City Council postpones budget approval for Convention and Visitors Bureau

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council postponed for two more weeks approval of the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau’s budget and marketing plan Thursday, amid controversy over the largely tax-dollar funded organization’s spending on food, alcohol and entertainment over the past two years.
As the resolution is written, the bureau, which is officially called Visit Austin, would receive $14.79 million in fiscal year 2017-18, according to the resolution. City Council will revisi