| 2 |
Human Resources |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 6/13/2025
How much would it cost to provide a $2,000 flat amount increase for employees who make less than $50,000 annually?
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Posted |
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| 3 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 7/15/2025
If the City adopted a property tax freeze for residents 65 years and older, what would be the impact to the budget?
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Posted |
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| 4 |
Parks and Recreation |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding and/or FTEs are needed to maintain current park maintenance levels? How much would be needed to reach an ideal level of service? How many new FTEs are included in the proposed budget?
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Posted |
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| 5 |
Financial Services - Controllers |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much revenue have we received from STR hotel occupancy taxes?
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Posted |
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| 6 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 7/15/2025
Should the voters of Austin adopt a tax rate election what is the budget reserve policy and process?
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Posted |
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| 7 |
Management Services |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 7/15/2025
Is funding for the Family Stabilization Grant program included in the proposed budget and if so, how much?
|
Posted |
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| 8 |
Management Services |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Can staff provide more information and an assessment of the State property tax relief passed this legislative session? How will that impact Austin residents?
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Posted |
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| 10 |
Housing |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 7/15/2025
Please provide a list of the anti-displacement-related initiatives and programs in the proposed budget with corresponding funding amounts. Please notate which initiatives are new funding.
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Posted |
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| 11 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How are the remaining ARPA dollars scheduled to be spent? Please share a breakdown of how the funds have been spent and planned to be spent
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Posted |
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| 12 |
Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Is there funding set aside to support the start up costs for Pre-K classrooms? How many and at which schools?
|
Posted |
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| 13 |
Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is budgeted to support harm reduction strategies? Please include the sources of funding.
|
Posted |
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| 14 |
Housing |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is included in the proposed budget for the tenant relocation program?
|
Posted |
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| 15 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please provide a list of planned capital investments in District 2.
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Posted |
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| 16 |
Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Does the proposed budget include funding for Academia Cuauhtli?
|
Posted |
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| 17 |
EMS |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is included in the proposed budget for 24/7 mental health response?
|
Posted |
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| 18 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Which of the Community Investment Budget coalition’s requests are included in the City’s base budget proposal?
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Posted |
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| 19 |
Management Services/Watershed Protection |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Does the proposed budget include funding to continue the Flood Insurance Pilot program?
|
Posted |
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| 20 |
Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is included in the proposed budget for the Trauma Recovery Center?
|
Posted |
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| 21 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is going to Rapid Rehousing?
|
Posted |
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| 22 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is going to Permanent Supportive Housing capital and services? What is the projected gap in PSH service funding?
|
Posted |
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| 23 |
Police |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
What is a breakdown of the budget increases to the APD budget?
|
Posted |
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| 24 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is going towards homelessness prevention?
|
Posted |
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| 25 |
Human Resources |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
What is the cost to increase the Living Wage to $22.49?
|
Posted |
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| 26 |
Austin Public Health/Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is going toward emergency shelter (including operations and capital)? Is there dedicated funding for shelter during inclement weather?
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Posted |
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| 27 |
Planning |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding would be needed to fund an additional 2 FTEs for the Historic Preservation Office?
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Posted |
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| 28 |
Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please list the social service contracts that account for the $6,164,093 reduction in APH's budget in 2027.
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Posted |
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| 29 |
Housing |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Given the reduction of funding to the Housing Trust Fund in FY27, what is the anticipated impact to the funding amount for tenant assistance?
|
Posted |
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| 30 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 7/15/2025
What is the dollar difference between the proposed FY26 and the planned FY27 Homelessness Strategies and Operations budget and what accounts for the difference in funding?
|
Posted |
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| 31 |
Housing |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please provide more information on the Displacement Mitigation Plan and its implementation.
|
Posted |
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| 32 |
Municipal Court |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is dedicated to the therapeutic diversion program in partnership with Integral Care?
|
Posted |
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| 33 |
Economic Development |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is included in the proposed budget for operating expenses for KinderCare at Bergstrom?
|
Posted |
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| 34 |
Economic Development/Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding is included in the proposed budget to continue the BCN partnership with HomeGrown?
|
Posted |
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| 35 |
Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Does the proposed budget include funding for the Family Connects program?
|
Posted |
|
| 36 |
Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please define investments under/in support of the Austin Travis County Food Plan. Does the proposed budget include funding for the GoodWorks Austin Healthy Workplaces and Culinary Workforce Training?
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Posted |
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| 37 |
Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Does the proposed budget include funding for Family Eldercare's financial education and advocacy for older adults?
|
Posted |
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| 38 |
Parks and Recreation |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Does the proposed budget include any new FTEs to support expanding programming at Senior and Recreation centers?
|
Posted |
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| 39 |
Economic Development/Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please share how many positions the City provides through the City of Austin Summer Internship Program, how long the program is, how much the students are paid, and how the program is funded. Also, please share any changes to the number of positions in the last five years.
|
Posted |
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| 40 |
Management Services |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How much funding does the proposed budget include for Know Your Rights training and outreach?
|
Posted |
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| 41 |
Austin Public Health |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Does the proposed budget include funding for enhance M-Pox and other vaccination programs targeting at-risk population?
|
Posted |
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| 42 |
Transportation Public Works |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
What programs or services have been funded in District 2 through the Neighborhood Partnering Program?
|
Posted |
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| 43 |
Parks and Recreation |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Does the proposed budget include funding to fully implement the land management program?
|
Posted |
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| 44 |
Austin Energy |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
How does Austin Energy plan to allocate the $3.7M increase for Customer Energy solutions rebates, incentives, and solar programs? Does AE plan to expand the e-bike rebate program?
|
Posted |
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| 45 |
Austin Resource Recovery |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please describe how ARR litter abatement services will be expanded with the proposed 3 new FTEs. How many FTEs currently staff the litter abatement program? Will the Clean Creeks program (litter abatement for our creeks) benefit from this new investment?
