City Council Work Session

Austin City Council · November 18, 2025

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Opening/roll call

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A staff announcer read the meeting banner and the roll of officials present, including Mayor Kirk Watson, Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes, city attorney and city manager. Meeting called to order at roughly 9:00 a.m. and the chair outlined the plan for a work session, an Austin Energy Oversight Committee meeting, then returning to the council work session.

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Austin City Council held a work session Nov. 18, 2025, focused on a tentative agreement with the Austin Firefighters Association and an accelerated review of budget amendments after voters rejected Prop Q. Council directed staff to return to bargaining on the fire contract and spent the afternoon Q&A, a staff budget briefing, and extensive public comment on homelessness, EMS and public-safety funding.

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