@Ratherocity @data_atx Certainl utility issues are confidential because they are competitive matters. Disclosure of this information would put Austin Energy at a competitive disadvantage in the ERCOT market.
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Ryan Alter
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Ryan Alter
@RyanAlter
Dad. Husband. Longtime Capitol staffer. Austin City Council Member for District 5.
Austin, TX Katılım Haziran 2011
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@RyanAlter @data_atx Often, in executive session, you discuss w/ legal counsel various issues, keep that part secret but ultimately come out to the dais and make the vote public minus all the legal counsel discussion. Why was that not possible here? Why is this vote taken in exec session at all?
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CORRECTION: Ryan Alter says he did not say the natural gas plant vote was unanimous . The vote was secret. He cannot confirm or deny
Ryan Alter@RyanAlter
@Ratherocity @data_atx Love when we just make things up. I was asked at the meeting if it was unanimous and I told him the same thing I’ve told everyone else - our discussions in executive session are confidential and I couldn’t speak to it. I guess we still haven’t learned about the game of telephone.
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@RyanAlter @data_atx @Ryanalter, this is about transparency and accountability did you or did you not tell folks at Radio that you voted for it and explain why? Am not even asking the cost which should also be public. Am asking you if you voted for these peakers yes or no.
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@Ratherocity @data_atx As stated before, this was discussed in executive session and as such we cannot disclose the details, including our or anyone else’s vote. What is public is my item next week which gets AE to develop a policy so that these peakers won’t result in more emissions than without them.
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@data_atx @ryanalter Sorry you were misquoted... strange as I generally trust who mentioned it. No harm was intended. Want to double check that YOU voted for it, is that part correct? and could you explain why this vote is secret in the first place?
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@Ratherocity @data_atx Love when we just make things up. I was asked at the meeting if it was unanimous and I told him the same thing I’ve told everyone else - our discussions in executive session are confidential and I couldn’t speak to it. I guess we still haven’t learned about the game of telephone.
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@data_atx Ryan Alter (after mansplaining it to the hilt as usual) said he voted for it and it was unanimous according to someone who went to his meet and greet at Radio yesterday afternoon. He also declined to disclose how much we are paying for it. Alllllll this needs to be public.
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I’m hearing word from people that Austin council members are saying they are not allowed to say whether they voted yes or no on the new natural gas power plant that was approved 👀
I have never seen this level of secrecy around a government decision before, super WEIRD!
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@Will_FosterVibe @data_atx Well since you asked - we’ve nearly doubled crisis and housing beds. The # of people entering homelessness decreased last year, and we’re getting smarter about keeping people in their homes or quickly diverting them out of homelessness, which are cheaper and more effective.
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@RyanAlter @data_atx How much money have you spent on these projects since you were elected and what are the results of that spending?
If you keep giving more and more and there are more and more homeless, I don't think what you are doing is working.
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Update on this: @RyanAlter proposed some amendments to the homeless plan yesterday around KPIs on beds
But I don’t think it had this high level KPI on number of homeless he is asking for here
Mr. Alter, are we still working on getting this as a North Star metric for the dept?
ATX data@data_atx
Austin councilman @RyanAlter presses the homelessness director to set a goal on how may homeless people will be on the streets 1 and 5 years from now The homeless dept recently released their 26-27 plan which included dozens of KPIs but didn’t include this obvious metric
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@RyanAlter there was a shooting near Kocurek elementary yesterday. The neighborhood did not receive any alerts. We only knew something was going on because of a helicopter and the “buy nothing” page on Facebook.
Is there a system in place to sign up for notifications?
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Ryan Alter retweetledi
Councilman @RyanAlter had a great idea in a meeting with Travis county and AISD
County, city, and AISD all have their own maintenance yards to store stuff, can we just pool our resources and share?
For context: The parks dept wants $85m for maintenance yards in a future bond
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@juliogatx It passed. See here services.austintexas.gov/edims/document…
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“The city spent nearly 10% of its general revenue budget on overtime last year, compared to 7.6% of the budget in 2021, according to city data. That's a 65% jump in overtime during that timeframe.”
10% and growing=yikes. Wish CM Alter had pushed thru his OT report resolution. 😔
KUT Austin@KUT
Austin workers were paid more than $143 million in overtime last year, according to city payroll data obtained by KUT News. The payouts are nothing new, but show the city has relied more and more on overtime spending over the last few years. kut.org/austin/2026-01…
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Ryan Alter retweetledi
Apartment rents in Austin are at roughly 2017 cost levels.
In other words, if you rent an apartment today, you would be paying about the same as 7-8 years ago.
New apartment deliveries are slowing this year. Could be the bottom of rent declines this yr or next.
Nightingale Associates@FCNightingale
Multifamily Vacancy Rates 10% Or Higher Atlanta 11.8% Austin 14.3% Baton Rouge 14.4% Birmingham 14.9% Charleston 10.2% Charlotte 12% Cleveland 10% Colorado Springs 13.4% Columbia, South Carolina 10.7% Columbus, Ohio 10.3% Dallas/Fort Worth 12% Denver 12.5% Durham 11.1% Greenville 10.3% Houston 12.3% Huntsville 18.3% Indianapolis 11.1% Jacksonville 12.3% Las Vegas 10.4% Little Rock 11.7% Memphis 15.7% Nashville 11.4% New Orleans 10.7 % Oklahoma City 11.8% Orlando 11.2% Phoenix 13.1% Raleigh 11% Saint Louis 10.6% Salt Lake City 12.3% San Antonio 15% Sarasota 18.9% Tampa 11% Tucson 11.3% Tulsa 11.8% -Cushman and Wakefield #CommercialRealEstate
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Beautiful morning to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
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Ryan Alter retweetledi
Great joining @foundcom for their Tax Help Program kick-off event!
The Prosper Tax Help program offers free, trusted tax preparation services for low and moderate-income families. For more info click the link below.
foundcom.org/austin-tax-help
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Austin TX is now back to pre-pandemic apartment rents.
Down 21% from peak in summer of 2022.
$1,636/month --> $1,288/month
(I'm now even seeing 2BRs in some apartments at sub-$1,000)
This rental correction is due to a sharp drop in migration/demand, combined with a surge of new apartment development.
At this point, Austin has its cheapest rents on record relative to income.
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@data_atx I do. It brings thousands of jobs (almost all union), millions in annual revenue, and more direct flights with less delays!
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Last ATX Council Meeting of the year is TOMORROW! (12.11.2025)
See what’s on the agenda below ⬇️
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There’s still time to participate in tomorrow’s Council Meeting!
Sign up to speak at the 🔗:
austintexas.gov/department/cit…
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📜Item 63: Protects renters by ensuring that tenant protections apply in all density bonus and incentive programs
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