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THE BIG PICTURE
(City of Buda Weekly Newsletter)
Week of Sept. 14, 2020
In this Issue:
  • City of Buda Public Facilities Reopen Monday, Sept. 28
  • Governor Abbott Update on Reopening Texas
  • City Council Adopts Fiscal Year 2021 Tax Rate & Budget
  • Robert S. Light Blvd. Extension Public Hearing - In Person & Virtual
  • Hays County Transportation Plan
  • Hispanic Heritage Month
  • Census 2020 Self-Response Rates
  • Nov. 3 General Election Information
  • City Manager Kenneth Williams Presented With Plaque for Serving as TCMA President
  • Enforcement of Governor Abbott's Face Covering Order
  • Water Smart Customer Portal
  • Stage 1 Water Restrictions - Effective Monday, Aug. 24
  • Transportation Mobility Master Plan Overview
  • Hope 4 Veterans Program
  • Buda Census Self-Response Rate/Message from Rob Faubion with Age of Central Texas
  • City of Buda Community Survey
  • Social Distancing Activity Guide
  • Buda City Facilities Still Conducting Business Virtually
  • COVID-19 Hays County Resources
  • COVID-19 Hotline
  • COVID-19 Dashboard
  • COVID-19 Updates on City of Buda Website
  • Pay By Phone Automated System
  • City of Buda E-Billing
  • City of Buda Job Opportunities
  • Upcoming Meetings
On Monday, Sept. 28, the City of Buda will reopen most public facilities. Although the number of COVID-19 cases are declining in Hays County, it is still important to wear a face covering and maintain social distancing to keep the community safe. Phone and online methods of communication are still encouraged.

City of Buda Employees are following strict social distancing practices and will be wearing masks or face coverings to provide protection for co-workers and the public.

๐๐ฎ๐๐š ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ 

Per Governor Abbottโ€™s Executive Order, face coverings are required wherever it is not feasible to maintain six feet of social distancing from another person not in the same household.

  • City-sponsored public meetings may resume with strict social distancing practices in place and room capacity is limited to 25%. City Council and Boards and Commissions meetings may resume in-person meetings or virtual meetings.
  • No rental of indoor public spaces.
  • Daily disinfection cleaning.
  • Stay home if you are sick.

๐๐ฎ๐๐š ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ

  • The Library will reopen with limited hours at 25% capacity with a maximum of 30 patrons at a time for โ€œgrab and goโ€ service. Library hours are 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
  • Library will continue to offer curbside pickup service. Buda Public Library Curbside Service will be Mondays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. People who canโ€™t pick up during those times can email librarian@budalibrary.org to arrange another pick-up time.
  • No in-person library programming.
  • No study rooms.
  • Use of Library public computers is by appointment only for one hour blocks for card holders. Computer pods will be disinfected after each use.
  • Daily disinfection cleaning
  • Stay home if you are sick.

๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž)


๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง


๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ

  • Notary Public Services are provided at the front reception desk. For additional questions, please call 512-312-0084.

๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:

Public Works (512-312-2876)
Buda Police Department - Non-Emergency (512-393-7896)
Parks and Recreation (512-523-1081)
Utility Billing (512-295-8845)
Municipal Court (512-295-2562)
Library (512-295-5899)
Planning, Permitting, and Engineering (512-312-5745)
Visitorโ€™s Center (512-295-7170)

๐”๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  payments may be paid online at https://www.municipalonlinepayments.com/budatx or through the automated phone system at 1-866-279-0787. Additional ways to make utility payments include online through your bank, by mail to 405 E. Loop St., Building 100, Buda, Texas, or by utilizing the utility payment drop boxes at the front entrance of the building and near the library book drop. Customers can contact utility billing staff directly by email at utilitybilling@ci.buda.tx.us or over the phone at 512-295-8845.

