Council to standardize social service contracts and grants

Austin City Council is scheduled to direct the City Manager to apply the city’s standard procurement and grant procedures to social service contracts and grants. The manager would update manuals and procedures, train city staff and providers, and name public contacts to help applicants with contracting, grants and compliance. Mayor Kirk Watson sponsors the proposal with Mayor Pro Tem José "Chito" Vela and Council Members Ryan Alter and Vanessa Fuentes.

Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to ensure social services contracts and grants are subject to the City’s standard procurement and grant policies, processes, and procedures, to update those policies, processes, and procedures as needed, to provide appropriate training, and to designate points of contact for social service vendors to navigate the contracting and grant processes.

Nov 19, 202626-3127: Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to ensure social services contracts and grants are subject to the City’s standard procurement and grant policies, processes, and procedures, to update those policies, processes, and procedures as needed, to provide appropriate training, and to designate points of contact for social service vendors to navigate the contracting and grant processes.Source documentPDF 1PDF 2