City of Austin Council Message Board

Council Member:

Be well. Thanks for your service and passion. My staff and I are here for you and our shared constituents. We're lifting you up.

Kirk

Posted on behalf of Mayor Watson

Council: Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you would like to be r...

Council: Here is my proposed schedule for our Council Work Session tomorrow. We’ll begin with an Executive Session on item 99. Following the Executive Session, we’ll take up items pulled for discussion. Currently items 55, 99, 101, 102 and 103 have been pulled. Following discussion on pulled items, ...

Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you would like to be r...

Council: Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We’ll start with public comment on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you ...

Council Members: As you know, the City Charter and Texas law gives authority to the mayor to declare a disaster under certain circumstances. In consultation with our professional staff, I have exercised my authority to make such a declaration related to wildfires and potential wildfires. A copy of t...

Council Members: First, thanks for all of the hard work to get us to this point with the budget. It’s been a very collaborative process with lots of transparency and good discussion. Nice work. I want to let you all know how I propose addressing the agenda tomorrow. After calling us to order at 10:0...

Council Members, Thanks to all of you for your efforts during this budget process. I want to let you know how I see tomorrow going. We’ll start by having the City Manager and his staff give a revenue update. He will also provide some guidance on how amendments will best fit into the overall budget. ...

Council, Thank you for a productive Budget Work Session. I wanted to recap our discussion on the remaining Budget Work Sessions. Thursday, August 3rd – Cancelled Friday, August 4th: Our goal is to have all Council Budget Questions submitted by 6:00 pm. We know that we will need to be flexible as add...

Council, Thank you for a productive Budget Work Session last week. Our next Budget Work Session is scheduled tomorrow, August 1st at 10am. Here is my proposed plan for the Work Session. We will begin promptly at 10am and hear a presentation on the FY24 Budget. Following the presentation there will b...

Council, Here is the proposed schedule for our Budget Work Session tomorrow, July 26th. We will begin promptly at 10am and we will conduct the community input session and receive public comment on the proposed FY24 Budget. We will then hear a presentation on the FY24 Budget from staff. This presenta...

Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you wo...

Per our discussion during the Council Budget Work Session on July 19th, please see link below to Council Budget Questions document.

https://services.austintexas.gov/budget/cbq/index.cfm

Thanks,
Kirk

Posted on behalf of Mayor Watson

Council, I am pleased to share that the RFQ for the City Manager Search Firm was released today by the City Procurement office. The City Manager Search Committee will meet to discuss proposals and conduct interviews with respondents in late August and early September. The City Manager Search Committ...

Council, Our Council Work Session is set for tomorrow, Tuesday, July 18th, at 9am in Council Chambers. We will begin with the briefing on the update on Council Resolution No. 20230608-083 regarding shelter capacity and navigation services. Following the briefing and discussion, we will take up any p...

Council,

Please note that we made an error in our previous message board post regarding Council Work Session schedule for the FY24 Budget.

The Budget Work Session scheduled for July 19th is set to begin at 9am in Council Chambers.

Thank you,
Kirk

Posted on behalf of Mayor Watson

Council Members: This morning, I consulted with the City Manager and we agreed the City needs to suspend the DPS partnership because of serious activity in the last few days that doesn’t correspond with Austin’s values. This statement has been released. https://mailchi.mp/austintexas.gov/city-of-aus...

Council, I want to thank the Budget Office for holding FY24 Budget training sessions with our offices. Now that those sessions are complete, I thought I would review the proposed FY24 Budget calendar and set out an outline for a process the Council can follow to accommodate our discussions, assure t...

Council Members: Attached please find a general timeline for the search for a permanent city manager. It is meant to be general to allow for flexibility. It sets a target for a new manager to start on September 1, 2024. The thinking is that the new manager starting on September 1 allows for the comp...

One last thing: tomorrow is when we draw for new seats on the dais and we will do this at the top of the meeting.

On behalf of Mayor Watson

Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you wo...

Council, Thank you all for having a robust and productive conversation at yesterday’s work session meeting about addressing our housing emergency. This issue is clearly a top priority for all of us, and I hope that we continue to find ways to work together to foster affordability across Austin. To t...

Council Members: As I promised, I am taking the steps to begin the search process for a permanent city manager. I committed that we would start in the June/July timeframe. I have asked Mayor Pro Tem Ellis and Council Members Pool, Vela and Fuentes to serve as a sub quorum/committee to help with the ...

Council, Here is my proposed plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent and non-consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you wo...

Council, Below is my proposed plan for our Council Work Session on May 30, 2023. We have three items related to Project Connect on the Work Session agenda. I would like to take these items up together. After calling the meeting to order, we will go into Executive Session. Following Executive Session...