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

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.

Changes from the original budget include more than $38 million in cuts to social services, $6 million from EMS, $5 million from parks and at least $1 million each from public health and fire.

Austin Police Department (APD) vacancies were also at the center of the debate, as APD currently has 334 open po

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