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Austin City Council approves multiple street‑improvement projects, audit engagement and routine municipal measures
Summary
The council approved six street‑improvement project resolutions, a hazard‑mitigation plan, several city contracts and grants, and updates to fire‑department fees and aid allocations; all formal items carried on voice votes after brief staff presentations.
The Austin City Council on Monday approved a slate of routine infrastructure and municipal items, including six separate resolutions advancing street reconstruction and overlay projects, a county hazard‑mitigation plan, an audit engagement and several grant and fee actions.
City staff presented each project in turn. Andrew (city engineering staff) said the reconstruction of 8th Street Southeast — from 8th Avenue to 15th Avenue, about 2,200 feet — would be completed in three phases to preserve access and was estimated at $1.275 million. “This project we have estimated at $1.275 million,” Andrew said, breaking out street, storm and sanitary components. Similar short presentations described a milling and overlay program and full‑reconstruction work on other blocks across the city.
The council adopted resolutions to hold or advance public hearings and projects for: 8th Street SE (project 25104), the 7th/8th Avenue SW milling and overlay (project 26101), the 9th Avenue NW reconstruction (project 26102), Fifth and Seventh streets NW reconstruction (project 26103), and a deeper mill overlay on 14th Street NW (project 26104). Council members voted by roll call after staff asked for public comment; no members of the public requested to speak on those items.
Other approved items included the city’s participation in the 2025 Moore County hazard mitigation plan — which staff said is required to preserve eligibility for FEMA mitigation grant programs — and an amendment to engineering services covering $19,000 in consultant work tied to a river pipe upsizing review. Stephen (city staff) summarized the wastewater amendment, saying the upsizing study concluded the larger pipe was not needed but the work still incurred costs that must be paid.
The council also approved an engineering study ($10,900) to evaluate rerouting the Cook Farm lift station force main so flow would discharge into a gravity system rather than forcing the Oak Park Mall lift station to run. Stephen said the study will be completed as part of the city’s 2026 capital improvement program with bids and construction expected later in the year.
Finance staff recommended and the council approved CliftonLarsonAllen to perform the city’s 2025 audit and the Austin‑Mower County home‑ownership fund audit, which auditors are scheduled to perform in March 2026. “I would recommend approval of the statements of work for the two audits,” Emily said.
On public safety and personnel items, the council approved a revised aid‑allocation agreement to increase part‑time firefighter pension allocations, accepted a $5,000 equipment grant to the Austin Fire Department from International Paper, and accepted a $1,000 donation from the VFW for winter recreation. The council also adopted a new fee schedule that included a $500 charge per structure fire incident and a $150‑per‑hour fee for fire extinguisher training; staff said incident billing and insurance collection processes will be used to recover costs.
Most measures passed on voice roll calls after the presentations and no substantive public objections were recorded during the hearings. The council concluded routine business and moved into community comment and reports.
The council is scheduled to reconvene for a work session following a brief recess and to meet again on Monday, March 2.
