Monday, December 1, 2025, 10 a.m. (Austin time), Austin City Hall
Committee: Economic Opportunity Committee
The Economic Opportunity Committee held a brief special called meeting on December 1, 2025, adjourning in roughly three minutes. The committee approved the minutes of its September 19, 2025 meeting unanimously. It also approved the committee's 2026 meeting calendar (January 16, March 20, May 15, July 31, September 18, and November 20), with Council Member Siegel noting a typo in the first date to be corrected before publication. No future agenda items were raised and there was no public comment.
0:02 Everyone, uh, on this very chilly December 1st.
0:05 Uh, the, the first item on our agenda is to call the meeting to order.
0:09 So I will call the special called meeting of our economic opportunity committee to order at 10:03 am on
0:15 December 1st, 2025 at Austin City Hall.
0:18 As a quorum, uh, is present, uh, we have Council Member Siegel attending to my right, uh, Mayor
0:24 pro Fuentes, attending virtually.
0:26 And then, um, unable to attend so far are council members, Velásquez and Harper Madison.
0:32 Uh, it's my understanding we have no speakers for public comment.
0:35 That is correct. Great.
0:36 Then we'll go off to, uh, item number one, which is the approval, uh, of minutes of the
0:42 September 19th, 2025 meeting. Um, do we have a motion to approve, uh, approve, uh, motion, uh, by, uh, council
0:50 member Siegel? Do we have a second?
0:52 Uh, seconded by Mayor pro temp Fuentes.
0:54 Um, all in favor say aye.
0:57 Um, that is unanimous with, uh, Council Member Siegel, uh, in the chamber, uh, Mayor Pro Tem, uh,
1:03 voting virtually, and then council members, Harper Madison and velasquez's, uh, not in attendance.
1:10 Uh, item number two is the discussion and possible action of the economic opportunity committee meeting for calendar
1:16 year 2026. And I will read off what those dates will be so everyone has it on their
1:22 end. Uh, but we will have meetings on January 16th, March 20th, May 15th, July 31st, September 18th, and November, uh, 20th.
1:35 Um, any, any discussion from council seat?
1:38 Uh, just, uh, chair, there's a, a typo on the first date, so, uh, just if that could
1:43 be corrected before it's published.
1:45 Sure. Uh, Mayor proam.
1:50 Nope. Great. Um, well, with that, um, I'll, all in favor, uh, sorry.
1:57 Uh, with that, could I get a motion to approve, uh, item number two, uh, motion by council
2:02 member Siegel, uh, could I get a second?
2:03 Seconded by Mayor proton Fuentes.
2:05 All in favor say aye.
2:07 Um, count. Uh, so that's, uh, a three oh vote with Council Member Siegel in attendance, Council Member,
2:13 uh, ententes, uh, attending, uh, virtually, and then Council Member, uh, Velásquez and Harper Madison, and not in
2:21 attendance. Uh, with that, it takes us to item number three.
2:24 We're making great time, uh, future items.
2:27 Um, so if anyone has any future agenda items for discussion, uh, either please come off of mute
2:34 or, or raise your hand.
2:36 And it looks like we have no future items for discussion.
2:39 Um, I think I might have maybe set a record for fastest meeting.
2:43 Um, so because there's no future business, uh, the meeting of economic opportunity committee is adjourned at 10:06 am
2:51 on December 1st, uh, 2025.
2:53 Thank y'all.