College Station city councilman William Wright visited with Scott DeLucia on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs on August 18, 2023.
Topics included lengths of council meetings, resident engagement, mitigating issues involving Texas A&M students, conditions of local streets, affordable housing, the reaction to a Texas A&M board of regents member criticizing College Station police, and the upcoming opening of the city’s new tourism office building south of city hall.
A majority of Brazos County commissioners approve increasing the property tax rate for the fiscal year 2025 budget. That followed debates during Tuesday’s (August 27) budget workshop and regular meeting between county judge Duane Peters and commissioner Steve Aldrich. Peters, who made the motion to increase the property tax rate by one cent, wanted to protect the county’s fund balance…also known as the county’s savings account…to pay for capital projects instead of borrowing money. Aldrich failed in his attempt to approve a no new revenue property tax rate, which would have reduced the FY 2025 rate. Peters motion was approved by a four to one vote. A public hearing on the FY 25 Brazos County tax rate and budget will be held September 10th at 9 a.m. Click HERE to read and download the Brazos County proposed 2025 budget. Click below to hear comments from the August 27, 2024 Brazos County commission meeting. Listen to “Brazos County commission proposed increasing the property tax rate following a debate between two members” on Spreaker.
There is a second shuttle bus route for Saturday’s Texas A&M football home opener. In addition to buses from downtown Bryan, the city of College Station has added free shuttles from the tourism building next to city hall at 1207 Texas. The newest feature of the city’s hometown tailgate event was brought up at the end of the August 22nd city council meeting. City manager Bryan Woods extended the invitation, including city council members as private citizens. Council discussion included a tease directed at Notre Dame fans. Mayor John Nichols said “If you see a few elves running around over there in green outfits you know Notre Dame is in town”. Councilman Bob Yancy then said “That would be water and fertilizer.” There is also free parking at the College Station tailgate. Their shuttle requires a wristband, which you can get from Candy 95 staff who will be at the tailgate. The College Station service will also be available during the city’s tailgate events prior to the Missouri, LSU, and Texas games. Click below to hear comments from the August 22, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click HERE to be directed to more information from the city of College Station about their hometown tailgate events.
Natural gas customers in College Station, Bryan, and 179 other cities served by Atmos Energy will be paying more starting October 1. College Station and Bryan city councils this month unanimously approved increases averaging $5.52 a month for residential customers and $13.39 a month for commercial customers. The Bryan council did not discuss the rate increase in public before its vote. College Station’s assistant to the city manager Ross Brady told council members the rate increases was $32 million dollars less than what Atmos first sought for the cities in its Mid-Tex region. Click below to hear comments from Ross Brady during the August 22, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Atmos representatives attended both council meeting but had no comments. The average monthly increase for Atmos industrial class customers is $87.34, and for Atmos transportation class customers the average increase is $574.68 per month. Click HERE to read and download what was approved during the August 22, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download the resolution that was approved during the August 13, 2024 Bryan city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download background information from the August 13, 2024 Bryan city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download a document that was provided for the August 13, 2024 Bryan city council meeting about the history of setting Atmos Energy natural gas rates.
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