City Council Budget Work Session
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What is discussed at the start of this meeting?
You're watching a meeting of the Austin City Council. With mayor Kirk Watson. Mayor Pro Tim Cheetovela. Council members Natasha Harper Madison. Vanessa Fuentes. Jose Velazquez Ryan Alter. Crystal Name. Mike Siegel. Paige Ellis Zoe Codry. Mark Duchen. City Attorney Deborah Thomas, City Clerk Erica Brady, and City Manager T. C. Broadnacks.
Well good morning everybody. It's ten o'clock in the morning on August twelfth, twenty twenty six, and I will call to order this Austin City Council budget meeting. Uh Typically when we start these meetings I run through what the schedule is going to be and we finally made it to today uh which is the the first day that we will have the opportunity to vote on the actual budget. Let me tell you how we're going to operate. I posted it on the message board, but if uh somebody hadn't seen it, let me be clear. Uh what we're going to do today is the first thing we're going to do is we're going to run through uh a number of public hearings. Items one through six on the agenda are public hearings. We will open the public hearings, we will hear from people, and then we will close the public hearings.
We will then go to um uh the next set of i we're gonna uh go to the next set of items and and as I indicated on the message board we will take those items up uh sort of like a consent agenda. When we get to the end of everything, including the amendments from staff and the amendments proposed amendments from council Then we will uh recess and we will also have a moment uh go we'll go to Austin Handling Finance Corporation Board of Directors meeting and the Miller uh uh local government corporation meeting. We will at the just as by way of uh advice on this, what we will do is when we have finished the amendments We will take a short recess so that the financial staff will be able to do make sure the math maths and we will come back and um and look at how that plays out to see if we need to do s any and we probably will, uh if I anticipate this right, some adjustments uh in that regard.
The the way we will vote today, just again I want to be really clear, um I will be well first vote we will take today after we've done all the listening will be item number seven. Then we'll go to item number six. Eight. Nine Ten. Eleven One. Then we will have the consent agenda as I've described it, which will be items twelve through twenty two. So treat that folks, treat those like uh the consent agenda and if you have an item you want to pull from that consent agenda. We we will do that and I anticipate that that will happen. Then we will I'm not going to adjourn the meeting at that point in time, even if everything's done. I'm going to recess the meeting so that we can have the AHFC board meeting and the Miller board meeting and then we will come back and I and the only reason I'm doing that is in case somebody thinks of something while we're doing those board meetings.
I just want to make sure we've crossed T's and dotted I's and can take care of it if we can take care of it today and not need to come back if now if we need to come back it's no big deal, but you you get what I'm saying. So with that Members, uh it's unless there's questions, yes, Councilmember Alter. uh edification on the website. Like I'm looking at item seven, which I believe is the budget. I'm just wondering where the public can find all the amendments and I uh I guess just the amendments so that
They can speak to the most Recent versions.
Mr. Van Nino, help us out.
Good morning, Mayor and Councilmember Z Manino, Chief Financial Officer. Um those are the final
compilations being handled right now. There were some changes even this morning, but it'll be posted very, very soon.
Okay. Good. Thank you. Um all right, unless there's other questions or yes, Councilmember Fuente.
Along the same lines, it will around what time will we receive an updated packet, I assume in on the next few hours. Will council receive the updated packet with the updated amendments?
I'm sorry, which the packet beyond the um packet of
the packet of amendments or IFCs.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is discussed at the start of this meeting?
0:06–11:24
2
How does the council transition from agenda overview to the first public hearing on the tax rate?
11:24–26:46
3
What are the key community testimonies about social services, public safety and the 911 system?
26:46–2:32:02
4
What amendments are being introduced and debated at the beginning of this segment?
2:32:02–3:14:56
5
How does the discussion shift to the Joint Emergency Communications Center and related budget proposals?
3:14:56–4:04:56
6
What are the voting outcomes, table motions, and subsequent debates on response times and budget balances?
4:04:56–4:48:41
7
How does the council handle the consent agenda and approve item 19?
4:48:41–5:32:02
8
What concerns are raised about the city’s reserve policy and how are they addressed?
5:32:02–7:04:01
Speakers
3 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.