City Manager Presents $4.5 Billion City Budget

2021-22 FY proposal earmarks funds for police, parks, homelessness response

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk has proposed a $4.5 billion budget for the city of Austin's 2021-22 fiscal year that..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...A as Council considers City Manager Spencer Cronk's proposed fiscal year 2021 budget. The events of early June could..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Makes Last-Minute Changes to $4.5 Billion Budget Plan

A budget is born

"...was deep into its deliberations on amendments to Austin's budget for fiscal year 2022. As is customary with budget..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020

Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather

"...unanimously on Monday night (June 17) a $1.6 billion budget for the 2019-20 school and fiscal year. The budget..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget

Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?

"...their CEO, City Manager Spencer Cronk, presented his proposed fiscal year 2023 budget, a $5 billion spending plan for..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Ten Defining Moments of Austin's Intense Year of Police-Community Conflict

We Fought the Law

"...man was armed and dangerous. This latest in a years-long string of controversial officer-involved shootings raised the temperature of..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

“Reimagining” APD and Its Huge Budget Starts Now

City Council and the city manager try to move away from policing, but is it enough?

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk wants his proposed police budget to be viewed as a starting point. His fiscal..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

FY21 Budget Passes Unanimously With Big Cuts to Austin Police Funding

Council members celebrate first step, but acknowledge hard work ahead

"...City Council voted unanimously Thursday morning, in adopting the Fiscal Year 2021 city budget, to immediately cut about $20..."

Aug. 13, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: A Balanced Budget, Without Much Drama

But many hours of deliberation over two days on the dais

"...Thursday night (Aug. 12) to adopt a $4.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2022...."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Here's How Austin's Last-Minute City Budget Battles Played Out

How advocates' calls for action were and weren't answered

"...the day City Council was set to approve a budget for fiscal year 2023-24, much of the $5.5 billion..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

With Session Over, AISD to Wrap Up Budget

Employee compensation still at issue in upcoming spending plan

"...of Trustees on Monday, June 3, held its first budget discussion following passage of the Texas Legislature's $6.5 billion..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Poised to Enact First APD Reforms and Budget Cuts

Change begins now

"...calls for a reduction in APD funding in the fiscal 2021 budget. That includes reallocating funds for unfilled sworn..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New AISD Budget Leans Into Boosting Enrollment

The school district is nervously eyeing the numbers looking for signs of recovery

"...Austin ISD Board of Trustees approved a $1.78 billion budget for the 2021-22 school year, including bonuses for most..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Q&A With City Manager Spencer Cronk

In his first sit-down interview with the Chronicle, Austin's CM discusses public safety, the budget, and next steps

"...for his first Chron­icle interview. We discussed Cronk's proposed fiscal year 2021 budget, reimagining public safety, the impact of..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

$291 Million Plan to Provide Health Care for Travis County Residents

Central Health's budget to serve nearly 200,000 residents

"...With past years' political fevers behind them and having been spared the..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Everything’s a Priority Now

Council lines up its asks as a boom-time budget season nears its liturgical climax

"...longer than usual for the haggling phase of the fiscal year 2023 budget season to begin in earnest, but..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...with the Austin Police Department washed over the city's budget deliberations, the big question was: How low can APD..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...22, SXSW Online will be part of the Fest's 2021 programming. Running March 16-20, the digital experience will feature..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature

Council Preview: City Finds $15 Million to Help Struggling Businesses

Three programs designed to assist economic sectors forced to close early in the pandemic

"...becoming unsustainable for small businesses. It was just one year ago that Council established the Live Music Fund, allocating..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council Mulls Future Events, as Venues Cry for Help Now

Convention Center expansion, money for local businesses, and more Council items

"...industry may even look like over the next 5-10 years. Two of these items are to keep paying the..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Travis County Will Open Drive-Through Ballot Drop-Offs Beginning Oct. 1

Travis County voters will be able to hand-deliver their mail ballots at three Central Austin locations

"...$660,000 be added to its funding in the county's fiscal year 2021 budget, which the commissioners are set to..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Budget Talks Ongoing: City Council is set to adopt the..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature

Reports Challenge "Fear-Based" Model for Training APD Cadets

Police Academy zero

"...million in savings that City Manager Spencer Cronk's draft fiscal year 2021 budget redirects from APD. That timeline would..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Chronicle Endorsements for the November General Election

Our picks for the local, state, and national races you'll see on your ballot

"...There aren't such choices on your ballot this year – there are, sadly, some unopposed candidates who should..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

City, Cap Metro to Seal the Deal on Project Connect

Now the voters need to agree

"...officially call that tax ratification election, along with the fiscal year 2021 budget that includes the higher tax rate,..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: Undoing Austin’s White Supremacist Legacy

A Juneteenth holiday, renamings, alcohol rules among changes

"...founded in 1839. “The city of Austin turns 181 years old this year,” Harper-Madison began. “It was founded by..."

July 31, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Consultants Lay Out Ways to Improve Homelessness Services

Report calls for more coordination, better tracking of outcomes

"...Cronk proposes $60 million for homelessness services in the fiscal year 2021 budget, a new consultant report presented to..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Chronicle Endorsements

December Run-Off Election

"...Department has (mis)handled sexual assault cases, and in the fiscal year 2021 budget, she secured funding for two new..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements

December Run-Off Election

"...Department has (mis)handled sexual assault cases, and in the fiscal year 2021 budget, she secured funding for two new..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature

Council Forum Covers “R.E.A.L. Solutions” to Gentrification and Displacement, Affordable Housing, and Public Safety

Candidates commit to addressing racial justice and equity

"...funds toward health and social service programs in the fiscal year 2021 budget, the five Council seats on the..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Lilli Hime

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