Austin City Council member Mackenzie Kelly joined FOX 7 Austin to talk about the recent agenda items discussed in this week's meetings, including an affordable housing measure, homeless issues and the ongoing police shortage.
And talking about public safety, the city budget was also released this week. Is enough money going to public safety?We currently have plenty of money in the budget to cover the vacancies. What I'm going to be focused on as far as public safety goes is ensuring that we have the infrastructure in place to hold enough academies to bring in individuals from the community in order to work in those positions.
Is the council taking the right approach to providing shelter for those people who are in need?Well, there's no doubt in my mind that we have a lot of individuals on the streets that are experiencing homelessness that need a place to go. What the marshaling yard aims to do is essentially provide a temporary space for them to be instead of being out on the streets and not receiving the services that they need. I felt that it was being done a little bit hastily.
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