Action taken by the City Council during the meeting of: Thursday, July 30, 2026
All the information on this page is tentative and subject to change without notice.
Details of Council's votes are not captured below but will be incorporated in the minutes approved by the City Council at a subsequent Council Meeting and posted to the web.
Details of Council's votes are not captured below but will be incorporated in the minutes approved by the City Council at a subsequent Council Meeting and posted to the web.
Budget and Organizational Excellence
1.
Presentation and discussion of the City Manager’s Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Proposed Budget.
Conducted
Conducted
2.
Approve a resolution adopting a maximum proposed property (ad valorem) tax rate that will include an increase for the operations and maintenance of the City for Fiscal Year 2026-2027; and setting a public hearing to receive and consider public comment on the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 property (ad valorem) tax rate (Suggested date, time, and location: August 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., Austin City Hall, 301 West Second Street, Austin, Texas). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact as it is not the final action to set the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 tax rate.
Approved
Public Hearings
Approved
3A.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
A) clarifying that the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is independent of Council control, allowing the ICRC to review City districts after changes to the City’s boundary lines, providing an effective date for the redistricting plan adopted by the ICRC, increasing the number of individuals in the pool of potential appointees to the ICRC, clarifying the method and timing of filling vacancies on the ICRC, and allowing City staff to communicate with the ICRC outside of a meeting;
Approved as amended
Approved as amended
3B.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
B) deleting language providing that the Council shall meet at least once each week;
Approved
Approved
3C.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
C) deleting language requiring the Council to determine its rules and order of business by ordinance;
Approved
Approved
3D.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
D) clarifying the meaning of the term “election” and to provide that the campaign contribution and expenditure limits shall be modified each year by January 1st instead of with the adoption of the budget;
Approved
Approved
3E.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
E) providing that initiative elections and petitioned charter amendment elections must be held on the next available November election date that occurs in an even-numbered year and that allows sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law;
Approved
Approved
3F.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
F) providing that a petition for an election to recall a Council Member other than the Mayor must contain valid signatures of at least 15% of the qualified voters of the respective Council district, instead of the current 10%, and clarifying that the affidavit on the recall petition must be signed by a petition circulator;
Failed
Failed
3G.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
G) providing that the Council appoints and removes the City Attorney;
Approved
Approved
3H.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
H) making the time frame for the automatic resignation provision for municipal court judges the same as that provided in the Texas Constitution for other officials;
Failed
Failed
3I.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
I) ensure that City financial practices are consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, reflect current practices for appropriations for department-level work programs;
Failed
Failed
3J.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
J) removing appointees and employees of the office of the City Auditor from the classified civil service;
Failed for lack of a motion
Failed for lack of a motion
3K.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
K) making non-substantive corrections of typographical errors, punctuation, and sentence structure, and to change or remove language that is moot or unenforceable because it has been superseded by state law or by a final court order;
Approved
Approved
3L.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
L) removing the restriction that officeholders must wait until after leaving office to solicit and accept political contributions to pay unpaid campaign expenses or to reimburse campaign expenditures made from personal funds and to impose contribution limits on such officeholders;
Failed for lack of a motion
Failed for lack of a motion
3M.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
M) requiring an independent affordability and efficiency initiative before any tax rate increase and requiring the independent contractor to identify annual and multi-year savings;
Approved
Approved
3N.
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election:
N) any other charter amendments proposed by the City Council or the public.
Failed for lack of a motion
Financial Services- Contracts
Failed for lack of a motion
4.
Authorize a contract for a comprehensive efficiency study of City departments for Austin City Auditor’s Office with Public Works LLC, for an initial term of three years with up to two 1-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $5,230,000. Funding: $200,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget of the Office of the City Auditor. Funding for the contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
Approved
3:00 PM - Public Hearings and Possible Actions
Approved
5.
Conduct a public hearing and take possible action on the proposed City of Austin Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending on September 30, 2027.
Public hearing conducted, budget adoption postponed to August 12, 2026
Public hearing conducted, budget adoption postponed to August 12, 2026
Adjourn
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