City Council Budget Work Session
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What does the council’s opening roll call and agenda overview cover?
You're watching a meeting of the Austin City Council. With mayor Kirk Watson. Mayor Pro Tim Cheeto Vela. Council members Natasha Harper Madison.
Vanessa Fuentes Хозе Болоска Ryan Alter. Crystal name. Mike Siegel. Paige
Ellis Zo country. Mark
Duchin. City Attorney Deborah Thomas, City Clerk Erica Brady, and City
Manager T. C. Broadnacks.
Well good morning everybody. It is August fourth, twenty twenty six. It's ten o'clock in the morning and I will call to order the Austin City Council for this meeting of the Austin City Council. We have a quorum of the city council present and we are meeting in the city council chambers which are located at City Hall at three oh one West Second Street in Austin, Texas. Uh we have two items on the agenda today. We're going to go uh we're gonna go with item number two first because that is an item that requires action by the council. So we're gonna take it up first and and actually in addition to requiring action, part of the justification for taking it up first is that for getting things posted in a timely fashion based upon whatever the decision might be, um, we need to we need to do that as quick uh as as early in the day as we can.
And then we will have the presentation and discussion of the uh twenty twenty six, twenty twenty seven proposed budget. Before we do that, as I have uh tried to do throughout this process, let me run through what the schedule is with regard to the budget. As I indicated today is Tuesday, August fourth. We will have a presentation and discussion regarding the budget. We will also hear from speakers when we bring up item number two. And today is the day that we have asked council members to uh Show uh to post and bring forward potential amendments and potential IFCs that will be discussed on Thursday, august sixth. Um On august sixth, we'll have a meeting that begins at ten o'clock in the morning. There will be four agenda items on that meeting's agenda.
Uh We will have of course presentation and discussion of the budget and that will also allow for us to uh highlight amit proposed amendments and proposed IFCs. But there will also be a council election vote. Uh one will be if if necessary ordering a general bond election. One will be ordering a general election because it's my understanding that some people are up for election this time. Um We'll we'll talk about y you just want to pass that? Um anyway, we'll talk about that uh on Thursday, but that's another item. We have three items that we have to vote on with regard to the ballot. One is uh potential bond election, one is the uh general election, and one is ordering a special election for proposed charter amendments.
Then of course on Wednesday August twelfth, Thursday, August thirteenth, and Friday, August fourteenth is when we will vote on potential budget approval. We will also conduct uh during the course of that public hearings. These are all posted on these will all be posted on the clerk's website with exactly how anybody that wants to be heard, uh what the envelope for timing is to sign up and when the timing will when the sign up period will be over. So with that we will go to I'll call up item number two, unless there's any questions or comments by council members. I'll call up item number two. Which relates to a potential resolution directing the manager to prepare an ordinance for council consideration to order a November twenty twenty six bond election.
As I indicated, uh This requires actions by the council and it requires a posting and so that's why we're taking it up first. We have a number of people that have signed up to speak on this item. So unless there's objection or questions, I will turn to the city clerk and ask the city clerk to please start calling people. When the city clerk calls your name If you would, uh she'll call them in name in in li lists or groups of three, four, five, maybe more, um, but she'll call the names. When your name is called, please go ahead and get up and come forward and if there's an empty seat, take one of the seats here at the desk so that we'll know that you're here and that you wish to be heard.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What does the council’s opening roll call and agenda overview cover?
0:06–17:37
2
How do community members begin speaking about the bond election and active‑transportation funding?
17:37–54:49
3
What budget and bond details does the staff presentation provide after the public comments?
54:49–1:40:15
4
What library projects are included in the bond proposal and why are they important for District 6?
1:40:15–2:05:36
5
How does the council address the tax impact and timing of the proposed bond debt?
2:05:36–2:43:26
6
What amendments and motions are being considered for the bond package before the vote?
2:43:26–3:14:43
7
What values and priorities are being emphasized in the budget discussion?
3:14:43–3:42:12
8
How are council members addressing social‑service funding and housing‑voucher allocations?
3:42:12–4:53:32
Speakers
3 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.