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- Capital Metro is Austin’s regional transit agency and is operating with a 2026 budget of $625.2 million.
- The agency’s capital plan this year includes $15.7 million for IT projects.
- Capital Metro’s Strategic Plan 2030 includes goals tied to digital transformation, process automation, fare technology and security technology.
What to Know:
- The city of Northlake deployed an Envisio dashboard to create a single digital source for tracking capital projects.
- Town leaders said the tool replaces spreadsheets and manual reports, helping staff answer council questions faster and giving the public direct visibility into project status without filing information requests.
- The dashboard currently tracks about 18 projects including road work, meter upgrades and a hotel conference center.
What to Know:
- Collin County approved a $191,000 Palo Alto firewall support renewal through Dell Marketing LP for county data center network access.
- Commissioners also approved an agreement with Hopdox LLC to support eRecording alongside the county’s paper-based filing process.
What to Know:
- Public pressure over El Paso’s proposed Meta data center dominated discussion, with speakers tying the project to water use, electricity demand, tax incentives and the city’s Climate Action Plan.
- City materials indicate the project’s potential impact may be greater than some public comments suggested.
- Council acknowledged the backlash but stopped short of taking direct action on the Meta agreement during the meeting.
Next week’s members-only event in Austin will feature the chief information officers of the Texas Department of Transportation and the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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