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Taylor City Council votes 3-2 to approve an ordinance which increases council stipends to $1,000 a month and $1,500 a month for the mayor position. Screenshot from Taylor City Council meeting
Council members explain vote
Taylor City Council was split in its decision to up its own salary. Mayor Brandt Rydell and councilmen Robert Garcia and Gerald Anderson voted to approve the ordinance Thursday, Aug. 08/18/2023 10:30 PM
Photo by Michael Förtsch on Unsplash
E-EDITION HIGHLIGHTS
Here is a recap of what was featured in the Wednesday, Aug. 16 e-edition of the Taylor Press. 08/18/2023 10:30 PM
Record sea temps could spur more hurricanes
Record sea temps could spur more hurricanes
Forecasters for the National Weather Service are anticipating a more active hurricane season this year because of record-warm ocean surface temperatures, the Texas Tribune reported. Hurricane season runs through the end of November. 08/18/2023 10:30 PM
National Dog Day
NATIONAL DOG DAY
Celebrate your dog, a friend’s dog or any other dog you know for National Dog Day Saturday, August 26! Texas Beer Company will host a celebration from noon to 8 p.m. with $4 TBC’s specialty K9 lager on tap at their brewery, 1331 W. 08/18/2023 10:30 PM
Firefighter Ruben Telles and girlfriend Nicole Rocha are restarting from scratch after a wildfire destroyed their apartment. Photo courtesy of Hutto Fire Rescue
Firefighter loses home in blaze
HUTTO – A local firefighter who lost his home in the Aug. 8 Cedar Park fire is getting help from colleagues and the community. The Hutto Professional Firefighters Foundation has started a fundraising campaign to support Ruben Telles, who has been a fire engine driver with Hutto Fire Rescue since April 2020. 08/18/2023 10:30 PM
Citizen Michael Prillaman speaks against compensation increase to city council. The approved motion increased their stipends from $25 to $1,000 per month and to $1,500 per month for the mayor’s position. Photo by Hunter Dworaczyk
City Council approves compensation increase
08/17/2023 07:27 PM
ERCOT asks Texans to conserve power Thursday, Aug. 17 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
ERCOT calls for voluntary power conservation
08/17/2023 01:21 PM
Judith Ritchie
Williamson County selects interim elections administrator
08/16/2023 10:17 AM
Mmm Barbecue
Fire prevention plan changed for Cook-off
With hot, dry weather anticipated for the coming weeks, the Taylor Fire Department gave the International Barbecue Cook-off an updated fire prevention plan. The cook-off is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 08/16/2023 07:55 AM
Police investigating shots fired during home invasion
Police investigating shots fired during home invasion
The Taylor Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place during a burglary Aug. 11. 08/16/2023 07:55 AM
#Backtoschool
#Back2School
Cooper Mendoza Paxton Valdez Pearl Bingham. 08/16/2023 07:55 AM
Taylor ISD opens ambassador registration
Taylor ISD opens ambassador registration
Registration is now open for Taylor Independent School District’s popular and informative ambassador program. Participants meet one day each month, September through March, for an indepth look at the Taylor public schools. 08/16/2023 07:55 AM
Two public hearings set for Thursday on council compensation.
Two public hearings set for Thursday on council compensation
The Taylor City Council will hold the two required public hearings on increasing their pay in consecutive fashion. At the July 27 meeting, council members voted 3-2 to increase their own stipends from $25 to $1,000 per month and to $1,500 per month for the mayor’s position. 08/16/2023 07:55 AM
HIPPO BITES
HIPPO BITES
District starts school rezoning process HUTTO – With new schools on the horizon, Hutto Independent School District has begun looking at the process for rezoning school boundaries. The rezoning will start with middle schools to account for the opening of Gus Almquist Middle School in August 2024, but Henry Gideon, assistant superintendent of operations, wants to begin the process for the two new elementary schools and the new high school as well. 08/16/2023 07:55 AM
Solar energy may take forming space
Solar energy may take farming space
As Williamson County continues to grow, agricultural land may be at risk. According to data done in 2016 by the American Farmland Trust, an organization designed to protect farmland and ranchland, the county is projected to lose nearly 58,000 acres of farmland to conversion by 2040 under current trends. 08/16/2023 07:55 AM
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