Auditor Finds Poor Money Handling at Austin-Travis Co. EMS (Updated)
*Updated to include response from Austin-Travis Co. EMSAustin’s City Auditor says billing collection processes at Austin-Travis County EMS are so poor that the department is at risk of having money...
View ArticleEMS, Homeless Issues and Eyewitness Testimony Before Public Safety Commission...
Austin's Public Safety Commission will stay busy this evening discussing a medley of public safety topics:The commission will get an overview of homeless and transient demographics today. Austin police...
View ArticleCommission Calls for Audit of Austin-Travis Co. EMS; Could Mull Merging EMS &...
The City of Austin’s Public Safety Commission is recommending that the city auditor make a full examination of the Austin-Travis County EMS department.Back in November, an audit found billing...
View ArticlePossible EMS Program Would Expand Coverage
The Commissioners Court didn’t renew an Austin/Travis County EMS contract last night. They’ll wait until next week to do that. But county commissioners did show some love for a new proposal that would...
View ArticleTravis Co. Stares Down Wildfire Season with New Plan, Chopper
Central Texas isn’t taking any chances when it comes to wildfires.Today, Travis County unveiled a new STAR Flight helicopter designed to fight wildfires, and tomorrow the city and the county are...
View ArticleAuditor Finds Poor Money Handling at Austin-Travis Co. EMS (Updated)
*Updated to include response from Austin-Travis Co. EMSAustin’s City Auditor says billing collection processes at Austin-Travis County EMS are so poor that the department is at risk of having money...
View ArticleEMS, Homeless Issues and Eyewitness Testimony Before Public Safety Commission...
Austin's Public Safety Commission will stay busy this evening discussing a medley of public safety topics:The commission will get an overview of homeless and transient demographics today. Austin police...
View ArticleCommission Calls for Audit of Austin-Travis Co. EMS; Could Mull Merging EMS &...
The City of Austin’s Public Safety Commission is recommending that the city auditor make a full examination of the Austin-Travis County EMS department.Back in November, an audit found billing...
View ArticlePossible EMS Program Would Expand Coverage
The Commissioners Court didn’t renew an Austin/Travis County EMS contract last night. They’ll wait until next week to do that. But county commissioners did show some love for a new proposal that would...
View ArticleTravis Co. Stares Down Wildfire Season with New Plan, Chopper
Central Texas isn’t taking any chances when it comes to wildfires.Today, Travis County unveiled a new STAR Flight helicopter designed to fight wildfires, and tomorrow the city and the county are...
View ArticleAustin Audit Finds City Vehicles Spend Too Much Time in Repair Shop
The City of Austin Auditor’s office says city vehicles seem to have a problem with breakdowns.The vehicles aren’t always getting preventative maintenance and they’re spending more time in repair shops...
View ArticleAustin 911 System Back Up After Disruption (Update)
Update: The City of Austin is looking into what caused its 911 system to stop working yesterday.The system is running as normal today.Original Story (Dec. 16, 6:14 p.m.): Austin's 911 emergency call...
View ArticleClerical Error Causes City of Austin to Overpay EMS Employee by $200,000
This story comes to us from our city hall reporting partner, the Austin Monitor.The City of Austin has overpaid a former Austin/Travis County paramedic by perhaps as much as $200,000 over an eight-year...
View ArticleCity Council Members Concerned About Handling of $231K Employee Overpayment
This story comes to us from our city hall reporting partner, the Austin Monitor.Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole and Council Member Bill Spelman, who both sit on the Council’s Audit and Finance Committee, as...
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