Sign up using the link below before noon on Tuesday, August 10th

https://cityofaustin.formstack.com/forms/austin_city_council_speaker_signup

• August 11, 2021 City Council Meeting / Reunión del concejo de Austin or August 13, 2021 City Council Meeting / Reunión del concejo de Austin (Note: If you want to speak during both meetings, you'll need to fill the form out twice.)
• Agenda Item Number = 1 (and item 10 if you want to testify against the SAN petition)
• Do you wish to speak? = Yes
• Remote (by phone)
• I am = Neutral (because we're not against passing a budget, but we're against the part that gives an additional $8.5 million to APD; we're also not against voting on city ordinances in November, but we're against the shady tactics of SAN in getting their petition on the ballot)
• Topic = APD budget (and SAN petition)

You will receive an email confirmation from the City with instructions. You will receive a call at 10 am on the day of the meeting and will need to remain on the line until your name is called, which could be anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. You will have between 1 and 2 minutes for your testimony.

Below is a link to a blog post from Grassroots Leadership that you can use to pull talking points from regarding the APD budget:

https://medium.com/@grassrootsleadership/inflating-the-police-budget-is-not-reimagining-public-safety-f2ba0f17eb76

Here is a link to one of several recent news articles about SAN's lies

https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2021-08-06/austin-at-large-reform-follows-dysfunction/