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Posted |
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| 46 |
Fire |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please describe the AFD staff restructuring and any reductions of required personnel per unit. What, if any, impact on response time is anticipated?
|
Posted |
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| 47 |
Fire |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please provide information on AFD’s capacity and operating procedures to staff up on high wildfire risk days, as Chief Baker referenced during the 7/15 Budget work session. How is the Wildfire Battalion related to this staffing-up?
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Posted |
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| 48 |
Police |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please describe the APD staff restructuring and any impact on training academy and special events staffing. What, if any, impact on response time is anticipated?
|
Posted |
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| 49 |
EMS |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please describe the EMS staff restructuring. What, if any, impact on response time is anticipated?
|
Posted |
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| 50 |
Development Services |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Is the entirety of the Urban Forestry Program (personnel, scope, and funding) being moved from Development Services to the AMS Office of Climate Action and Resilience?
|
Posted |
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| 51 |
Capital Delivery Services |
Ellis |
2026
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Received: 7/15/2025
How is the reorganization of the Capital Delivery Services communications unit into the Management Services Communications and Engagement office expected to improve outcomes?
|
Posted |
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| 52 |
Watershed Protection |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please provide more information on the 14 new Watershed Protection FTEs and the services they will provide.
|
Posted |
|
| 53 |
Parks and Recreation |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
Please detail the amount of PARD funds spent on maintenance in FY 2024-2025 compared to what is budgeted for FY 2025-2026, broken down to include funds spent on various aspects of maintenance (such as mowing, janitorial, tree trimming, transportation, etc).
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Posted |
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| 54 |
Citywide |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
For all applicable departments (e.g. AFD, PARD, and AW), please outline funds budgeted in FY 2024-2025 and proposed for 2025-2026 for wildfire fuel mitigation. Please also provide a total.
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Posted |
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| 55 |
Financial Services |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/15/2025
What reimbursements are we owed by the federal government, the State of Texas, and other governmental entities? For each, please state when the cost was accrued (e.g. February 2023 - Winter Storm Mara), the amount claimed for reimbursement, the reimbursing agency, and the status of each reimbursement.
|
Posted |
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| 56 |
Management Services – Office of Police Oversight |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide a line-item breakdown of the Police Oversight budget, with justification for changes from the 2024-2025 approved budget.
|
Posted |
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| 57 |
Management Services – Office of Police Oversight |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide more context for the reduction in positions for Police Oversight, including job descriptions for those positions and how those areas of work will be covered.
|
Posted |
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| 58 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide a line-item breakdown of the Homeless Strategies and Operations budget, with justification for changes from the 2024-2025 approved budget.
|
Posted |
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| 59 |
Municipal Court |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide a line-item breakdown of the Municipal Court budget, with justification for changes from the 2024-2025 approved budget
|
Posted |
|
| 60 |
Citywide |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
What pilot programs from last year will be discontinued and which will be made permanent or extended?
|
Posted |
|
| 61 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide a breakdown of revenue received from pool fees over the most recent one-year period, broken down by: (a) Type of ticket or pass: (Season passes for groups; season passes for individuals, daily entry fees); (b) whether the ticket or pass is for a resident or non-resident; (c) Price and, as applicable, discount reason (e.g., full price, veteran discount, senior discount); and (d) Name of pool.
|
Posted |
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| 62 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please estimate the budgetary impact of eliminating Austin-resident pool fees for all pools except Barton Springs and Deep Eddy.
|
Posted |
|
| 63 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide more context for the $4 million for golf course improvements.
|
Posted |
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| 64 |
Housing |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide a breakdown of the source of funds in the Housing Trust Fund. What percentage of the funds are from Fees In Lieu; and what projects are those Fees In Lieu from?
|
Posted |
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| 65 |
Housing |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide a line-item breakdown of how the funds in the Housing Trust Fund have been spent in past years and how they will be spent down in the proposed budget.
|
Posted |
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| 66 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please estimate the budgetary impact of changing the resident “Family of 4 (2 adults and 2 children/juniors)” season pass to apply to all households of any size and makeup (so that, for example, a single mother with three or more children could take advantage of the group rate).
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Posted |
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| 67 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide more context on the Golf Fund and Golf Surcharge fund, including information about how the funds differ, and about the limitations on how these funds can be used, and where those limitations can be found (i.e., are they in code, bond language, etc.)?
