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Downtown Commission forms budget working group, tables formal stakeholder formation with Austin Planning

Downtown Commission · December 17, 2025
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Summary

The commission appointed a smaller working group to draft fiscal-year priorities ahead of the city's March budget adoption, named initial members and agreed to consider formation of a stakeholder working group with Austin Planning (the item was tabled until next month).

Vice Chair Kimberly Levinson told the Downtown Commission it is time to begin drafting fiscal-year priorities for the city budget, noting the city will adopt its budget in March and that commission priorities should be transmitted by February to be considered.

Commissioners volunteered to serve on a budget working group to assemble priorities and identify areas to reduce spending. The working group membership named in discussion included Commissioners Buchta (unnamed in the transcript),…

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