Austin City Hall Week in Review (Week of January 27th, 2025)

🟪 Austin’s Future: Priorities from Mayor Kirk Watson

• Highlights from Texas Tribune’s “Austin’s Future: Priorities from Mayor Kirk Watson)

• Video Link (1hr 4 min)

🟪 Austin City Council Meeting Recap (January 30, 2025)

• See all Council Actions taken here.

🟪 City Memos

• Update: President Trump Executive Orders / Pause on Federal Grants, Loans and Disbursements (1.30.2025)

• Fiscal Year (FY) 26 Congressional Community Project Funding Requests Federal Legislative Update (1.27.2025)

• Organizational changes including the creation of the Office of Budget and Organizational Excellence and executive team appointments.

🟪 Updated List of Council Committees and Appointments -> View the latest proposed list (1.25.2025) here. Below find the proposed Chairs and Vice Chairs

• Audit & Finance Committee

  • Mayor Kirk Watson, Chair

  • Council Member Ryan Alter (District 5), Vice Chair

• Austin Energy Utility Oversight Committee

  • Council Member Chito Vela (District 4), Chair

  • Council Member Mike Siegel (District 7), Vice Chair

• Climate Water, Environment and Parks Committee

  • Council Member Ryan Alter, Chair

  • Council Member Paige Ellis (District 8), Vice Chair

• Economic Opportunity Committee

  • Council Member Zo Qadri (District 9), Chair

  • Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes (District 2), Vice Chair

• Housing and Planning Committee

  • Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison (District 1), Chair

  • Council Member Chito Vela, Vice Chair

• Mobility Committee

  • Council Member Paige Ellis

  • Council Member Zo Qadri

• Public Health Committee

  • Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes, Chair

  • Council Member Marc Duchen (District 10), Vice Chair

• Public Safety Committee

  • Council Member José Velásquez (District 3), Chair

  • Council Member Krista Laine (District 6), Vice Chair

🟪 Also Check Out

• Essential Resources for Navigating the City of Austin in 2025