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Posted |
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| 68 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
What does the “other revenue” for the Golf Fund entail (page 649 of the proposed budget)?
|
Posted |
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| 69 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please provide a breakdown of the expenses and revenue for each of the City’s six golf courses over the past two years, with expenses broken down by line item.
|
Posted |
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| 70 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
How much water do the City's golf courses use? What is the cost of the water? Do they receive a discounted rate on reclaimed water from Austin Water, and if so, how much is that discount?
|
Posted |
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| 71 |
Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment/Economic Development |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
How much one-time or ongoing funding is dedicated to ACCC in this proposed budget?
|
Posted |
|
| 73 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
How can the Urban Forest Replenishment Fund be utilized? Are there limits such as funding personnel costs?
|
Posted |
|
| 74 |
Development Services |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
About what percentage of Community Tree Preservation Fund is historically used for maintenance? Does the proposed budget anticipate using about the same percentage for maintenance?
|
Posted |
|
| 75 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
For each penny that may be in a TRE, please identify the correlating amounts for (a) the percent increase to revenue from property taxes above the 3.5 percent allowed under law without a tax rate election; (b) the monthly increase in dollars to the typical homeowners property tax bill; (c) the percent increase to the city's portion of the property tax bill for the typical homeowner; and (d) the additional amount of revenue available for the City of Austin's budget.
|
Posted |
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| 76 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Are there programs or positions that were funded by ARPA or other grants that are being discontinued and that will not be covered in the proposed base budget for 2025-2026 or in the planned budget for 2026-2027? Please describe those programs and positions, and for any position please indicate whether the position was filled at any point during FY2025.
|
Posted |
|
| 77 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/16/2025
Please explain the elimination of the transfer to the Housing Trust Fund.
|
Posted |
|
| 78 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Fuentes |
2026
|
Received: 7/17/2025
What specific changes were made to the budget to address the $33 million budget deficit predicted for 2026?
|
Posted |
|
| 79 |
Development Services |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
What is the estimated total cost to the General Fund to move Development Services back into the General Fund? Please provide a detailed breakdown including: One-time transition costs, Annual ongoing costs that would shift to General Fund, Revenue that would be foregone from current fee structure, Administrative and accounting system changes required.
|
Posted |
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| 80 |
Housing |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
The Displacement Prevention program is proposed to decrease significantly from $8.66 million in FY 2024-25 to $4.96 million in FY 2025-26. What specific services, programs, or contracts are being reduced or eliminated as part of this decrease? Does the $4.96 million funding include the one-time $500,000 for the Displacement Mitigation Plan referenced under “Significant Changes”? If not, what functions fall under asset monitoring and compliance, and how do they support the City’s displacement prevention goals?
|
Posted |
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| 81 |
Parks and Recreation |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
Regarding the $375,000 investment for improved maintenance of youth athletic fields at recreation centers across the city, which locations would qualify for this funding? How will the city determine priority locations for funding allocation?
|
Posted |
|
| 82 |
Parks and Recreation |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
Are there any unfunded park projects in the Capital Improvement Program that were deferred from this budget? What’s the timeline or strategy for addressing them?
|
Posted |
|
| 83 |
Parks and Recreation |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
An FTE is being transferred from the Office of Police Oversight to PARD. What will be the roles and responsibilities of this position?
|
Posted |
|
| 84 |
Austin Energy |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
Aside from casting a wider net with the Customer Assistance Program, is Austin Energy looking into savings being reinvested in demand-side management such as more rebate opportunities for energy-efficient appliances or home weatherization?
|
Posted |
|
| 85 |
Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment/Economic Development |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
The budget shows that the Iconic Venue fund is set to close in 2027. This fund supports venues and other local tourist destinations lost or displaced due to Austin’s rapidly changing economic landscape. How will ACME continue to make progress on our goals to preserve the physical aspect of our cultural landscape if not through the Iconic Venue fund?
|
Posted |
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| 86 |
Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
Are there other programs housed within ACME that can support the objectives from the Iconic Venue fund?
|
Posted |
|
| 87 |
Development Services |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
What is the cumulative impact of the proposed fee increases exceeding 10% on typical development projects? For example, what would be the total fee increase for a small residential project (4-8 units), medium commercial project, and large mixed-use development?
|
Posted |
|
| 88 |
Development Services |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
How do the proposed DSD fees compare to similar jurisdictions in Texas and nationally?
|
Posted |
|
| 89 |
Development Services |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
The Community Tree Preservation program shows $8.8M in FY25 but $4.3M in FY26-27. Is this sufficient to meet ongoing tree preservation commitments and contractual obligations?
|
Posted |
|
| 90 |
Housing |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/18/2025
What existing rebates are available to renters? Is staff looking for ways to expand rebate opportunities so that the number of participating renter-occupied properties increases?
|
Posted |
|
| 91 |
Fleet Services |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/20/2025
Please provide a list of all anticipated vehicle purchases for FY 26 and include which of these will be Electric Vehicles.
|
Posted |
|
| 92 |
Austin Energy |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/20/2025
Please provide how much a rate increase of 1% for Tiers 3 and 4 (separately) generate for residential rates and a 1% increase of commercial rates based on existing rates?
|
Posted |
|
| 93 |
Human Resources |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/20/2025
Please provide what the reduction in City contributions to the Employees Benefit Fund would be if employee premiums were increased by 1%?
|
Posted |
|
| 94 |
Police |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/20/2025
Please provide the last time the non-consent (non-private property) tow fees were increased.
|
Posted |
|
| 95 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/20/2025
Please provide a list of all vacancies and corresponding salaries.
|
Posted |
|
| 96 |
Management Services |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/20/2025
Please provide the electricity costs and usage for all departments.
|
Posted |
|
| 97 |
Transportation Public Works |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
The Community Services program is being reduced from 26 to 9.5 FTEs - which specific community programs are being eliminated or reduced?
|
Posted |
|
| 98 |
Transportation Public Works |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
How much of the $9.2M allocated for sidewalk infrastructure will go toward maintenance versus rehabilitation versus new construction?
|
Posted |
|
| 99 |
Municipal Court |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
Does the proposed budget contain sufficient funding for 24/7 EMCOT services?
