council discusses project management, new business, repainting water towers
By Madison McVan City Council faced a 16-item regular agenda on Monday, but many items were procedural or dropped from discussion in the meeting, which lasted two hours and 20 minutes. Some procedural votes included the beginning stages of setting an ad valorem tax rate for FY 2017-18 (see related story, Page 1); approving a written investment policy for the city; … [Read more...]
Are advisory committees subject to Texas Open Meetings Act?
By WAYLON CUNNINGHAM Are city advisory committees subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act? The short answer is no. The complete answer is more complicated, and hinges on the presence of Council members on the committee. Liberty Hill City Council Member Jon Branigan began the meeting of the Unified Development Code Advisory Committee last Thursday by saying that … [Read more...]
Council takes first steps toward speed reduction on SH 29
By WAYLON CUNNINGHAM and MADISON MCVAN The long-requested speed limit reduction on the portion of State Highway 29 running through Liberty Hill may soon become a reality. The Liberty Hill City Council approved a resolution on Monday requesting that the Austin District of the Texas Department of Transportation conduct studies on the highway associated with the … [Read more...]
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