๐€๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ:

Permitting and Inspections: https://www.mygovernmentonline.org/
You can view City Council meetings online here:

For more information on Buda Library Services:
Buda Public Library Electronic Resources: https://buda.biblionix.com/catalog/
Buda Public Library: www.budalibrary.org
Governor Greg Abbott announced additional reopening plans for Texas. The determining factor in reopening is based on the percentage of hospitalizations in each of the stateโ€™s 22 regions. If COVID Hospitalizations are less than 15% of all hospitalizations for 7 consecutive days, then that region is safe enough to allow additional openings. The percentage of COVID hospitalizations in the Austin region is 3.7% and has remained under 15% for 7 consecutive days. Therefore, our region can precede with the additional openings outlined below.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ% ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“% ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:
  • All retail stores
  • All restaurants
  • All office buildings
  • All manufacturing
  • All Museums and Libraries
  • All Gyms

๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ:
Hospitals in the Austin region can return to ordinary elective surgical procedures.

๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
The Governor announced new visitation guidance for eligible nursing homes, assisted living facilities, intermediate care facilities, home and community-based service providers, and inpatient hospice effective Thursday, September 24th. Under the new rules, residents will be allowed to designate up to two essential family caregivers who will be provided necessary training to allow them to safely go inside a facility for a scheduled visit, including in the residentโ€™s room, to help ensure their loved oneโ€™s physical, social, and emotional needs are being met. Designated caregivers will not be required to maintain physical distancing, but only one caregiver can visit a resident at a time.

A long-term care facility resident (or legal representative) can designate the essential caregiver, who can be a family member, friend, or other individual. Facilities are required to train essential caregivers on the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other infection control measures. Proper PPE must be used at all times during these scheduled visits, and the caregiver must test negative for COVID-19 within the previous 14 days before the initial visit.

For general visitors who are not a designated essential caregiver, these updated emergency rules will allow approved facilities to schedule outdoor no contact visits, open window visits, or indoor visitation with the use of plexiglass safety barriers to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Physical contact between residents and general visitors is not permitted. Facilities also must continue to meet all additional visitation requirements outlined in the emergency rules.

๐๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž. ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐›๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐‡๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง.

Governor Abbott added that citizens must continue the following safety practices:
Staying home if you are sick
  • Sanitizing your hands
  • Maintaining safe distances
  • Wearing a mask

The Lower Rio Grande Valley, Victoria, and Laredo are the only regions in Texas not allowed to precede with additional openings due to the continued high percentage of COVID-19 Hospitalizations.


Buda City Council unanimously adopted the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget/Tax Rate at its Tuesday, Sept. 15 City Council meeting.

The Fiscal Year 2021 budget is a balanced budget that levies a property tax rate of $0.3423 per $100 of valuation. It is a decrease of $0.0073 cents per $100 of valuation from the current tax rate, which is $0.3496.

More on the approved Fiscal Year 2021 Tax Rate/Budget
Robert S. Light Blvd. Extension
Public Hearing
Hays County, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is proposing to construct an extension of Robert S. Light Boulevard from the intersection of the existing Robert S. Light Boulevard and RM 967 to FM 1626 in Hays County, Texas. This notice advises the public that a draft environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review and that Hays County will be conducting an online virtual public hearing on the proposed project with an in-person option. 

In Person:
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Hays County Pct. 2, 5458 FM 2770 in Kyle, Texas

Virtual Public Hearing Information:
Hays County Transportation Plan
Hays County is updating its transportation plan to identify safety improvements, improve regional connections and mobility, and plan for future growth and development.

The project team is hosting a virtual open house to share information on the planning process and collect input on existing transportation needs. Virtual open house materials are available on the project webpage through October 10 and include a video presentation and an online survey.

Public involvement will play an important role in the development of the Hays County Transportation Plan.

To submit comments or questions:
Sept. 15 marked the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month. It traditionally honors the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans as we celebrate heritage rooted in all Latin American countries. Started in 1968 by Congress as Hispanic Heritage Week, it was expanded to a month in 1988. The celebration begins in the middle rather than the start of September because it coincides with national independence days in several Latin American countries: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica celebrate theirs on Sept. 15, followed by Mexico on Sept. 16, Chile on Sept. 18 and Belize on Sept 21.

