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[CALL TO ORDER]
IT'S 3:30 PM ON JULY 30TH, 2025.AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FOR A SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ARE MEETING AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHICH IS, UH, WHERE CITY HALL IS LOCATED.
AND WE'RE MEETING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, MEMBERS, I, I JUST, I'LL SAY THIS AND I MAY REPEAT IT, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER.
HEY, UM, AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE, UH, AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE PRESENT.
UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE TAKING ANY ACTION TODAY, BUT THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS MEETING IS BECAUSE WE WERE, UH, TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE, AND WE DO IN FACT HAVE THE FINAL TAX ROLL.
AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL STAFF TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OF THOSE TAX ROLES AND WHAT THAT DOES, UH, IF YOU WILL, TO THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND AS WE'RE DOING THAT, AS PART OF OUR EFFORT AT TRANSPARENCY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, UH, SO WE'LL GET A, WE'LL GET A REPORT ON THAT.
AND THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE IMPORTANT AS WE PLAY THE ROLE THAT WE, AS AN AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE PLAY IN ANY RECOMMENDATION WE MIGHT MAKE FOR, UH, A TRE TO THE FULL COUNCIL UNDER THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED.
UM, AND OF COURSE, TOMORROW WILL BE WHEN THE COUNCIL WILL BE SETTING THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH.
UH, AND THAT WILL BE WHEN WE WILL TAKE UP AND, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE ANY ACTION, THAT IS WHEN WE WILL TAKE ACTION WITH REGARD TO A RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE TRE.
IT'S PURPOSEFUL THAT WE HAVE WAITED UNTIL THAT POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT MEANS WE'VE ALLOWED ALL THE PRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE TO COUNCIL AT OUR WORK SESSIONS.
WE'VE ALLOWED COUNCIL TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS THEY WANTED TO HAVE.
AND OF COURSE, TOMORROW WE WILL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM.
AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THAT TOMORROW.
SO, UH, BEFORE WE AS A COMMITTEE CERTIFY ANY OF THE ITEMS, WE WILL HAVE THEN BEEN ABLE TO HAVE COLLECTED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, UH, WHICH IS, I THINK IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DO THIS.
[Public Communication: General]
DO TODAY IS WE WILL HAVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF WITH REGARD TO THE ROLES AND, UM, DISCUSS, UH, HOW THAT IMPACTS DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL CALL OUR THREE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, AND I WOULD ASK ALL THREE IF YOU'RE HERE TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ENOVIA JOSEPH, COURTNEY JONES, AND LINDSEY HARVEY.
MEMBERS, UM, ENOVIA JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AS IT RELATED TO AN AUDIT THAT THE CITY DID AS IT RELATED TO OUR SENIOR FACILITIES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE IT'S BEEN 33 YEARS THAT THE SENIOR CITIZENS OVER AT THE GUS GARCIA RECREATION CENTER HAVE BEEN DENIED ANY TYPE OF BUILDING OR FACILITY THERE.
YOU HAVE ACTUALLY INVESTED $2.2 MILLION IN SOUTH AUSTIN, $2.1 MILLION IN, UH, CONLEY GUERRERO, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO INVEST IN THEM AS WELL.
I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN I MENTION NORTH OF US 180 3, YOU WILL SEE THE DARK GREEN AREA.
THAT IS WHERE THE AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS PRIMARILY LIVE.
AND THAT IS THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN DISINVESTED IN.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOUTH OF US 180 3, WHERE THE, AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE CENTERS ARE.
THERE ARE THREE TOTAL IN THE CITY.
SO IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO ASK THESE SENIOR CITIZENS TO WAIT UNTIL THE 2026 BOND.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS THE AUDIT THAT WAS DONE IN 2022, YET INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN OUR SENIORS, THAT WAS YET ANOTHER STUDY.
THEY COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY 183 COMMENTS.
AND CORTEZ CONSULTING WILL TELL YOU ONCE AGAIN, WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED, THE SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE, MAYOR, THIS IS A PICTURE I TOOK WALKING HERE TODAY.
YOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH RESOURCES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE, NOT NECESSARILY TO PUT MORE MONEY, BUT AS A SOLUTION TO CREATE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AU BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY'RE CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS AND THEY HAVE PORTABLES.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU ON THE 49 ACRES OVER AT GUS GARCIA RECREATION CENTER TO SIMPLY GET TWO PORTABLES AS A TEMPORARY
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SOLUTION SO THAT OUR SENIORS HAVE THE SPACE OF THEIR OWN.I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS PICTURE, BECAUSE IT IS DISINGENUOUS FOR THE POLICE TO SAY THAT THEY ARE MORE IN NEED.
