Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued court reporting services for depositions, administrative hearings, litigation and pre-litigation matters and civil-service proceedings for the Austin City Attorney’s Office with Veritext LLC d/b/a Veritext Texas, to increase the amount by $240,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $620,000. Funding: $80,000 is available in the Operating Budget of the Austin City Attorney’s Office. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.

In plain language — from the agenda backup

The City Attorney's Office wants to extend its contract with Veritext Texas for court reporting services — think depositions, administrative hearings, litigation and civil-service proceedings. This keeps the legal machinery running for the city's ongoing and upcoming cases. The amendment adds $240,000, bringing the total contract to a not-to-exceed amount of $620,000, with $80,000 available now and the rest contingent on future budgets.

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"Without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)

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