Item 53 — Thursday, September 24, 2026
In plain language — from agenda source text
This amendment keeps Austin Public Health's contract with the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance running another year, through September 30, 2027, for street outreach, harm reduction education, and peer recovery support \u2014 the kind of person-to-person work aimed at people using drugs who may not walk into a clinic on their own. It adds one more 12-month extension option, bringing the agreement's ceiling to no more than $3,000,000. The next year costs up to $600,000, drawn from the city's share of opioid settlement money, with any later years depending on future budgets.
Current official agenda wording
Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with Texas Harm Reduction Alliance to provide outreach, harm reduction education, and peer recovery support for an additional 12-month term, through September 30, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $600,000, and to add one 12-month extension option for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $3,000,000. Funding: $600,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Austin Public Health Department’s Opioid Abatement Settlement Funds. 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)
What got said
Attributed statements from the meeting transcript, not official agenda values.
- Lily Hughes of Texas Harm Reduction Alliance defended harm reduction as a movement and thanked Council Member Velasquez for preserving funding.