I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT WE SEE WHERE OUR RESOURCES ARE GOING.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLACE A MORATORIUM ON INCREASING THE POLICE BUDGET AND TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE FUNDING IS BEING SPENT ON.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR SENIORS DID ASK FOR WAS THE PORTABLE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS OVER AT GUS GARCIA, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM DOBY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS A FAILING SCHOOL, IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE THE FIRST PROGRAMMING TO BE CUT.
THERE'S ALSO A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AUDIT THAT WAS DONE.
I CAN BRING THAT TO YOU TOMORROW, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE SOLUTION IS REAL.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST THROUGH YOUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT, PARTNER WITH A ISD AND NOT SPEND MORE MONEY, BUT TO RE UTILIZE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GO TO ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
LINDSEY HARVEY, LINDSEY HARVEY MEMBERS.
THOSE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE AUDIT FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, WE WILL,
[1. Recommendation of a tax rate election and certifying conditions for the election.]
UH, TURN TO OUR FINANCIAL STAFF, UH, FOR AN UPDATE BASED UPON THE, UH, TAX ROLL.AND, UM, AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO PRESENT TO US, UH, BECAUSE AS, AS HAS BEEN INDICATED, TOMORROW THE COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON ESTABLISHING A, OR DECLARING IS THE, THE APPROPRIATE WORD, DECLARING A MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
AND, UH, THEY WILL ALSO PRESENT TO US, UH, WHAT THE, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FINAL ROLES, WHAT THE TAXPAYER IMPACTS ARE OF VARIOUS LEVELS OF THE TRE OF A, OF A TRE BASED UPON WHAT WE ASK IN TERMS OF ALTERNATIVES.
SO WITH THAT, MS. LANG, UH, I'M LOOKING AT YOU.
HEY THERE, MARY AND COUNCIL CARRIE LANG, UH, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ERIC NELSON, WHO WILL WALK US THROUGH THE SLIDES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. NELSON.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, WE'VE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FROM TRAVIS WILLIAMSON AND HAYES CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.
AND AS OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WE'VE COMPLETED CALCULATION OF THE OFFICIAL VOTER APPROVAL PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
UH, THIS RATE WAS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE PROJECTED RATE WE HAD INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, WE'VE ALSO RECALCULATED THE TYPICAL HOMEOWNER VALUE AS OF THE CERTIFIED ROLE, AND THIS WAS ALSO LOWER THAN THE PROJECTED VALUE, UH, DUE TO SUCCESSFUL PROTESTS BY HOMEOWNERS.
SO AS A RESULT OF THESE TWO FACTORS, THE PROPERTY TAX IMPACT TO OUR TYPICAL HOMEOWNER IN FY 26 AT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS NOW AN INCREASE OF $8 AND 68 CENTS PER MONTH, OR 5.3%.
AND MAY I INTERRUPT YOU? OF COURSE.
AND, AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHAT YOU HAD IN THE ORIGINAL? UH, WE WERE AT 7.9%.
SO, SO CONSIDERABLY BETTER LOWER INCREASE.
GIVE ME THE, THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
HERE'S PART OF WHAT I'M AFTER ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS OUT THERE THAT'S, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO, MEMBERS, I'M SORRY TO HAVE INTERRUPTED.
SO AS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND IN THE TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT, WE WERE PROJECTING AN INCREASE OF $12 AND 90 CENTS PER MONTH, WHICH WAS A 7.9% INCREASE.
AND BASED ON THE OFFICIAL ROLE AND THE OFFICIAL VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WE WERE SHOWING, UH, AN $8 AND 68 CENTS PER MONTH OR 5.3% INCREASE.
SO A DIFFERENCE OF $4 AND 22 CENTS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET AN ANNUAL, WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU MULTIPLY 8.68 TIMES 12 AND THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE ANNUAL CORRECT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THOSE NUMBERS OUT THERE.
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PARDON ME.AND THE TOTAL INCREASE, INCLUDING OUR BASKET OF RATES AND FEES, UH, PAID BY THE TYPICAL HOMEOWNER, WOULD NOW BE AN INCREASE OF $18 AND 13 CENTS PER MONTH, UH, WHICH IS GROWTH OF 4% AS OPPOSED TO $22 AND 35 CENTS OR 4.9% AS WAS PROJECTED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
18.13 PER MONTH, INCLUDING FOR THE TYPICAL RATE PAYER AND TAXPAYER? CORRECT.
UH, SO WE PRESENTED THIS TABLE, UH, IN LAST WEEK'S PRESENTATION, AND WE'VE UPDATED THAT NOW TO REFLECT THE CERTIFIED ROLE AND THE OFFICIAL PROPERTY TAX RATE CALCULATIONS.
