Director: Mike Hemker
Address: 306 E. Live Oak, Hutto, TX 78634
Phone: (512) 759-4000
Fax: (512) 759-4001
Management Assistant: Julie Deinzer
The city’s first park, Fritz Park, was dedicated in 2005. It includes a pavilion, basketball court, baseball and football fields, and a hike and bike trail.

In January, the city was awarded a $400,000 grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to develop Hutto Lake Park on city-owned parkland. The lake is among the elements of the parks master plan developed by the city.

Hutto Lake Park officially opened to the public in May 2011, and includes a pavilion, picnic tables, a playscape, catch and release fishing pier and a birdwatching blind. In addition to maintaining park facilities and planning for future park development, the Parks and Recreation Department also coordinates a number of annual events, including a Fourth of July celebration, Easter egg hunt, Arbor Day tree planting,

Don’t Mess with Texas trash-off and a 5K fun run in conjunction with Olde Tyme Days. The department also hosts a summer concert series and movies in the park, as well as youth and adult sports programs.

Hutto City Hall
www.huttotx.gov
Address: 401 W. Front Street, Hutto, TX 78634
After reaching the 5,000 population milestone, Hutto voters in 2004 approved a home rule charter, giving the city more power over its operations and its destiny. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six-member city council:
Mayor: Debbie Holland
Phone: (512) 759-4033
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Place 1: Anne Cano
Phone: (512) 759-4033
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Place 2: Paul Prince
Phone: (512) 759-4033
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Place 3: Veronica “Ronnie” Quintanilla-Perez
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Place 4: Michael J. Smith
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Place 5: Melanie Rios
Phone: (512) 759-4033
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Place 6: Max Yeste
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City Manager: David Mitchell
Phone: (512) 759-4030
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Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The city manager is appointed by the city council. Mitchell serves as the city’s chief administrative officer, advising the council and helping identify policy issues.
Asst. City Manager: Micah Grau
Phone: (512) 759-4032
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Executive Admin. Assistant: Patti Gilmore
Phone: (512) 759-4034
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City Secretary: Christine Martinez
Phone: (512) 759-4033
Fax: (512) 846-2653
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The city secretary’s office is responsible for all aspects of municipal records. Martinez also serves as the chief election official in all municipal elections.

Police Department
Police Chief: Peter Scheets
Phone: (512) 759-5978
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Scheets is new to the Hutto Police Department this year. He was assistant chief of police in Bryan and served nearly 11 years in military intelligence in the U.S. Army prior to beginning his law enforcement career.

The department is organized into three divisions – administration, support services and patrol services. The department’s primary mission is preservation of the peace, crime prevention, traffic safety, apprehension of offenders, recovery of stolen property and enforcement of city ordinances, state and federal laws.

Police Department
Police Chief: Peter Scheets
Phone: (512) 759-5978
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Scheets is new to the Hutto Police Department this year. He was assistant chief of police in Bryan and served nearly 11 years in military intelligence in the U.S. Army prior to beginning his law enforcement career.

The department is organized into three divisions – administration, support services and patrol services. The department’s primary mission is preservation of the peace, crime prevention, traffic safety, apprehension of offenders, recovery of stolen property and enforcement of city ordinances, state and federal laws.

Development Services Department
Address: 409 W. Front Street, Suite 200, Hutto, TX 78634
Phone: (512) 759-3479
Fax: (512) 759-5962
The Development Services Department oversees building codes, inspections and permits, as well as planning functions for the city.

Finance Department
Address: 401 W. Front Street, Hutto, TX 78634
Phone: (512) 759-4046
Fax: (512) 846-2653
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The Finance Department plans and directs the city’s financial activities.

Municipal Court
Address: 401 W. Front Street, Hutto, TX 78634
Phone: (512) 759-1011
Fax: (512) 846-2653
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The Municipal Court Division is responsible for processing Class C misdemeanors originating from traffic citations, citizen complaints, code violations and arrests occurring with the city limits.

Public Works
Address: 401 A W. Front Street, Hutto, TX 78634
Phone: (512) 759-4016
Fax: (512) 759-4017
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The Public Works Department manages the city’s water supply and distribution system, as well as its wastewater system.

Utility Billing
Address: 401 W. Front Street, Hutto, TX 78634
Phone: (512) 759-4055
Fax: (512) 846-2653
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The Utility Billing office is responsible for customer billing and collections related to all city utility services and contracted solid waste services. The city provides water, waste water, garbage and recycling services to both residential and commercial accounts.

