Austin’s city council reacts to Prop Q defeat, look ahead to reworking budget

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin voters on Tuesday rejected their city council’s Proposition Q, which would have raised property tax rates in order to fund some city services.

In a statement, a city spokesperson said that the city council will not able able to “proceed with the adopted budget.”

“The city manager will prepare a present recommendations to city council to amend the budget in alignment with the voter-approved tax rate. These recommendations will be presented to city council in the near future,” the spokesperson said…

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