Abilene Association of Independent Business Owners

Providing Abilene’s Independent Business Owners with a Voice in Local Government.

City Council Budget Workshops to air on TV Channel 7

The City Council Budget Workshops, scheduled for later this month, will air live on TV Channel 7, the City’s education and government channel. The budget workshops are scheduled for Tuesday, July 21 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 22 from

Important P&Z Meeting Monday

Attention....if you own property on Pine Street you will want to attend the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Monday July 6th at 1:30 p.m.   P&Z will be discussing and possibly recommending to the City Council to rezone property and apply the "Pine Street Corridor Overlay District" to properties on Pine Street from North 6th to I-20.  

Next Monthly Lunch Meeting

When: Tuesday, July 14,  Noon         Where: Abilene Country Club , Upstairs          Cost:$11        RSVP's required cashregabilene@yahoo.com

Gov. Perry Announces Special Session for July 1

Unemployment information from Work Force Commission

Here is an interesting letter written by the Chairman of the Texas Work Force Commission dealing with unemployment issues. Click here for the PDF

New Information on City’s Website

Hi Everyone,   I wanted to let you know about some new posts on the city's website that may be of interest to you.  You can find the items on the main page under news briefs at http://www.abilenetx.com/ The first

June Lunch Meeting Recap

The monthly AAIBO Membership Meeting was held at noon June 9th at Lytle Land and Cattle Company Restaurant.  Thirty members heard local attorney/ CPA Phil Morehead discuss the Texas Margin Tax.  Phil explained the basics of the tax and shared information on who must pay and how the tax is affecting corporations, LLC's, and partnerships doing business

Update on Taylor County Commissioners Court Meeting of May 26, 2009

County Commissioners met for three and a half hours Tuesday with 20 items on their agenda. There were several items of interest, however, the most important subject discussed was brought by a spokesman for ONCOR Electric. Dallas Cothram, representative for the company, told of the 866 miles of new electrical transmission lines that will traverse Taylor County. Commissioners received a lot of information on the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones undertaken… (continue)

Update on City Council Meeting

You will be interested to know that the Abilene City Council is aware that the proposed AEP Texas North Company's proposed Advanced Metering System will cost (YOU) the user money.  The Council approved "Intervention" in the plan to install the new equipment.  Councilman Stormy Higgins asked City Manager Larry Gilley to be sure that the negotiators between the City and AEP are aware that the Council thinks the company should… (continue)

AAIBO Announces Monthly Lunches

AAIBO has decided to have a monthly lunch meeting on the 2nd Tueday of every month. Our first meeting will be on May 12, 2009 and Amanda's Restaurant at 12 Noon. We want to have better communication with our members and we want our members to enjoy greater networking and conversation with each other. We will have a guest speaker at each meeting and will also introduce new members. We… (continue)

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