City of Austin : City Council, District 1
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I support focusing incentive packages on local businesses and small businesses. I also think with the level of poverty and …
Vincent Harding
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Absolutely! Innovative workforce development, including increased access to training and educational opportunities is paramount. I would take this a step …
Natasha Harper-Madison
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I support the council’s recent vote to approve the framework for a restructuring of the city’s economic incentives programs to …
Mariana Salazar
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I support an expansion of the economic incentive policy. Yes I will vote to support incentivizing jobs for both small …
Reedy Macque Spigner III
City of Austin : City Council, District 3
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If these newly adopted incentives have strong tangible benefits for the community, I’m am more than open to considering them. …
Justin Jacobson
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Yes. I will monitor success as measured against milestones developed in the County’s Workforce Master Plan with frequent cross reference …
Amit Motwani
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Council is working close with our Economic Development Department to craft a helpful incentive policy that aids local business and …
Sabino “Pio” Renteria
City of Austin : City Council, District 8
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I will support the adopted revised economic incentive policy designed to improve job opportunities for lower-wage and middle-skilled workers. If …
Rich DePalma
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In our current economic climate, I generally do not see the need for using taxpayer subsidies to recruit new businesses …
Bobby Levinski
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We need to evaluate how our approach to incentives currently works and what we could do better. Government should not …
Frank Ward III
City of Austin : City Council, District 9
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In general, yes. Having a data driven, performance based, standard City Council policy sounds like a good start to help …
Danielle Skidmore
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I weigh incentive package proposals on the basis of the benefits that they would provide to our community, such as …
Kathie Tovo
City of Austin : Mayor
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Yes, After working on revising the city’s Chapter 380 agreement for the last several years, I’m proud the city council …
John Doe
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Yes, After working on revising the city’s Chapter 380 agreement for the last several years, I’m proud the city council …
Steve Adler
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I will not support any financial incentive for any company until we have eradicated homelessness, eliminated poverty, DE-commodified the earth, …
Travis Duncan
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Any request for public incentives demands careful consideration to ensure it meets our public goals and provides sufficient benefits. City …
Laura Morrison
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Incentives need to be handled very carefully. The soccer stadium deal is the type of incentive that I would not …