AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Thursday’s episode of Inside Austin’s Agenda, KXAN investigator Grace Reader sits down with Austin Mayor Pro Tem Chito Vela to talk about the city’s budget — which is expected to be approved in the next few weeks — and a potential bond in the works.
Find some of our previous coverage on these topics here:
- City of Austin paying nonprofits for work that’s ‘not fully delivered’, audit finds
- City of Austin discloses potential social services on $5M chopping block
- $767 million bond could be coming to Austin voters in November
Reader also asks Vela about social service contracts, including a new audit that came out showing the city of Austin is paying nonprofits for work that’s “not fully delivered” and a new budget memo which shows social service contracts on the chopping block.
She asks whether those contracts should be easier for the public to find so taxpayers can evaluate performance…