Results project Proposition A will not pass in Austin with 68.3% of voters voting against it.
If passed, KVUE reported, it would have boosted Austin police staffing to two officers per 1,000 citizens, increased yearly training and increased minority hiring and community engagement across Austin. The increase would come with a price tag of up to nearly $120 million, the city estimated.
Though Proposition A likely will not pass, Proposition B had received 73% of votes in its favor in results released late Tuesday, Nov. 2.
This will involve the city swapping about nine acres of parkland on South Lakeshore Boulevard for 48 acres of waterfront land and a new maintenance facility, KVUE reported.
In addition to these two propositions, Austin joined the rest of Texas in deciding eight proposed amendments to the state constitution.
Among these, all eight are projected to pass with a majority earning above 60% of voter approval.
The amendments include: Calls for charitable raffles at rodeo venues, county infrastructure funding, prohibiting limitations on religious services, eligibility requirements for elected judges, the power to investigate judicial candidates, the right to designate an essential caregiver, tax exemptions for survivors of a disabled spouse and tax exemptions for spouses of a deceased military member.
