City Manager

Broadnax said he is focused on public safety, homelessness, and building a balanced budget in his first 100 days.

Broadnax is earning a base salary of nearly half a million dollars along with other benefits, and his job involves many difficult and demanding projects. Here's how the Austin statistics stack up against other Texas cities.

The former Dallas city manager will begin the role next month. The city manager is the highest-ranking employee at Austin City Hall.

The outgoing Dallas city manager has 30 years of experience in local government. In Dallas, he helped lead projects around homelessness, policing and growth.

Broadnax resigned as Dallas' city manager last month. City Council will finalize his hiring at a meeting April 4. It's unclear how much he will make.

The city is hosting a town hall for the public to meet the two candidates for the job, typically the highest paid city executive. Austin has been without a permanent city manager since Spencer Cronk was fired in February 2023.

The Bozeman, Mont., city manager was caught disparaging Austin on a Zoom recording in which he also discusses the salary for the city manager job. The figure he notes is substantially higher than what Austin's former city manager was making.

The move represents the first change to Spencer Cronk’s base salary since late 2018. Council members characterized this raise as in line with pay bumps city employees have received; this year employees got a 4% pay increase.

Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk has been on the job since Feb. 12. He says the city has a track record of growth that most other cities would envy, but…

Austin City Council members have made official the hiring of Spencer Cronk as the new city manager. The vote Thursday was unanimous and without…