|
Posted |
|
| 100 |
Police |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
Please provide a line-by-line comparison between the FY25 and FY26 APD budget.
|
Posted |
|
| 101 |
Police |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
Please provide a list of new technology, weaponry, and operational equipment acquired by APD in FY25, as well as the acquisitions planned for FY26. Please include cost per unit, number of units, and total cost including shipping, fees, etc. for each entry.
|
Posted |
|
| 102 |
Development Services |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
6 positions are being transferred into the police department for monitoring burglar alarm compliance citywide. What will be the roles and responsibilities of these positions? What operational benefit do these positions gain from being moved into APD, as opposed to completing the same set of responsibilities from their current department?
|
Posted |
|
| 103 |
EMS/Fire/Police |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
Do our first responders have access to the mental healthcare they need? Will any of the proposed budget cuts impact the availability of mental health services for employees in our public safety departments?
|
Posted |
|
| 104 |
Police |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
What is the current status of our civil asset forfeiture funds, and how are those funds forecasted to change in the coming years?
|
Posted |
|
| 105 |
Animal Services |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
Do our Animal Services Office employees have access to the mental healthcare they need? Will any of the proposed budget cuts impact the availability of mental health services for employees in our Animal Services department?
|
Posted |
|
| 106 |
EMS/Fire/Police |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
What is the current vacancy rate, sworn and civilian, in each public safety agency? What is the projected change in those rates by the end of FY26?
|
Posted |
|
| 107 |
Animal Services |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
How much revenue does the Dangerous Dog fee bring in yearly? What is the compliance rate associated with this fee?
|
Posted |
|
| 108 |
Housing |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
Why is the Housing Trust Fund, which is intended for long-term housing production, being used for one-time emergency shelter operations, and what alternative funding sources were considered for the Marshaling Yard operations?
|
Posted |
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| 109 |
Housing |
Laine |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
Could you clarify the intended use, scope, and function of the Displacement Mitigation Plan funding? How will these efforts support and integrate with existing programs aligned with the City’s broader displacement prevention strategy?
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Posted |
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| 110 |
Citywide |
Laine |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
Please provide a list of any fees which have not changed in the last three years and/or since being established. For each fee limited, please indicate which are set by the City vs. by factors beyond the City’s control, e.g. state law.
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Posted |
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| 111 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Laine |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
How is the City planning to mitigate the potential impacts of the $11.1 million reduction in the General Fund transfer to the Housing Trust Fund in FY2026-27 on the continued delivery of affordable housing development, rental assistance, and displacement prevention programs?
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Posted |
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| 112 |
Housing |
Laine |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
The capital budget shows a $48.9M total appropriation for land acquisition with $16M in the FY2025-26 spending plan. What specific properties or areas are targeted for acquisition, and how does this align with the city's affordable housing geographic distribution goals?
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Posted |
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| 113 |
Fire/Fleet/ATPW |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
Signal preemption systems for fire vehicles has been cited as an effective way to help reduce response times. How much funding, if any, does AFD's proposed FY25-26 budget include to explore, acquire, contract, and/or implement a signal preemption system? If no such funding is included, what would be the approximate cost of acquiring and implementing a signal preemption system?
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Posted |
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| 114 |
Animal Services |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
Last year's budget included an increase in funding for spay and neuter programs. How has that funding been utilized over the past year, what have been the outcomes, and how do they compare to the last five years? Using available data, can we estimate how much spay and neuter programs save the city in overall spending on animal services? If so, what is that amount? How much is allocated in the proposed FY25-26 budget for spay and neuter programs?
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Posted |
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| 115 |
Animal Services |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
The proposed budget highlights reduction in funding for animal specialty surgeries contract and for an emergency vet services contract for lost, injured animals. Can you provide a little more detail as to what these contracts are for, and why they are being reduced? Will these reductions substantively impact the level of veterinary services that the city provides or supports?
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Posted |
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| 116 |
Police |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
In response to public demand for increased enforcement of abandoned vehicle laws, last year's budget authorized two additional positions to increase the APD Vehicle Abatement unit from two to four officers. What is the status of those two additional positions? How many officers does the Vehicle Abatement unit currently have?
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Posted |
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| 117 |
Animal Services |
Vela |
2026
|
Received: 7/21/2025
The budget proposal includes partial-year funding for adding a Chief Administrative Officer for support services and a Financial Manager. What would be the role of the Chief Administrative Officer for support services, and why is there a need to add that position? What are the job duties of a Financial Manager? Why is only partial-year funding proposed for these two positions?
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Posted |
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| 118 |
Municipal Court |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
What is the proposed amount in the FY25-26 budget for the Sobering Center? How did staff determine that amount, and how does it compare to the last four years?
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Posted |
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| 119 |
Police |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
What is the status of the release of the city's previous G-files in response to public information requests (PIR)? If not yet complete, will the city be able to release all of the information formerly kept in its G-files by the end of calendar year 2025? What, if any, additional resources would be required to be able to release all of that information by the end of 2025?
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Posted |
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| 120 |
Municipal Court |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/21/2025
How much funding is in the proposed FY25-26 budget for the city's contribution to the Travis County Mental Health Diversion Center? What plans does the city have to continue participating in the Mental Health Diversion Center in future years?
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Posted |
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| 121 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
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Received: 7/22/2025
How much would it cost to provide scholarships/financial assistance to all qualified applicants for scholarship/s financial assistance for the PARD youth programs, including summer camps and swim lessons?
