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← Thursday, August 28, 2025

Item 19 Passed 10-0

Authorize fourteen contracts for language interpretation services for all City departments with Bruxelles, Inc./Inlingua Language Services, Effectiff LLC, Interpreters Unlimited, Language Line Services Inc./Language Line Services or Languageline Solutions, Lionbridge Global Solutions Inc./Lionbridge Global Solutions, Masterword Services Inc., Native Translation Services LLC, Rana Haddad, SAI Language Solutions, LLC, Shun Tong/Sharon Tong, Susana Pimiento Chamorro/Language Access Austin, Universe Technical Translation, Inc./Universe Technical Translation, Voiance Language Service LLC, and Worldwide Interpreters, Inc./Worldwide Interpreters, each for an initial term of two years, with three 1-year extension options, in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000, divided among the Contractors. Funding: $66,667 is available in various City department’s Operating Budget. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available future budgets.

The roll call

Approved on Consent 10-0

  • Kirk Watson Mayor Yes
  • Natasha Harper-Madison D1 Yes
  • Vanessa Fuentes D2 Yes
  • José Velásquez D3 Yes
  • José "Chito" Vela D4 Yes
  • Ryan Alter D5 Yes
  • Krista Laine D6 Yes
  • Mike Siegel D7 Yes
  • Paige Ellis D8 Yes
  • Zohaib "Zo" Qadri D9 Absent
  • Marc Duchen D10 Yes

Official votes