AUSTIN, Texas — Tuesday is the last day for Austin residents to submit feedback on the city’s budget through an online survey.
The city is encouraging community members to give their input on a variety of issues, including housing and affordability, crime and violence prevention, social services, transportation infrastructure and environmental preservation.
Saul Gray, a city official behind the survey, said feedback has tangible impacts on the city’s financial allocations.
“Every year that we do these surveys or we have these community meetings, they get brought to the attention of the city manager, to our Budget and Organizational Excellence Office and to our council members,” he said. “And then that is taken in very serious consideration as they start making [budget] priorities, and sometimes it’s even shifting the priorities based off the community feedback.”
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The survey also polls participants on their satisfaction with the overall quality of city services and the city’s usage of community tax dollars.
Although the survey will close after today, residents will still be able to provide feedback to the city through upcoming budget town halls and city council work sessions from July through mid-August. Each city council member is set to hold an event in their respective district.
Community members who live within the city limits of Austin can fill out the survey here.
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“[Austin]’s been growing drastically over the past few years, so it’s important that we capture the feedback from all our community to ensure that our city is taking the right approach to how we prepare the budget for this upcoming fiscal year and future fiscal years as well,” said Gray.