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Posted |
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| 122 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
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Received: 7/22/2025
How long are the waitlists for the City's swim lessons/aquatics programs? How much would it cost to expand access to meet demand?
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Posted |
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| 123 |
Development Services |
Siegel |
2026
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Received: 7/22/2025
Page 696: The amended 2024-2025 program requirements for the Community Tree Preservation program are $8,768,160, but the estimate is only $2,566,925. Can you explain why the estimate for the year is so much lower than the amended budget for the year?
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Posted |
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| 124 |
Austin Energy |
Siegel |
2026
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Received: 7/22/2025
How do Austin Energy’s rates and total bills for residential, commercial, and industrial customers compare to those charged by other energy providers in Texas?
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Posted |
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| 125 |
Police |
Ellis |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
If the City were to re-establish its Parks Police unit to improve park safety, would that unit be housed within the APD Neighborhood-Based Policing program that is being financially shored up by the “Return to Patrol” initiative?
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Posted |
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| 126 |
Police |
Ellis |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
Will the “Return to Patrol” initiative allow APD to increase safety-focused traffic enforcement (speeding, distracted or drunk driving, etc) in support of our Vision Zero commitment?
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Posted |
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| 127 |
Parks and Recreation |
Ellis |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
Please summarize why the PARD Enhancements Requests include additional Park Rangers in High Volume Areas (like Zilker Park), while the PARD Service Prioritizations include elimination of the Park Ranger Program altogether. Can you confirm the Park Ranger Program is not being eliminated in the proposed budget?
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Posted |
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| 128 |
Parks and Recreation |
Ellis |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
The PARD Enhancements Requests include two very different cost estimates for converting the successful Circle C Metro dog park pilot into a permanent dog park (DOLA). Please explain what could be provided (in terms of facility and amenities) for the two estimates. Could a smaller investment amount in FY26 move us incrementally but productively towards the more robust long-term vision? Is a new FTE necessary or not?
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Posted |
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| 129 |
Parks and Recreation |
Ellis |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
Please provide a cost estimate of outstanding parks maintenance needs citywide, including deferred maintenance. To the extent possible, please break out maintenance needs estimates by category (e.g. grounds maintenance like litter removal and mowing; amenities maintenance like restroom servicing and playscape/athletic field upkeep; safety maintenance like lighting and fencing; natural area land management; aquatics maintenance; trail maintenance; rec center maintenance; cemeteries maintenance; etc) and identify the significant maintenance tasks in each category. To the extent the outstanding maintenance needs are the result of a gap between the current level of service and the staff-recommended level of service for a given task or category, please share that information.
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Posted |
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| 130 |
Human Resources |
Ellis |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
Please describe any reduction in health and/or dental benefits for any City employees, including part-time or temporary employees. When would these changes take effect?
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Posted |
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| 131 |
Austin Energy |
Ellis |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
How much does it cost the City to add a new fee to the utility bill? Is the cost any different to add a new component to an existing fee? Is timing a factor?
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Posted |
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| 132 |
Police |
Siegel |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
??How many 911 operator/call-taker FTEs and dispatchers are there, including how many positions are filled? What is the budget for each??
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Posted |
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| 133 |
Development Services |
Siegel |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
Does this budget anticipate and account for a decrease in DSD’s revenue for small residential, infill development and re-subdivision fees for the cost of service due to SB 840, and if so, how much of a decrease is anticipated? What plans, if any, are in place to address this?
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Posted |
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| 134 |
Development Services |
Siegel |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
Please provide details relating to the reduction in number of personnel in Development Services Department in FY 24-25 & 25-26, including transfers to other departments, eliminating vacancies, and any other means of achieving these reductions. In Development Service's efforts to optimize services with reduced personnel, what role does the Department anticipate AI technology playing, if any?
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Posted |
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| 135 |
Police |
Velásquez |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
What is the breakdown of funding allocated to CSCRM in FY26 and FY27?
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Posted |
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| 136 |
Police |
Velásquez |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
Please provide a breakdown of allocated funding for the Domestic Violence Unit. Provide details of any staffing or program reductions in the past year, and any planned changes for FY26 and FY27.
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Posted |
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| 137 |
Austin Public Health |
Velásquez |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
What funding is allocated for Parent Support Specialists in FY 26 and FY27? What funding is recurring?
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Posted |
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| 138 |
Citywide |
Velásquez |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
Please provide a breakdown of all AISD funding provided in FY25, and funding planned in FY26 and FY27? List the programs that will be impacted by reductions.
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Posted |
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| 139 |
Austin Public Health |
Velásquez |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
How much funding is dedicated to Community Violence Intervention Programming in the FY26 budget? What is the anticipated impact for FY27?
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Posted |
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| 140 |
Parks and Recreation |
Velásquez |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
What funding is allocated for parks renovations and improvements in the FY26 and FY27 budget? Could you please provide a list of upcoming PARD renovation and improvement projects and the funding necessary to complete these projects?
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Posted |
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| 141 |
Austin Public Health |
Velásquez |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
What funding is available in the FY26 and FY27 budget for HIV/STI prevention and testing to community-trusted clinics targeting at-risk populations? How has this changed from the previous two fiscal years?
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Posted |
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| 142 |
Austin Public Health/Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Velásquez |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
What funding will be allocated for mental health services for people experiencing homelessness and exiting homelessness in FY26 and FY27?
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Posted |
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| 143 |
Parks and Recreation/Watershed Protection |
Velásquez |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
What funding is allocated for maintenance, renovations, and protection of creeks and parks in District 3? Could you please list the funding allocated for each park, golf course, baseball field, and pool in the FY26 and FY27 budget?
