Bastrop County is hiring Philadelphia-based PFM Group Consulting to analyze budget and tax policies related to data center developments.

The details: During a March 9 meeting, the Bastrop County Commissioners approved a professional services agreement with PFM Group Consulting at a not to exceed value of $100,000 for the financial analysis and $9,000 for travel and reimbursable expenses, according to county documents.

“The county is interested in the long-term impact to the county’s tax base related to data center developments, including whether a proposed structure is in the county’s best interest over a ten-year, or other, period of time,” the professional services agreement says.

PFM Group Consulting will undertake several activities, including:

• Collecting relevant data and information
• Benchmarking similar data center developments, incentives and associated revenue
• Identifying tax incentive best practices
• Modeling revenue and tax rate impacts for the county and other taxpayers
• Communicating written findings and recommendations

Chandler Wible, the new owner of Coffee Dog Roastery and Coffeehouse, spent the past six months transforming his business through a refreshed menu.

“Our team has been working quietly behind the scenes to bring this to life,” he said in a social media post.

For Wible and his staff, that meant long nights of testing new recipes.

What we know: With those new recipes finely tuned, Coffee Dog expanded its offerings by introducing a Scoops Chicken Salad Market.

“We are now serving a curated selection of our fresh, made-from-scratch in-house chicken salads,” Wible said.

These menu items, he highlighted, are sold by the scoop, on fresh-baked croissants or by the pound to go.

• Reopened March 5
• 49 Loop 150 W., Bastrop

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is likely to see an increase in passenger traffic through the rest of March.

What you need to know: Airport officials are anticipating the busiest travel days, with over 30,000 departing passengers, to be:

• March 22
• March 23
• March 29
• March 30
• April 5
• April 6

• Arrive 2.5 hours before domestic departures.
• Arrive 3 hours before international departures.
• Allow extra time if checking bags, returning rental cars, or traveling during peak festival days.