Trash-Can Punch Crackdown

APD teams up with fire department, TABC, DPS, and the city Solid Waste Services office to ensure codes and laws are enforced during all public assemblies

"...Commission, the Department of Public Safety, and the city Solid Waste Services office to form the new Public Assembly..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Beside the Point: All Grown Up

How Water Treatment Plant No.4 got where it is today

"...city budget, fee hikes from Austin Water Utility and Solid Waste Services, design standards, and revisions to the McMansion..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point: A Vegetative State

The City Council tries to move the budget beyond meat and potatoes

"...Or as Solid Waste Services director Willie Rhodes said during his presentation,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

Council members take to the waters, al fresco

"...and Human Services, Neighborhood Housing and Community Development, and Solid Waste Services (see p.20). Public input is scheduled for..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Toby Futrell's Budget

The staff-proposed city budget goes to council, with both breathing and wiggle room

"...Recreation, Library, Health and Human Services, Housing and Development, Solid Waste Services • August 24 - Public Safety: Public..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

'I always feel like ... somebody's waaatching me'

"...jungle of boards and commissions deals with everything from solid waste to day labor to historic zoning – the..."

July 28, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Endorses SustainLane Criteria

"...transportation, and not so well on energy/climate issues and solid waste management. We need a lot more work on..."

March 29, 2006 Postmarks

Workers Tell Council: 'It's Our Turn'

AFSCME reps want raise, official recognition, and broader definition of 'public safety'

"...pipeline into council chambers. Jeffrey Thornton, a worker with Solid Waste Services, respectfully invited the council to "lace up..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Beside the Point

A look at this week's City Council agenda

"...This week's 2pm budget briefing covers Austin Energy, solid waste services, and the water utility, with public comment..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Green Wave

Virgina Fleck's 8,000-shopping bag mandala, 'Laguna Gyra,' swirls in imitation of a significant environmental disaster and sends an urgent, powerful message about the need for environmental restoration

"...less energy, water, and generating less air pollution and solid waste during production, that becomes airborne, getting caught on..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Review

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...read where the costs that apply to air quality, solid waste, and expenses for public safety have been quantified,..."

June 3, 2005 Column

Exhaust Emissions From Motorcycles

"...read where the costs that apply to air quality, solid waste, and expenses for public safety have been quantified,..."

May 31, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...things) support for regional planning efforts (including GIS), coordinating solid-waste management, and overseeing regional 911 service. Other than the..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...Center; likewise centralizing code enforcement into one shop within Solid Waste Services; creating a real 24-hour 311 call center..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

If It's July, It Must Be Re-Org

City Manager Toby Futrell moves to reorganize planning – once again

"...a redesigned city review process that has "simplified and consolidated 57 city regulatory processes into 21."..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around the world

"...March 20, 8am-noon, sponsored by the city of Austin Solid Waste Services, Austin Police Department, Chestnut Neighborhood Association, and..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...electric bill includes fees of $11.18 per month for solid waste/drainage/street service that were added a few years ago..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

Hidden Taxes

"...electric bill includes fees of $11.18 per month for solid waste/drainage/street service that were added a few years ago..."

Aug. 11, 2003 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Into the Gap

The city manager's new budget squeezes city services that are already tight

"...budget, "I am truly grateful for the expressions of solidarity and for the spirit of 'sharing the pain' that..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

She's One of Us

Mike Clark-Madison Profiles New City Manager Toby Futrell

"...of a garbage truck and a day at the wastewater plant, but few have worked day-in, day-out, in line..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

This Week in Council

"...problems with glass recycling, the program's major sticking point. Solid Waste Services says too much other debris is getting..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Controversy over the environmental record of Rainbow Materials Inc. costs the company a renewal of its city projects contract.

"...dumping in a waterway and improper disposal of municipal solid waste. "Those are the two key parts of the..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...green bottles, but Jerry Hendrix, a spokesman for Austin's Solid Waste Services department, says the city will continue to..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Lowered sales taxes could be a roadblock to Capital Metro's plans.

"...On the heels of the Electric Slide and the Solid Waste Slide comes Austin's newest dance craze, the Sales..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Campaign finance reform, Sixth Street recycling and events of the week

"...So far, so good, says Jerry Hendrix, the city's Solid Waste Services director. "It's all about whether or not..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Totally PC

When it comes to city planning, nothing's constant but change.

"...to these work. Which, if it were happening in Solid Waste Services, would never be discussed in these pages...."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hear, Hear!

"...• Sept. 7: Affordability Austin Energy; Water and Wastewater; Solid Waste Services; Support Services...."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Little Hotel on the Prairie

Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.

"...cost the city to build roads, provide water and wastewater service, relocate the high-tension Austin Energy lines that cross..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Media Clips

After working out some of its kinks, Austin's all-news cable channel, News 8, earns a high "C" for constant availability, lengthy news segments, and decent-quality programming.

"...Web surfing worn off by now? Kill this unnecessary waste of airtime, please, and fill the time with more..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

New Kid on the Block

Neighborhood Services office aims to help neighborhoods help themselves

"...answers the phone at DRID (or Public Works, or Solid Waste, or HHS itself) will jump when ONS calls...."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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