City Services

The Office of Real Estate Services processes applications for easement releases within the City's jurisdiction. The easement release application and instructions packet is available for download (PDF, 1.2 MB).

The City Clerk's office  provides a database of candidates and voting statistics for the City's elections from 1840 to the present. You may access it by candidate name or election date.

The Office of the City Clerk is responsible for managing municipal elections and has a variety of resources for both the general public and candidates running for office.

Email all Austin City Council Members from a single online form here.

Email COAVOE@austintexas.gov with a written request for Verification of Employment (VOE) or Verification of Income (VOI). To fax a VOE request the Records Fax Number is 512-974-3214. Or call 512-974-3417 to verbally verify employment of current and previous City employees. For more information, see our contact information on the Human Resources Records Division page.

The Office of Real Estate Services processes applications for encroachment agreements, to permit the permanent encroachment of private structures into public right-of-way. The encroachment agreement application and instructions packet is available for download (PDF, 182 KB).

The Equity Action Team (EAT) is the community surrounding the Equity Office. Anybody who wants can join the EAT, whether they are City staff, a member of a local community organization, or just an individual who cares about advancing racial equity. The current roster is over 200 members. You can join the Team and find more information on the EAT Dashboard.

The EAT contains the individuals who organized and pushed for the creation of the Equity Office. Their first goal was helping the Office co-create the Equity Assessment Tool. Now, in monthly meetings the EAT functions as a compass for the Office, ensuring we remain accountable to the community.

There are three committees contained within the Equity Action Team: Parks and Recreation Support, Evaluation, and the Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Support.

Parks and Recreation Action Plan Support

The Parks and Recreation (PARD) Action Plan Support Committee grew out of work that was done within the Community Engagement Committee over the summer. They collaborated with Parks and Recreation and studied the barriers to participation in Aquatics programming. The study unveiled a number of barriers for Eastisde pools. Creating solutions to remove these barriers will be one goal that this group will tackle. Others will be items identified by PARD in their Equity Action Plan.

Evaluation

The Evaluation Committee primarily assists the Equity Office in performing quality checks on departmental Equity Assessments. Through this, they ensure departments are being thorough and responive in their completed Assessments. This work is scheduled to be done again in June 2019. For January and February of 2019, they will be working with the Office to create a guide to help departments ensure their budget requests are advancing equity.

Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Advisory

The Neighborhood Housing and Community Development (NHCD) Advisory Committee will work with NHCD Staff to bulid relationships with community, and ensure they are exposed to the lived experience of displacement and gentrification in their decision-making processes.

The Expedited team includes specialized reviewers that represent the following review disciplines: Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electric, Structure, Fire, Health, Industrial Waste, Arborist and Zoning. Applicants and their consultants will attend a pre-scheduled, single-review session with the Expedited team ready to make on-the-spot decisions and changes as needed. Contractors and owners will be encouraged to attend the review session. If the plans meet the respective codes and ordinances, permits can be issued following the review session.

Download the current Expiring Contracts List to view a list of contracts that will be expiring.