Item 01 - Draft Minutes from May 8, 2026 Budget Committee Meeting — original pdf

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WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION BUDGET COMMITTEE MINUTES FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026 WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION BUDGET COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026 The Water and Wastewater Commission Budget Committee convened in a Regular meeting on Friday, May 8, 2026, at 625 E 10th Street in Austin, Texas. Budget Committee Members in Attendance: Committee Chair Marcela Tuñón, Committee Vice Chair Chris Maxwell-Gaines, Commissioner Shwetha Pandurangi, and Commissioner Evan Wolstencroft Budget Committee Members Absent: None. Chair Marcela Tuñón called the Water and Wastewater Commission Budget Committee to order at 10:03 a.m. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Review Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Schedule. Austin Water Deputy Director Joseph Gonzales presented the budget schedule. 1. Austin Water Financial Forecast Fiscal Year 2027-2031 Update. Austin Water Acting Assistant Director Christina Romero, Austin Water Acting Financial Manager Nam Nguyen, and Austin Water Financial Manager Frida Guo gave a briefing. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS 3. Review and possible action to approve the Budget Committee meeting schedule. The motion to hold the next Budget Committee meeting on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. was approved on Vice Chair Maxwell-Gaines’ motion, Commissioner Wolstencroft’s second on a 3-0 vote with Commissioner Pandurangi off the dais. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Send the current approved Austin Water Capital Improvement Plan for FY 2026-2030 to the Budget Committee members in advance of the next meeting. Chair Tuñón adjourned the meeting at 11:11 a.m. without objection. 1