Travis County locked a $2.3B budget for the year ahead

Austin Current reports the Travis County Commissioners Court signed off Tuesday on a $2.3 billion budget for the next fiscal year.

Current’s Tuesday read puts more money toward mental healthcare and disaster preparedness, and $200,000 toward a passenger-rail study from Austin to San Antonio. Current reports the mental-health diversion program at about $15 million, and the disaster reserve rising from $18 million to $35 million.

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• Austin Current, Sep. 30 — Commissioners Court signed off on a $2.3 billion budget Tuesday; mental-health diversion about $15 million; disaster reserve from $18 million to $35 million; $200,000 for an Austin-to-San Antonio passenger-rail study