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Austin, Travis County and Williamson County have been the site of human habitation since at least 9200 BC. The area's earliest known inhabitants lived during the late Pleistocene (Ice Age) and are linked to the Clovis culture around 9200 BC (over 11,200 years ago), based on evidence found throughout the area and documented at the much-studied Gault Site, midway between Georgetown and Fort Cavazos.
No fare is charged for children under 6 accompanied by an adult and emergency or military personnel in uniform. The University of Texas, Austin Community College, and City of Austin employees have contracts established with CapMetro entitling students, faculty, and staff to ride all CapMetro services for no charge with valid identification.
Austin formerly operated its City Hall at 124 West 8th Street. [3] In the 1980s, the City of Austin proposed a 60-acre urban renewal project for Austin's Warehouse District, [4] which would have included a new city hall complex designed by urban planner Denise Scott Brown, along with a new location for the Laguna Gloria art museum, designed by architect Robert Venturi. [5]
The minimum wage for city employees was increased from $20.80 an hour to $21.63 an hour in the approval of the budget. Also approved in the budget was an across-the-board 4% wage increase for city ...
Austin Public Health (Spanish: Salud Pública de Austin) is the official health department of the city of Austin, Texas, which operates programs to improve general health in the community. [ 1 ] History
Editor's note: City Hall Insider is a roundup of items the Austin City Council is set to vote on, other local government news and an inside look at my reporting process.
Editor's note: City Hall Insider is a roundup of items the Austin City Council is set to vote on other local government news and an inside look at my reporting process. This story will be updated ...
The Austin Fire Department is the fourth largest fire department (by number of personnel) in the state of Texas. [3] In total, the department is responsible for an area of 272 square miles (700 km 2 ) and services a population of 885,400 (2013 estimate), the 11 th largest city by population in the United States.