The City of Buda, in coordination with the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce and Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC) will be sharing different Hispanic Heritage posts and videos on our social media channels throughout the month.
Buda Counts: Latest Census Self-Response Rates
Buda's census self-response rate is up to 76.6%! If you haven't filled out the census yet, it's easy. The #2020Census will shape funding and representation in our community for the next 10 years.Respond online today at 2020CENSUS.GOV.
You now respond to the Census from your smart phone! The QR Code below will take you straight to the census website. To use the QR Code, simply click on your iPhone or android's camera icon and scan the code with it.
Nov. 3, 2020 General Election Information
๐Ÿ—ณ๐Ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ:

๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ซ
Lee Urbanovsky (Uncontested)

๐€๐ญ-๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ (๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง)
LaVonia Horne-Williams
Matt Smith

๐€๐ญ-๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ
Bobby Lane
Monica Davidson

๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐
Evan Ture (Uncontested)

๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 
Buda City Hall
405 E. Loop St., Building 100

๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ โ€” ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

๐‘พ๐’†๐’†๐’Œ 1
Tuesday, Oct. 13 โ€” Friday, Oct. 16 10 AM โ€” 7 PM
Saturday, Oct. 17 7 AM โ€” 7 PM
Sunday, Oct. 18 1 PM โ€” 6 PM

๐‘พ๐’†๐’†๐’Œ 2
Monday, Oct. 19 โ€” Friday, Oct. 23 10 AM โ€” 7 PM
Saturday, Oct. 24 7 AM โ€” 7 PM
Sunday, Oct. 25 1 PM โ€” 6 PM

๐‘พ๐’†๐’†๐’Œ 3
Monday, Oct. 26 โ€” Friday, Oct. 30 7 AM โ€” 7 PM

๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ
Buda City Hall
405 E. Loop St., Building 100

Former Buda Elementary Upper Campus
300 San Marcos St.

Hays Hills Baptist Church
1401 FM 1626

McCormick Middle School
5700 Dacy Lane

Southern Hills Church of Christ
3740 FM 967

๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ - ๐๐จ๐ฏ. ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
Polls Open 7 AM - 7 PM

A complete list of voting centers and additional information regarding the November 3 General Election is available on Hays Countyโ€™s website: https://bit.ly/3gpvXNn

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ญ (๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.



***๐‘ถ๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’š ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’š ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’—๐’๐’•๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’š. ๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’…๐’ ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’—๐’๐’•๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’•***
City Manager Kenneth Williams Presented With Plaque
For Serving as TCMA President
City Manager Kenneth Williams was presented a plaque at Tuesday's City Council meeting as outgoing president of the Texas City Management Association. A big congratulations to Mr. Williams. We might be biased, but we think he is one of the hardest working City Managers around. TCMA Vice-President and City of Pflugerville City Manager Sereniah Breland presented the plaque to Mr. Williams.
Enforcement of Governor Abbott's
Face Covering Executive Order
We love seeing all of your budaful face coverings! Thank you for doing your part to protect yourself and others. Stay Budaful and Mask Up! As a reminder, the Governorโ€™s Executive Order requiring face coverings in public spaces is still in effect. The video below explains how the City is enforcing the Governorโ€™s order.

The Cityโ€™s Code Enforcement Officer and Building Official are regularly monitoring commercial establishments that are open to the public in Buda. They will issue a notice to appear for those who continuously violate the executive order.

Details here: https://bit.ly/34WALb4

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก?

You can register your account (for free) on the Water Smart Customer Portal. All you need is your account ID and your zip code. By signing up on the portal, you can set water usage alerts, leak alerts, keep up with your monthly usage and more!

Water Smart Customer Portal Instructional Video

Register Your Account on the Water Smart Customer Portal
Stage 1 Water Restrictions
Effective Monday, Aug. 24, 2020
Effective Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, Stage 1 Water Restrictions will go into effect for City of Buda water customers in accordance with the Cityโ€™s adopted Water Resource Management and Drought Response Ordinance. This is due to the lack of consistent precipitation, and higher than normal demands on our water production system.

Under Stage 1, irrigation with hose-end (sprinkler attached to a hose) and automatic sprinkler systems is restricted to twice per week. Irrigation with handheld bucket, handheld hose, soaker hose, or drip irrigation system is allowed any day and at any time. Violation of the ordinance could result in a fine of up to $2,000 per offense and a surcharge on the customerโ€™s utility bill.