UH, THE OFFICIAL VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 0.52388 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE.
UH, THE CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX ROLE CAME IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN HAD BEEN ESTIMATED BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, AND THIS MEANS THAT EACH PENNY OF ADDITIONAL TAX RATE WOULD GENERATE $21.9 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND AS OPPOSED TO THE 21.6 MILLION WE HAD BEEN PROJECTING.
WE'VE ALSO UPDATED THE TABLE WITH THE RATE AND REVENUE IMPACTS AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF TAX INCREASE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH PENNY IS STILL REPRESENTING ABOUT A 2.5 OR 2.6% ADDITIONAL INCREASE ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE M AND O RATE.
WE'VE ALSO UPDATED THE IMPACT TO OUR TYPICAL HOMEOWNER BASED ON THE CERTIFIED ROLE.
SO AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCTION IN THE TYPICAL HOME VALUE VERSUS THE PROPOSED BUDGET, EACH PENNY INCREASE WOULD NOW IMPACT THIS HOMEOWNER A BIT LESS THAN WE WERE PREVIOUSLY PROJECTING, UH, EACH PENNY IS NOW ABOUT $3 AND 30 CENTS, UM, PER MONTH, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, I BELIEVE $3 AND 36 CENTS, WHICH WE WERE PROJECTING.
AND THAT'S MY BRIEF UPDATE, BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, MEMBERS QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOT A FEW, IF Y'ALL DON'T, UM, THANK YOU MR. NELSON.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST FOR PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY AND TO GET THE, THE NUMBERS OUT THERE, USING THE NOW CERTIFIED TAX ROLL, THE PROPOSED BASE BUDGET OF THE CITY MANAGER WOULD INCREASE, WOULD, WOULD INCREASE TAXES $18 AND 13 CENTS A MONTH, TRANSLATING INTO A AN ANNUAL TAX BILL OF 207, UH, AN ANNUAL BILL INCREASE.
WHEN YOU PUT, ADD IT TO THE RATES AND THE TAXES THAT ARE IN THAT, THAT, UH, BASE PROPOSAL OF $217 AND 56 CENTS.
IS THAT RIGHT? I, YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
THE ONLY THING I POINT OUT IS THAT WE WILL GET A LITTLE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AT THIS RATE, WHICH WE DETAILED IN OUR MEMO, RIGHT.
AND WE WOULD'VE A STAFF AMENDMENT TO ALLOCATE IT.
SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
BUT WITH THAT CAVEAT, I, WELL, I, IF WE'RE TALKING TO THE TAXPAYER AND WE'RE SAYING TAXPAYER AND RATE PAYER, AND WE HAVE A BASE BUDGET, AND, AND IF, AND IF, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO JUST PASS THE PROPOSED BASE BUDGET, I'M TRYING TO TELL THE TAXPAYER AND RATE PAYERS WHAT THAT PROPOSED BASE BUDGET WOULD DO TO THEIR ANNUAL BILL.
SO WE WOULD THE PROPOSED BASED BUDGET WITH THE AMENDMENT TO SPEND THE ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION THAT WOULD BE GENERATED AT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THIS WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF THAT.
AND SO THE NUMBER WOULD BE, WOULD IT BE $217 AND 56 CENTS A YEAR? YES.
SO, AND THE WAY THE LAW IS SET UP AND, AND JUST, AND AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THINGS.
THE WAY THE LAW IS SET UP IS IF THE COUNCIL VOTES FOR A BUDGET THAT INCREASES REVENUE BY ANY AMOUNT ABOVE THE BASE BUDGET.
'CAUSE THE BASE BUDGET GOES TO THE CAP TO THE LIMIT.
IF WE DO ANYTHING ABOVE THAT, IT TRIGGERS WHAT'S CALLED A TAX RATE ELECTION.
AND WHAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO US IN THIS EXHIBIT IS IF WE GO UP ONE PENNY THAT WOULD INCREASE THE ANNUAL TAX BILL.
SO YOU COULD ADD TO THE BY $39 AND 58 CENTS.
