Votes · budgets · follow-through

A record, not a scorecard

What Austin's Council voted on, what was only proposed, and what happened afterward.

Live budget cycle

What Council is deciding now

The City Manager has proposed a $6.6 billion FY 2026–27 budget and a $0.57953 property-tax rate. On July 30, Council approved a maximum proposed rate for notice and hearing purposes—not the final rate—and postponed final budget action to August 12.

$0.57953
Proposed City rate per $100 taxable value
Aug. 12–14
Scheduled budget adoption window
$5.23M
Maximum efficiency-study contract value, subject to future funding
Vote-detail rule: action notes establish that an item passed, but individual votes are not assigned until the official minutes or vote record supports them.

Three records kept separately

Council votes

Member-by-member records with the exact item and source.

Budget cycle

Proposal, amendments, hearings, adoption, and later performance.

Election archive

The certified Proposition Q outcome and amended budget.

Current chronology

July 16, 2026

Manager presents proposed budget

$6.6 billion, with a proposed $0.57953 City property-tax rate.

July 30

Council advances rate notice and oversight items

The maximum proposed rate advanced; Council also approved an efficiency-study contract and a November charter item concerning an affordability and efficiency initiative before tax-rate increases.

August 12–14

Final decisions scheduled

The tracker will add amendments, individual votes, and adopted figures after official records are available.