Austin Pauses Sign Permits, Budget Adjusts
- All policy decisions scheduled for this special meeting, including critical budget adjustments and a new sign ordinance, were postponed to June 23, 1988.
- Consideration was set for suspending all city requirements for sign operating permits and their associated fees for a 90-day period.
- Proposed budget amendments included transferring $320,000 from the general fund to cover refunds for previously purchased sign permits and to offset the projected loss of future permit fee revenues.
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FOUNDED 1639 Austin City Council MINUTES For SPECIAL CALLED MEETING - June 16, 1988 - 8:00 Α.Μ. HUSTON-TILLOTSON COLLEGE, 1820 EAST 8TH STREET Council Chambers, 307 West Second Street, Austin, Texas Memorandum To: AUSTIN, TEXAS Mayor Cooke called to order the special called meeting of the Council, noting the presence of all Councilmembers. The Mayor announced that all items on the agenda would be postponed until June 23, 1988. The items postponed are ordinances as follows: 1. 2. Consider amending the 1987-88 Annual Operating Budget by: a. Transferring $80,000.00 from the General Fund Ending Balance to the Growth Services Fund to refund the purchase of Sign Operating Permits. b. Transferring $240,000.00 from the General Fund Ending Balance to the Growth Services Fund to off set the loss of projected revenues from Sign Operating Permit fees. Consider an Interim Ordinance, suspending for 90 days, the operation of Section 13-2-901, Code of the City of Austin, 1981, pertaining to: (a) The requirement for owners or users of signs to obtain a Sign Operating Permit. (b) The requirement that a Sign Operating Permit be paid. Council adjourned its special called meeting.