Council Member Houston's Budget Amendments

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Christopher Hutchins
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Council Member Houston's Budget Amendments

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These are Council Member Houston's Budget Amendments


Increases

Budget Amendment for the African American Quality of Life

Item 1.12 Arts, Culture and Entertainment
$150,000 Specific Cultural Contracts
$150,000 KAZI-FM
$300,000 African American Cultural Heritage District
Sub total $600,000

Item 1.13 Business & Economic Development
$1,000,000 Infrastructure Support for 12th Street Heritage Businesses
$200,000 Soul-y Austin Business Incubator Supplement
Sub total: $1,200,000

Item 1.14 Education & Employment
$100,000 Education & Employment Opportunities for Youth
$200,000 HRD Youth & Family Services Internships Opportunities and Staff
$ 75,000 Summer Youth Programs
$ 200,000 Employment Services for Formally Incarcerated Individuals
Subtotal: $575,000

Item 1.15 Health
$150,000 HIV-AIDS Support for African American Women HHSD Project
Subtotal: $150,000

Item 1.16 Neighborhood Sustainability
$ 75,000 1) NHCD staff to support citizens for corrective actions resulting from CODE
2) Information to homeowners regarding property tax relief
Subtotal: $ 75,000

Item 1.17 Police & Safety
$2,500,000 Support purchase of Body Cameras for APD
Subtotal: $2,500,000

Item 1.23 Colony Park Master Plan
$400,000 Funding for pre-development work to craft a scope of service prior to the request for qualifications
Subtotal: $400,000

Item 1.48 Police & Safety
$7,023,284 Funds for Body Cameras for APD, net of funding from SB 158 (assuming that 'One Time Funds' is representative of of the CIP fund which is $3,218,284)
Subtotal: $7,023,284


GRAND TOTAL: $12,523,284





Decreases

Item 2.24 Parks
$ 95,000 Eliminate funding for an executive director for the Zilker Botanical Gardens Conservancy

Item 2.25 Public Safety
$ 132,828 Remove funding in the Austin Fire Department for the Lieutenant position to replace the position assigned to the FBI Joint Task Force

Item 2.33 Eliminate the executive health/physical benefit which provides $500 per year in ancillary executive compensation
$ 10,000




Changes in Revenue

3.04 Reinstate temporary food permits fees for private sector commercial enterprises to FY15 recommended levels
$ 404,430


That's all, Folks!

- Council Member Ora Houston
Policy Aide
Office of Ora Houston, District 1