In plain language — from the agenda backup

This item covers the annual ordinance that sets the fees, fines, and other charges the City of Austin collects for the upcoming fiscal year, running October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. It includes a public hearing where residents can weigh in, and it also authorizes waiving certain fees and charges. These are the everyday costs that touch permits, services, and penalties across city departments, so it shapes what Austinites pay in the year ahead.

The official agenda language

Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance authorizing fees, fines, and other charges to be set or charged by the City for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending on September 30, 2027, and waiving fees and other charges.

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"There being ten yeses and council member Siegel off the dais. Item number six is adopted, as amended" — meeting transcript (unofficial)

What got said

• Alter amendment reduced film permit fee from $425 to $250
• Alter amendment reduced sound permit fee

Legistar Official votes