Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk will present the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Proposed Budget to City Council at 10 a.m., Friday, July 15, 2022.
The budget presentation will take place at Montopolis Recreation and Community Center in East Austin.
What: Proposed Budget Presentation to Mayor and Council
Main Speaker: Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk
When: 10 a.m. Friday, July 15, 2022
Where: Montopolis Recreation and Community Center, 1200 Montopolis Dr., Austin, TX 78741
Media wishing to attend in person should RSVP to media@austintexas.gov by noon, Thursday July 14.
Ways to watch:
- On the web at ATXN.TV, ATXN 1 & ATXN 3 (Spanish)
- Streaming with the ATXN app on AppleTV, Roku, Amazon Firestick and Google Play
- Spanish simulcast on ATXN 3
- On cable television (ATXN 1 only) in Austin on Spectrum channel 6 and on Astound Broadband Powered by Grande channel 6.
Here are the ways to access the video feed:
- Livestream feed ATXN 1: www.austintexas.gov/page/
watch-atxn-live - Livestream feed ATXN 3 (Spanish-language Simulcast): http://media.
swagit.com/austintx/atxn3/
The weeks following the presentation will provide time for public input and budget work sessions. City Council will have the opportunity to review and may initiate amendments to the Proposed Budget, before final adoption, which is scheduled to begin on August 17. Fiscal Year 2022-23 will begin on October 1, 2022.
The budget adoption timeline:
July 15 City Manager's Proposed Budget Presentation to Council
July 27 First Community Budget Input Meeting
August 2 Second Community Budget Input Meeting
August 9 Council Budget Work Session
August 11 Council Budget Work Session
August 17 Budget and Tax Rate Adoption by Council
The budget process includes significant public input, financial forecasting, strategic planning, analysis of performance data, organizational changes, Council policy input, fee setting, program development and implementation, and multitude legal requirements pertaining to public hearing noticing, setting of the tax rate and adoption of the budget by the City Council.
For more information about the City's Budget development process go to AustinTexas.gov/Budget.
