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Council takes a closer look at the city’s FY23 proposed budget during this week’s workshops
City Council, City Manager, Fiscal Services, Public Communications

Council takes a closer look at the city’s FY23 proposed budget during this week’s workshops

The College Station City Council conducts workshops at noon on Monday and Tuesday to explore the city’s proposed FY 2022-23 budget. The sessions could extend into Wednesday if needed. Monday’s first session covers the general fund and capital funds. Tuesday’s workshop explores outside agency funding requests, enterprise funds, the hotel tax fund, and fee resolutions. Continue reading Council takes a closer look at the city’s FY23 proposed budget during this week’s workshops

FY 23 budget proposal addresses challenges while focusing on public safety and other core services
City Council, City Manager, Public Communications

FY 23 budget proposal addresses challenges while focusing on public safety and other core services

High inflation, supply chain disruptions, a volatile economy, and a tight labor market are the overarching factors guiding the $410 million FY 23 proposed budget presented to the College Station City Council at a special meeting on Tuesday. Continue reading FY 23 budget proposal addresses challenges while focusing on public safety and other core services

Live Blog: Thursday’s city council meetings (Sept. 22)
City Council, Public Communications

Live Blog: Thursday’s city council meetings (Sept. 22)

Welcome to our live blog from the College Station City Council’s workshop and regular meetings on Thursday, Sept. 22. The meeting is being broadcast live on Suddenlink Channel 19 and streamed at cstx.gov/cstv19. The workshop will start about 2 p.m., followed by the regular meeting at 3. The meetings are earlier than usual so that council members can attend The Arts Council’s Celebrate the Arts event at the Brazos County Expo. Continue reading Live Blog: Thursday’s city council meetings (Sept. 22)

College Station Utilities, Electric Services

Keeping the Lights On: Brownouts Were Costly

Electric customers across Texas were frustrated by the statewide rolling brownouts that occurred in early February. College Station Utilities shared our customers’ exasperation and deeply regrets any inconvenience or related problems caused by this emergency situation. State and federal authorities have launched investigations, and we are optimistic that the specific causes will be identified and appropriate steps taken to prevent a reoccurrence.

What Happened
In the early morning hours of Feb. 2, the extremely cold weather caused numerous power generation plants throughout the state’s transmission grid to trip offline in rapid succession. As a result, all electric utilities within the transmission system operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) immediately were ordered to conduct rolling brownouts of non-emergency customers. Without the brownouts, the ERCOT grid could have completely collapsed and would have taken 48 hours or longer to restore. Thanks to the timely response of electric utility systems within ERCOT, the grid did not collapse and the brownouts ended just after 1 p.m. College Station Utilities worked extremely hard to minimize the impact of this event on our community.

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