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← Thursday, May 21, 2026

Item 22 Passedunofficial

Authorize a contract for municipal court case management software and services for Austin Municipal Court with Journal Technologies Inc. d/b/a Journal Technologies, for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $3,550,000. Funding: $535,400 is available in the Operating Budget of the Austin Municipal Court. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.

The City wants to sign a contract with Journal Technologies for new case management software to run Austin Municipal Court's caseload. The deal starts with a one-year term and up to four one-year extensions, capped at $3,550,000, with $535,400 already lined up in the court's current operating budget and the rest depending on funding in future budgets. This is the system that keeps the court's cases organized and moving, so it touches everyone who gets a ticket or has a day in municipal court.

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"Without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)

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