AUSTIN, Texas — During its meeting Thursday night, the Austin City Council approved the amended budget for the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year.

The City of Austin had to revise its budget after voters rejected Proposition Q, which would have permanently increased the city’s property tax rate and generated about $110 million a year.

This week, city leaders have been debating what to cut and what to keep as they work to scale back the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget that the council adopted in August.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson asked City Manager T.C. Broadnax to prioritize funding for emergency medical services, homelessness response and crisis support in the revised plan.

Changes from the original budget include more than $38 million in cuts to social services, $6 million from EMS, $5 million from

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