Hutto Fire Rescue
Williamson County ESD #3
www.huttofirerescue.org
Fire Chief: Scott D. Kerwood

Address: 501 Exchange Blvd., Hutto, TX 78634
Phone: (512) 759-2616
Fax: (512) 846-1946
Web: www.huttofirerescue.org
The Hutto fire department, Hutto Fire Rescue, operates separately from the city as an Emergency Services District. It is a combination paid/volunteer department with eight full time employees, about 32 part-time employees and 25 volunteers. The department is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with six firefighters on duty at all times. Hutto Fire Rescue serves a 63 square mile coverage area that includes areas outside the city limits. Firefighters are equipped and trained to help in fire and rescue situations, as well as emergency medical calls.

Hutto has marked 100 years since its incorporation July 17, 1911. In what is now the first year of its second century, the community is beginning another chapter of its history. This spring, the historic groundbreaking for the town’s first community college underscored a commitment to higher education and handson job training. Later this year, dirt will turn on a project to build a YMCA facility to increase recreational opportunities for Hutto families. Roadways are under construction and new infrastructure is opening avenues for commercial development all over town.

The city has undergone a transformation over the past decade from a small rural Central Texas town of only 1,250 to Austin’s fastest growing suburb, now with more than 17,000 residents. Hutto was established in 1876 when officials from the International and Great Northern Railroad purchased five acres of land from James Emory Hutto for a designated station stop. That stop would help launch the town later named for Hutto, who would become the town’s first postmaster when the post office opened in 1877.

During the 1890s, the community prospered as cotton production was booming and a number of gins opened in the surrounding area. By 1898, Hutto was bustling and had grown to support six churches, a hotel, a school, livery stable, bank, photography gallery, newspaper, lumberyard and more than more than 20 stores.

Hutto was officially incorporated in 1911 and W.D. Holman served as its first mayor. Cotton remained king until 1929 when the stock market collapsed and the Great Depression ensued. After reaching a peak population of about 900 in 1928, the Great Depression took its toll and Hutto’s population dropped to about 400 in the 1960s. Hutto never fully recovered its former glory until recent years when it has become a popular Austin suburb.

The 1990 census reported a population in Hutto of about 620 people, but by 2000 that number had more than doubled to 1,250. In the past decade, the city’s population has skyrocketed and Hutto has been one of the fastest growing communities in the state, reaching an estimated 9,572 according to a middecade assessment by the U.S. Census Bureau.

While exponential growth peaked in 2007, prior to the nationwide recession, residential growth has slowed but continues on an upward trend.
The recently released 2010 U.S. Census numbers put Hutto’s population at 14,698, making it the second-fastest growing city in Texas. However, based on a formula related to the number of residential permits issued and including the Lakeside Estates sub-division, newly annexed this year, the City of Hutto places the number of residents closer to 18,500.

Hutto’s growth is related to quality, affordable housing and top-notch public schools. The opening of State Highway 130 on the new Central Texas turnpike System, ensures the community will be a hub for future growth.

The following information comes from a number of sources, among them the Taylor Economic Development Corporation and economic development reports produced by Angelou Economics.

Taylor is located 30 miles northeast of Austin, in the five-county Austin-San Marcos Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which has attracted a record number of new jobs in the past decade.

According to the Taylor Economic Development Corporation, industry analysts frequently praise the geographically central location and the area’s appealing lifestyle as driving forces in attracting a highly educated work force. Factors that appeal to manufacturers in this Central Texas location include lower production costs, due in part to the relatively mild climate, superior access to important markets and competitively priced facilities.

Taylor has a rich cultural heritage absent in many of the high growth communities in Central Texas. More than one third of Taylor residents are Hispanic, and almost one-tenth of the population has Czech ancestry.

County: Williamson
Topography: Gently rolling terrain. Altitude ranges from 550 feet to 621 feet.
Climate: Humid, temperate climate with hot fall and summer months and mild winters. Highs in January average 60 degrees F, lows 40 degrees F. Highs in July average 95 degrees F, lows 75 degrees F. There are an average of 300 days of sunshine each year, and an average annual rainfall of 34 inches.

Freezing temperatures generally occur on fewer than 25 days annually, usually between Nov. 24 and Feb. 28.
Population: According to the 2010 Census, Taylor’s population is 15,191.

The median age in Taylor is 34.4 years. Nearly 13 percent of the population is age 65 or older, but more than 30 percent is under the age of 19. Two segments claiming the highest percentage of the population is the age group between 5 and 9 (8.1 percent) and the age group under 5 (7.7 percent). More than half of the population, 52.8 percent, is female.

Housing: The 2010 Census reported 5,990 housing units in Taylor in 2010 with a home ownership rate of 71.6 percent.
The median value of a home is estimated at $103,100.
Income: Taylor’s median household income is $44,185.
Taxes: The combined property tax rate in Taylor is a combined $2.71 per $100 of assessed value. That includes $0.81 in city and $0.45 in county taxes and $1.45 for the Taylor Independent School District. The sales tax rate in Taylor is 8.25 percent, including a 2 percent local assessment and 6.25 percent state sales and use tax.