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The City of Round Rock is currently performing an internal review of the City’s Transportation Design and Construction Standards . This update will NOT be a rewriting of the document. It will be an effort to bring the document up to date, and clarify...
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Questions regarding costs, both long term and short term, have pushed back City Council consideration of universal curbside recycling service in Round Rock. Initially, the Council was to consider adopting a new residential solid waste disposal program...
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The City of Round Rock is facing ever increasing demands for effectively managing storm water runoff due to land development and increased federal and state regulations. Our extensive drainage system requires consistent, dedicated funding to ensure regulatory...
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On Thursday, March 25, the Round Rock City Council unanimously approved a resolution of support for our submission to Google's Fiber for Communities project. Google plans to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across...
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The City of Round Rock is putting the final touches on our response to Google's Request For Information (RFI) for its Fiber for Communities project . If you would still like to have your voice heard, we will keep our survey open until Monday, March...
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It's official: The City of Round Rock is in the game for the Google Fiber for Communities project. We've created a page on our website for project information, roundrocktexas.gov/google . There, you'll find links to a survey where we ask about...
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As the recession continues to negatively impact City of Round Rock sales tax revenues – we anticipate a $5 million shortfall this fiscal year – we will aggressively reduce expenses in the short term, while retooling operations and our financial management...
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We've had a few emails as well as a couple of tweets to @roundrocknews asking if the City is considering Google's RFI (Request For Information) for a community to host a whiz-bang fiber network. The answer is yes, we are taking a look at it. If...
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You may have seen in the news in January that Round Rock bucked statewide trends when its sales tax revenue increased 10 percent compared to a year ago. Most cities saw double-digit declines in sales tax revenue for the month. Because sales tax revenue...
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The City of Round Rock in early 2009 began work on improving its land development processes. This effort is part of the City’s overall philosophy of continuous improvement, and builds on previous efforts to streamline the land development process. The...
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It's time for public input as the City Council considers the 2008-2009 budget and tax rate. The proposed $134.6 million budget and our strategic budget can be found here . They're huge documents, so be patient as they download. For an overview...
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U.S. Rep. John Carter of Round Rock introduced legislation that would rename the U.S. Postal Service office on Sam Bass Road after Marine Corps Corporal Steven Gill . Corporal Gill was killed in Zaidon, Iraq, on July 21, 2005, during his first tour of...
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Warning: Long post ahead. We had 45 skaters and parents and half a dozen City staff meet this morning (Tuesday, Aug. 21) at the Clay Madsen Recreation Center to talk about the problems facing Round Rock's skate park. The atmosphere was fantastic....
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The City on Friday, Aug. 17, made the decision to close the new skate park for a week because of vandalism and other irresponsible behavior by park users. Kids have been climbing the fence, damaging it, instead of using the gates. Trash not finding its...
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Local blogger Dan Masters recently found a video the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce produced about our fair city, and has some nice comments about it. "Life is Good in Round Rock, Texas" is a top-notch video, produced by Austin-based Megalomedia...