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Posted |
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| 144 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Velásquez |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
Please provide a list of planned capital investments in District 3.
|
Posted |
|
| 145 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Velásquez |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
What funding will be allocated for street outreach and encampment management in F26 and FY27? How are these costs allocated to cover staffing, technology, and potential contracts with community partners? Where are there potential gaps, and how are these gaps planned to be filled from FY26 onward?
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Posted |
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| 146 |
Austin Public Health |
Velásquez |
2026
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Received: 7/23/2025
What funding is available in the FY26 and F27 budget for health services such as coverage, navigation, and prevention? Could you please share what funding is allocated to Austin Public Health programs and clinics and what grant opportunities may be available for community partners?
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Posted |
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| 147 |
Austin Energy |
Ellis |
2026
|
Received: 7/23/2025
How much annual revenue could a $2/month fixed fee charged to in-City residential and commercial utility account holders generate?
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Posted |
|
| 148 |
Planning |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 7/24/2025
What FY25-26 operational and non-staffing requests were made by the Historic Preservation Office for the near implementation of the Equity-based Historic Preservation Plan?
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Posted |
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| 150 |
Economic Development/Financial Services |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
How many child-care facilities have qualified for a 100% exemption of city property taxes since the adoption of Ordinance No. 20240118-013? Please also provide the FY25 expenditures and FY26 budget for the Childcare Fee Waiver Program (Page 1001)?
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Posted |
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| 151 |
Police |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/28/2025
In addition to the amount identified in the budget specifically for police overtime, please provide the amount of vacancy savings planned to be dedicated for police overtime in this budget. Please also share the dollar amount of Police overtime reimbursed by third-parties such as special events and include the top five users of Austin police resources.
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Posted |
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| 152 |
Police |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/28/2025
Please provide the clearance rate for crimes against persons, property and society over the last ten years, including a break out of the information by type of clearance. Please clarify if clearances are recorded in the year the crime is committed rather than the year it is cleared and if there's any other recent trends in the data for awareness.
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Posted |
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| 153 |
Police |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
Related to CBQ104, please provide detailed line-item expenditures for FY25 and any proposed expenditures for FY26-27 for each of the asset forfeiture funds.
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Posted |
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| 154 |
Aviation |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
Please provide more information on the airline use and lease agreement with adjusted airline rate methodology and if and when this agreement will come to council for approval (Page 233)?
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Posted |
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| 155 |
Capital Delivery Services |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
Please list all construction projects that exceeded 10% in change orders above the original contract value? (Page 237)
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Posted |
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| 156 |
Capital Delivery Services |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
What is the source of $898,000 in unspent funds that is being put towards the development of the City’s next bond program, and what will that be used for (Page 712)?
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Posted |
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| 157 |
Facilities Management |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
Please provide a list of the 71% of city facilities that fall below “good” on the Facilities condition index (Page 316).
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Posted |
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| 158 |
Facilities Management/Management Services |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
Are there any City of Austin facilities (other than power generation assets such as Sand Hill Power Plant) that are currently consumers of natural gas? If so, please advise the departments and their annual expense.
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Posted |
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| 159 |
Transportation Public Works |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
The Child Safety Fund pays for school crossing guards and other youth safety programs and is funded by transfers from the Transportation User Fee and from school zone traffic fine revenue. The City Fee is currently $25 (page 1243) but Texas Transportation Code Sec. 542.401 allows for fees up to $200. How much would be generated by increasing this fee to the state maximum?
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Posted |
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| 160 |
Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment/Parks and Recreatio |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/28/2025
Please detail what properties have been purchased with the historic preservation acquisition fund this past year or are in process for FY26? How much will remain in the fund and available after those purchases?
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Posted |
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| 161 |
Convention Center |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/28/2025
What are the current projections for revenue from the project financing zone and please note if the Convention Center Redevelopment Project now obligates any of these funds?
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Posted |
|
| 162 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/28/2025
Please provide an accounting of total movement of positions (full time, part time, and temporary) from department to department. Additionally, please note any changes in wages, benefits, or classification for those employees.
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Posted |
|
| 163 |
Parks and Recreation |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
For PARD, is there a list of joint city-non-profit projects broken down by year, total project spend, city spend, and non-profit spend?
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Posted |
|
| 164 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide a list of fees waived on all fee waivers provided by each department over the past 5 years. Please include data on how much revenue would have been collected (from non-city entities) had they been collected.
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Posted |
|
| 165 |
Citywide |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide a list of all wildfire mitigation, prevention, and preparedness investments – broken down by department, cost, and description. (In the FY 2024/25 and proposed FY2025/26 budgets).
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Posted |
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| 166 |
Parks and Recreation |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
When was the last time either an internal or independent audit was completed of the cost of services provided by PARD against the revenue (charges for services and goods) across the same costs, services, fees, etc.? If one has been completed, please provide. If not, is it possible to obtain a report on this?)
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Posted |
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| 167 |
Fire |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Is there money in the budget to support the additional needs of AFD to service "single stair" buildings that have been approved via code changes? If so, how much?
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Posted |
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| 168 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide the number of positions for the below departments that have remained vacant for longer than 18 months, 12 months, and 8 months by department and the amount saved by their elimination: AFD, APD, EMS, AE, Austin Water, ARR, Aviation and TPW.