SO WHAT SOMEONE SHOULD DO, IF THEY
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WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO THEIR TAX BILL, IS THEY SHOULD TAKE TWO, DO $217 AND 56 CENTS, AND ADD $39 AND 58 CENTS IF THERE'S A 1 CENT INCREASE.NO, THAT'S NOT HE JUST SAID CORRECT.
I'M SORRY, BECAUSE HIS TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN FIFTY SIX, THE OTHER, THE TOTAL BILL, THAT'S THE TOTAL BILL.
I'M SORRY, DID I SAY TAXES? YOU, I'M SORRY.
THE TOTAL BILL IS WHAT I'M AFTER.
IF WE WE'RE PASSING A BUDGET AND IN THAT BUDGET, THERE WILL BE A TOTAL BILL, MAKE SURE NO, YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT BECAUSE I, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE IS GET THE CLARITY.
SO IF I SCREWED IT UP, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GONNA PASS A BUDGET AND IN THAT BUDGET, IF WE JUST PASS THE BASE, PROPOSED THE PROPOSED BASE BUDGET, THE TOTAL INCREASE IN FEES, RATES AND TAXES IS $217 AND 56 CENTS A YEAR FOR THE TYPICAL RATE PAYER AND TAXPAYER.
IF THE COUNCIL VOTES TO HAVE A TAX RATE ELECTION, AND THE VOTERS WERE TO APPROVE THAT AT ONE PENNY, INCREASING THE TAXES BY AN ADDITIONAL PENNY, THEN THE TOTAL COST OF THAT BUDGET TO THE TYPICAL RATE PAYER AND TAXPAYER WOULD BE $217 AND 56 CENTS, PLUS $39 AND 58 CENTS.
AND THEN THE WAY TO DO THAT, BASED UPON WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS FOR EVERY ADDITIONAL PENNY, YOU WOULD JUST ADD THAT TO THE $217 AND 56 CENTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO FOR EXAMPLE, AND I'M JUST PICKING NUMBERS HERE, AT FIVE PENNIES, YOU WOULD ADD 197.92 TO $217 AND 56 CENTS, AND AT EIGHT PENNIES YOU WOULD ADD $316 AND 67 CENTS.
MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO GET ALL THAT OUT THERE SO THAT WE, WE HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THIS.
UH, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, THEN LET ME DO TWO THINGS.
ONE IS, AGAIN, I'LL SAY TOMORROW THE COUNCIL IS GONNA SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER IN A BUDGET.
AND I'VE SAID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT I'M, I PROMISED I WAS GONNA SAY IT EVERY CHANCE I GOT, SO I'M GONNA LIVE UP TO MY PROMISE.
UM, THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE IS A PART OF THE STATE'S, UH, SO-CALLED TRUTH AND TAXATION PROCESS IN WHICH THE CITY'S GOVERNING BODY PUBLICLY DECLARES WHAT THE MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATE IS, THAT IT WILL CONSIDER THAT THE GOVERNING BODY WILL CONSIDER FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.
STATE LAW REQUIRES THIS POTENTIAL TAX RATE BE DECLARED BY A VOTE OF THE GOVERNING BODY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
NOW, HISTORICALLY AND TRADITIONALLY, THE CITY HAS SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE AT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THE RATE THAT HAS BEEN USED BY THE CITY MANAGER IN THE PROPOSED BASE BUDGET.
IF THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY WANTS TO CONSIDER A TAX RATE ELECTION THAT WOULD GO ABOVE IT, ABOVE THAT, THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THEN WE HAVE TO SET THE MAX.
WE HAVE TO DECLARE THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF GREATER THAN THAT AMOUNT.
AS I'VE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL SET A MAXIMUM TAX RATE TOMORROW SO THAT WE WILL NOT PRECLUDE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A THOROUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT DO AT HIGHER THAN THE, THE, THE RATE USED BY THE CITY MANAGER IN THE BUDGET.
AND ARGUABLY, POTENTIALLY, PROBABLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE IN THE BUDGET, UH, REGARDLESS.
BUT I, SO THE REASON I KEEP SAYING THIS, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN TOMORROW, IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO JUMP TO A CONCLUSION THAT THE COUNCIL IS ALREADY SAYING EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO.
THIS IS BEING DONE TO ALLOW A THOROUGH DISCUSSION, WHICH I THINK IS AN OBLIGATION O OF THE COUNCIL IN THAT REGARD.
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TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A MEETING THAT BEGINS AT NINE O'CLOCK, WHICH WILL BE A WORK SESSION TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENT AND DISCUSSION.AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THREE O'CLOCK.
IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME AGENDA.