๐ˆ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž-๐ž๐ง๐ (๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ
Twice per week on designated day; prohibited between the hours of 10:00am and 7:00 pm
  • Odd-numbered residential: Wednesday and Saturday
  • Even-numbered residential: Thursday and Sunday
  • Commercial, mixed use and multi-family: Tuesday and Friday
  • It is recommended that outdoor watering be limited to one of the permitted watering days each week to promote conservation

๐ˆ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ, ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐จ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ
  • Allowed any day and at any time

For more information on Stage 1 restrictions and water conservation tips please our website.๐Ÿ‘‡
Transportation Mobility Master Plan Overview
The video below details the draft Transportation Mobility Master Plan under consideration by the City Council and a video explaining the short-term priority mobility projects included in the plan. You can also visit the City's "Buda Moves" website page at www.ci.buda.tx.us/644/BudaMoves.
Hope4 Hays County Veterans Program
(Information Taken From Hays County Press Release)

The Hays County Veterans Service Office has created the โ€œHope4 Hays County Veteransโ€ program for U.S. military veterans and surviving spouses.

Hays County Veteran Service Officer Jude Prather said the program is designed to help with past due rent, mortgage, utilities or car payments, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for Veterans Assistance.

โ€œItโ€™s important we help our former military brothers and sisters,โ€ Prather said. โ€œThis program will be a bridge to help our veterans and their families. When we served, we watched each otherโ€™s backs. During these difficult times, the Hope4 program will continue that legacy.โ€

Retired Air Force 1st Sergeant Wesley Matthews, M.S.W from the Hays County Veteran Service Office will manage this assistance program while also connecting veterans to other services available for them and their families.

โ€œOur goal is to offer hope to Hays County Veterans while supplying them with solutions, a workable budget, and plan moving forward,โ€ Matthews said.

For information or to request assistance, please email wesley.matthews@co.hays.tx.us.

Learn more about the program on the Hays County website: https://hayscountytx.com/departments/veteran-services/.

About Hope4 Hays County Veterans: This program is supported by a grant from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for Veteransโ€™ Assistance. The Fund for Veteransโ€™ Assistance provides grants to organizations serving veterans and their families. For more information, visit www.TVC.Texas.gov.
REMINDER: City of Buda Community Survey
REMINDER: Approximately 2,000 randomly selected homes in Buda received a Buda Community Survey recently. It came in an envelope from Texas State University. The City of Buda has partnered with Texas State University to complete the survey to gauge satisfaction on City services and to seek input on future initiatives of the City. Residents may complete the survey by handwriting responses and mailing it back to Texas State or by using the web link and access code. Please take the survey. We value your input! A web version of the survey will be made available to all residents in late August.
Social Distancing Activity Guide
Don't get stuck at home for another weekend! Get outdoors with us while keeping the fam safe and happy. The Tourism Department has put together a Social Distancing Interactive Activity Guide on all the activities you can enjoy. Check it out!
Hays County has provided a list of resources for residents who have lost their jobs or need food, mental health support, or other assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hays County has a COVID-19 hotline. The number is 512-393-5525 and it is operational Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM.
(The information coming from Hays County will continue to change. Please follow Hays County at www.haysinformed.com)

An online dashboard created by City of San Marcos provides the public with a current count and other statistics related to COVID-19 cases in Hays County in near real-time.

The data on the dashboard shows a snapshot of COVID-19 related information for the County, as well as the number of active and recovered cases per City.
 
For example, the public can see the current number of confirmed cases as of that day. The data includes the cases considered active or in recovery, along with the number of tests administered. The data is also available in map format.
 
County residents may visit

You can also find the dashboard on the City of Buda's website at www.ci.buda.tx.us/coronavirusinformation.
As a reminder, you can visit the City's website at www.ci.buda.tx.us/coronavirusinformation for the latest on COVID-19. This page includes the Governor's Order, Hays County Order, and Mayor George Haehn order. We have also embedded the COVID-19 Dashboard from Hays County with the latest number of cases.
Pay By Phone Automated System
The City of Buda has launched a new way for customers to pay bills by phone. You will be able to call 1-866-279-0787 and pay through an automated system over the phone.

  • Save postage by paying your bill by phone.
  • Access your updated account instantly.
  • Hear real-time balances, payment amounts, and due dates
  • Enter your information securely through an automated system
City of Buda E-Billing
The City of Buda is giving you the option to go paperless with e-billing. You can sign up online at https://www.municipalonlinepayments.com/budatx Check out the video above for instructions on how to sign up!
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