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Posted |
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| 169 |
Human Resources |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide turnover rates for the past year and the year prior for each City department.
|
Posted |
|
| 170 |
Austin Energy/Facilities Management |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
How much money does the city anticipate saving by putting solar on all city buildings? When will those cost savings be realized?
|
Posted |
|
| 171 |
Austin Public Health |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please share a listing of all contracts under Public Health with non-profits and include any controls (e.g., KPIs, performance reviews, or defined deliverables) that may exist.
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Posted |
|
| 172 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Given the trajectory of property tax delinquency from FY2023-FY2025 (0.3%, 0.6%, 1.5%), what is the anticipated delinquency rate for FY2026?
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Posted |
|
| 173 |
Austin Energy |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
What is the average Power Supply Adjustment fee? How many Austin Energy residential customers pay a Power Supply Adjustment fee when it is required.
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Posted |
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| 174 |
Technology Services |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide a list of services currently provided through a vendor or third-party that could feasibly be brought in house. Please provide the annual cost of each identified service.
|
Posted |
|
| 175 |
Austin Energy |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please explain how a 5% base rate increase results in reduced average residential customer paying 4% ($4.89) less each month (p85 budget). What is the interest rate that AE is borrowing at for Capital Improvements, such that it is generating an expected $48.1million (or increase of 24.7%) in debt service cost (p.87 budget).
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Posted |
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| 176 |
Austin Energy |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
What was the total Power Supply Adjustment fee revenue for FY2024?
|
Posted |
|
| 177 |
Austin Energy |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide the mean and median residential customer usage rather than typical customer and the average monthly bill, including Power Supply Adjustment Fees.
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Posted |
|
| 178 |
Austin Public Health |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
For Public Health please provide annual expenditures on consultants. If possible, please provide a dataset including: consulting agency/consultant name, service provided/deliverables, cost, and whether an overrun occurred.
|
Posted |
|
| 179 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide a list of planned capital investments in District 10.
|
Posted |
|
| 180 |
Austin Public Health |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide information on Austin Public Health programs, grants, services, including services provided through social service contracts, that are anticipated to be reduced or eliminated compared to last year.
|
Posted |
|
| 181 |
Austin Water |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please explain the need for such high rate increases projected for the next several years. Please explain the growth in debt service payments projected. Please explain why the 2025-26 spending plan is greatly reduced (about a third of prior year?) while rates are being ratcheted up 10%? What percentage of the proposed AW rate hikes are due to new CIPs vs continuing maintenance/initiatives?
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Posted |
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| 182 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide a chart showing rates and fees/charges for "typical rate payer" over the last 10 years for: Austin Energy, Austin Water, Austin Resource Recovery, Clean Community fee, transportation user fee, drainage utility fee and property tax bill.
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Posted |
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| 183 |
Financial Services |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
For each department, please breakdown Transfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirements to isolate debt payments (total obligation and expected annual payment total, including any fees).
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Posted |
|
| 184 |
Financial Services |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
When is the reduction of debt obligation projected to begin? Alternatively, is the forecasting model more reliant on increasing revenue to lower the city's debt obligation percentage?
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Posted |
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| 185 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/29/2025
Please provide the modelled savings on externalized costs per individual served through the Marshalling Yard.
|
Posted |
|
| 186 |
Fire |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
With regards to the 30% absenteeism rate at AFD, please provide a breakdown from the past year of the rates attributable to sick leave, vacation time, administrative leave, other duty leave, long-term disability, etc.
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Posted |
|
| 187 |
Library |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
Please provide additional context for the $400,000 increase for security staffing for libraries. Will this amount be used to fund Austin Police officers’ presence at libraries, or is it to hire additional security officers?
|
Posted |
|
| 188 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
Please provide a list of planned capital investments in District 7.
|
Posted |
|
| 189 |
Parks and Recreation |
Siegel |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
How much would it cost to double the number of summer swim classes?
|
Posted |
|
| 190 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
Please provide an estimated timeline for the opening of the shelter beds in Phases 2 and 3 at Esperanza Community, including the number of beds in each phase. Please also include the estimated funding needed from the City to operate these additional beds.
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Posted |
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| 191 |
Homeless Strategies and Operations |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
Please provide an estimate of the number of clients that would be served by each intervention type in the proposed “HSO Model” (i.e. prevention, diversion, shelter, RRH, PSH, etc.) if fully funded.
|
Posted |
|
| 192 |
Austin Water |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
Please provide the percentage of commercial accounts that have an independent irrigation meter.
|
Posted |
|
| 193 |
Austin Water |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
Please provide a breakdown of the share of residential customers’ water consumption in each usage tier.
|
Posted |
|
| 194 |
Austin Water |
Alter, R |
2026
|
Received: 7/30/2025
Please provide the proposed rate changes in each residential tier for both fixed and volumetric charges.
|
Posted |
|
| 195 |
Watershed Protection |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/31/2025
How much money in the budget is designated to remediate localized flooding as identified on the city’s Watershed Protection Strategic Plan "Problem Score" Viewer?
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Posted |
|
| 196 |
Austin Energy |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/31/2025
If you kept the customer bill flat, how much would that increase your base rate? How much additional revenue would that generate? What would you do with that additional revenue? Could we direct that additional revenue to hardening, weatherization, and efforts to protect us from future extreme weather events.
