Item 3I Failed 1-10
Item 3I — Thursday, July 30, 2026
Agenda PDF Legistar Official votes
Current official agenda wording
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election: I) ensure that City financial practices are consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, reflect current practices for appropriations for department-level work programs;
"there being one vote in favor, councilmember duchen and ten in opposition item three I fails" — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
Attributed statements from the meeting transcript, not official agenda values.
- Only Duchen supported the accounting-practices amendment
The roll call
City of Austin headshots stay on the council page. The City's terms allow personal use of austintexas.gov images, so this roll call shows initials.
Failed 1-10
Member records (11)
- Kirk Watson Mayor No
- Natasha Harper-Madison D1 No
- Vanessa Fuentes D2 No
- José Velásquez D3 No
- José "Chito" Vela D4 No
- Ryan Alter D5 No
- Krista Laine D6 No
- Mike Siegel D7 No
- Paige Ellis D8 No
- Zohaib "Zo" Qadri D9 No
- Marc Duchen D10 Yes