Item 31 — Thursday, September 24, 2026
In plain language — from agenda source text
This authorizes seven citywide contracts with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Charter/Spectrum for the telecom, broadband, and cellular service that keeps City operations connected \u2014 including computer-aided dispatch for emergency responders, wireless utility metering, and remote access to City systems. It's the plumbing behind a lot of things Austinites rarely think about until they stop working, from a 911 call getting routed to a crew reading a meter. The contracts run an initial one-year term with up to four one-year extensions, for a total not to exceed $62,050,000 split among them; $12,410,000 is available now in various departments' operating budgets, with the rest contingent on future budgets.
Current official agenda wording
Authorize seven contracts for telecommunication, broadband, and cellular products and services for all City departments to support computer-aided dispatch, wireless metering, remote system access, and other services with AT&T DW Holdings, Inc. d/b/a AT&T Enterprises, LLC or AT&T; Verizon Communications Inc. d/b/a Cellco Partnership; Verizon Wireless; Verizon; T-Mobile USA Inc. d/b/a T-Mobile; T-Mobile USA; and Charter Communications Holdings, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications Operating, LLC or Spectrum Reach, for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $62,050,000 divided among the contracts. Funding: $12,410,000 is available in the Operating Budgets of various City departments. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
"without objection, the consent agenda is adopted with the Mayor Watson being shown, voting no on items 48 through 59 and Council Member Alter being shown voting no on item number 49. [00:45:01]" — meeting transcript (unofficial)