SO IF PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK, THEY NEED TO SIGN UP AS THOUGH THEY'RE SIGNING UP ON THAT ONE AGENDA ON MONDAY, AUGUST 4TH.
THAT IS THE DATE THAT WE ARE SETTING, UH, TO FILE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FILE AND MAYOR TO FILE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND BUDGET IFCS BY SIX O'CLOCK.
WE'VE NOT YET DECIDED WHETHER WE NEED ANOTHER WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 5TH.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, WE WILL SET THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AT 10 O'CLOCK.
IF WE HAVE DECIDE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING OF THE, ANOTHER WORK SESSION OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, WE WILL SET THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING FOR DIRECTLY AFTER THAT.
UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S AUGUST 5TH.
IF WE DO THAT, AUGUST 7TH, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WORK SESSION, IT'LL BE AT NINE O'CLOCK.
THE PURPOSE OF THAT WORK SESSION WILL BE TO HAVE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PUBLICLY LAY OUT WHERE THEY ARE WITH REGARD TO AMENDMENTS AND PROPOSED IFCS, THAT SORT OF THING, WHICH IS ALWAYS, THAT'S REALLY WORKED WELL FOR US IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND THEN AUGUST 13TH, AUGUST 14TH AND AUGUST 15TH, WERE SCHEDULED FOR ALL THREE DAYS IN CASE WHAT WE, WE NEED THREE DAYS TO PASS THE BUDGET ON THREE SEPARATE DAYS.
UH, WE MAY NOT NEED ALL THOSE DAYS, BUT WE MIGHT.
UH, AMERIPRO TEMP, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR LAYING OUT THE TIMELINE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
COLLEAGUES IN THE AREA THAT I'M INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING AT WHAT POINT WE CAN WORK THIS IN EITHER IN THE THURSDAY WORK SESSION OR PERHAPS THE TUESDAY, IS I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A FOCUSED CONVERSATION ON THE TRE ALTERNATIVES, A TIME AND SPACE FOR US TO GO THROUGH, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, 1 CENT, 2 CENT, 3 CENT, ET CETERA, PREPARED BY STAFF, MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY, WHAT STAFF HAS PROPOSED.
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY DUG INTO THE TRE SCENARIOS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD BRIEFINGS AND UPDATES FROM DEPARTMENTAL LEADERS AND FROM OUR BUDGET LEADERS, BUT IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A FOCUSED CONVERSATION ON THE TIER E SCENARIOS, I BELIEVE, I REALLY THINK WE NEED THAT.
AND WHETHER IT HAPPENS THURSDAY OR ON TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GOOD.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A, A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA LOOK AT OUR STAFF, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM, AS I ASK THIS QUESTION TO SEE WHAT SORT OF REACTION I GET FROM THEM.
MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT WE DO THAT NEXT TUESDAY, THAT, THAT BE, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF THAT DAY THAT WAS SET ASIDE, WHICH WILL GIVE THEM MORE TIME THAN JUST SPRINGING IT ON 'EM AND ASKING 'EM TO DO IT TOMORROW.
UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE FOR TOMORROW.
WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU? YES.
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT, YEAH.
UH, AND JUST TO, UH, CLARIFY, SO TUESDAY, UH, POTENTIAL DISCUSSION OF THE TRE SCENARIOS, KIND OF GOING AGAIN, PRESUMABLY PENNY BY PENNY, SEEING LIKE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T FUND AT, AT THIS LEVEL AND THAT LEVEL.
UH, AND THEN THURSDAY, UH, GOING THROUGH, UH, LAYING OUT INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS.
WAS THAT THE THURSDAY, UH, UH, CALENDAR? YES.
YEAH, THAT'S, AND I DON'T WANNA INTERFERE WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS WORKED WELL FOR US, WHERE WE'VE JUST CONCENTRATED ON THAT.
UH, THAT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE SCHEDULE FOR, UH, NEXT WEEK.
AND I THINK THAT THAT LEADS US INTO A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.
MAYOR PERAM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? MS. LANG? ARE YOU PUNCHING THAT BUTTON? 'CAUSE YOU WANNA TALK? I WAS ACTUALLY TURNING IT OFF.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD THOUGH? NO.
STAFF WILL BE PREPARED FOR, UH, A TUESDAY, UH, CONVERSATION ON THE, THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS FOR THE TAX ELECTION.
I THINK THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, ALL ANYTHING ELSE, ANYBODY? OKAY.
I, UM, I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET THE, THE, THE ROLES OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC THIS WAY.
UM, THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ADJOURNED AT 3:55 PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.