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Posted |
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| 197 |
Housing |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/31/2025
How much money in the budget is designated for a) the preservation of existing affordable housing and b) rental assistance?
|
Posted |
|
| 198 |
Planning |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/31/2025
How much money in the budget is designated for consultants for land development code revisions or modifications.
|
Posted |
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| 199 |
Development Services |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/31/2025
How much money in the budget is designated for enforcement of STRs, including collection of unpaid HOT?
|
Posted |
|
| 200 |
Transportation Public Works |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/31/2025
How much money in the budget is designated for caps or stiches?
|
Posted |
|
| 201 |
Housing |
Duchen |
2026
|
Received: 7/31/2025
How much money in the budget is designated for affordable housing generally, not including money for homelessness?
|
Posted |
|
| 202 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
Please provide a list of planned capital investments in District 5.
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Posted |
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| 203 |
Citywide |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
Please provide a breakdown of total development fees by department for a single family dwelling unit, infill residential re-subdivision, small project, and multi-family project. Please include all departments and utilities.
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Posted |
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| 204 |
Citywide |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
Please provide a list of all common permitting fees that would apply to homeowners or any fee that would apply to a homeowner doing a home renovation or remodel. Please include the change in the fee from FY25 to FY26. Please include all departments and utilities.
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Posted |
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| 205 |
Development Services |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
Please provide a summary of DSD’s permitting volume for the last 5 years as well as anticipated permitting volume through FY2027, including residential review vs site plan review.
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Posted |
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| 206 |
Development Services |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
Please provide a breakdown of the different buckets of projects that go to DSD, such as residential vs site plan.
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Posted |
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| 207 |
Development Services |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
How many reviews for residential projects (4 unit or less) have been moved from Development Services to another department within the last 5 years? What additional reviews have been added by other departments in the last 5 years?
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Posted |
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| 208 |
Library |
Velásquez |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
What is the estimated cost of establishing 2 full-time social workers at Austin Public Library?
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Posted |
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| 209 |
Parks and Recreation |
Velásquez |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
What is an estimated cost of establishing an FTE, or FTEs, to assist with youth sports ordinance compliance across Austin, including costs for maintenance and equipment?
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Posted |
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| 210 |
Parks and Recreation |
Velásquez |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
What will the interpretive signage at Parque Zaragoza entail, what was the community engagement process for this, and how was this project initiated?
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Posted |
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| 211 |
Human Resources |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
How much would it cost to provide an additional 1% raise to non-remote work eligible employees (excluding employees under a meet-and-confer agreement)?
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Posted |
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| 212 |
Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
Council Resolution 20240215-023 directed the City Manager to create an equitable and accessible application process for City co-sponsorship of free or low-cost, open-to-the-public, community events. Please provide an update on the status of this process and if it is reflected in the budget and proposed fee schedule?
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Posted |
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| 213 |
Transportation Public Works |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
Please provide a multi-year funding history for the Neighborhood Partnering Program and include a break out of capital vs operating expenses. Additionally please provide how much of the program expenses were funded by bond proceeds and how much was funded by the general fund.
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Posted |
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| 214 |
Fire |
Duchen |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
At the proposed rate of $8.3 million, what will the expected rate of deploying 3-person apparatuses be? Any differential in Fri-Sun and Mon-Thur. What would those numbers be if that rate were cut in half?
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Posted |
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| 215 |
Parks and Recreation |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 7/31/2025
How much revenue is currently generated by each tier for the Special Event Ticket Fee?
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Posted |
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| 216 |
Parks and Recreation |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 8/1/2025
Please provide scenarios showing how service levels for PARD's senior transportation program would change if funding is allocated for only 4, 5, or 6 temporary drivers.
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Posted |
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| 217 |
Watershed Protection |
Fuentes |
2026
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Received: 8/1/2025
What is the ongoing funding required to maintain the Flood Insurance program?
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Posted |
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| 218 |
Fire |
Duchen |
2026
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Received: 8/4/2025
How would department operations be impacted by the proposed 3 person staffing on Engines and what impact would it have on the department's adherence to national standards?
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Posted |
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| 219 |
Budget and Organizational Excellence |
Duchen |
2026
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Received: 8/4/2025
Since the 2023 city budget (with inflation added) the budget has increased almost $1000 per person in Austin. Where has that increased budget been flowing? Can staff produce a chart like this one in the Houston Chronicle: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/houston-budget-cuts-department/
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Posted |
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| 220 |
Development Services |
Alter, R |
2026
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Received: 8/4/2025
Council passed Resolution 20240814-029 during last year’s budget which allocated funds for tree planting programs and asked the Manager to evaluate tree planting projects at Guerrero, Zilker, and Grand Meadow parks as well as the Onion Creek All Abilities Project. Based on an April 1, 2025 Memo to Mayor & Council, the scopes of work were in the early planning stages. Please provide current planning estimates for these tree planting projects and proposed funding sources.
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Posted |
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| 221 |
Parks and Recreation/Police |
Vela |
2026
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Received: 8/4/2025
For each of the public safety camera placements in D4, what are the performance measures? What has the camera placement accomplished? What are the identified actions to be taken to eliminate a future need for a camera at that location? Does the proposed budget include necessary funding for those actions? If not, what additional funding would be needed? When will the camera be removed from the location? Could that removal be accomplished sooner with additional funding or policy changes? If so, what is the needed funding or change?
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Posted |
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| 222 |
Human Resources |
Qadri |
2026
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Received: 8/4/2025
What is the cost of a 4% increase across-the-board to be capped at $5,000 at a base salary of $125,000? How many employees above $125,000 will be impacted, the same scenario for $150,000 and above, and $200,000 and above base wage amount?
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