This dataset is in response to a Council Budget Question from Council Member Tovo (Request Number 60): Please provide the line item FY 2020-21 Proposed Budget for the Austin Police Department?

This dataset contains information about the unemployment rate in Austin (SD23 measure EOA.A.1). Texas Workforce Comission provides Texas Labor Market Information for Austin, the Austin Round-Rock MSA, Texas, and the United States.

This dataset includes the average number of people in the civilian labor force, the employment count, the unemployment count, and the unemployment rate for Austin, the Austin Round-Rock MSA, Texas, and the United States. The unemployment rate can be useful in understanding economic and workforce trends in Austin over time.

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Measures the cost of providing General Fund City services per capita of the Full Purpose City population.

This measure uses the total funded ratio - total actuarial value of assets as a percentage of total actuarial accrued liability - to illustrate the financial stability of the City of Austin's employees' retirement systems.

Story page for 2018 Public Improvement Bond information

Links to additional information pertaining to Public Improvement Bonds, Finance, and the City of Austin

Story page for 2020 Public Improvement Bond information

Median family income (MFI) is calculated annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help set income limits that determine eligibility for assisted housing programs. HUD uses the median income from the American Community Survey (ACS) as a baseline and then factors in the national consumer price index and other variables to establish an area MFI. For more information about how HUD calculates this value, please visit: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il.html

Column definitions for the lat file data set - Austin Finance Online eCheckbook - found on the data portal . The data contained in this dataset is for informational purposes only. Please visit the Austin Finance Online website for a searchable front end to this data set.

This dataset contains information about the percent variance between the actual and budgeted revenue (SD23 measure GTW.A.8). The City of Austin has numerous revenue sources, including charges for services/goods, taxes, and more. This measure helps provide insight about whether the City is receiving as much revenue as anticipated.

For each revenue type and year, this dataset provides the budgeted revenue, actual revenue, and percent variance. This data comes from the City of Austin's Open Budget (Revenue Budget) application.

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