Pflugerville's City Council adopts SAFE standards for how the city uses technology, with facial recognition covered
The Pflugerville City Council approved Resolution RES-1443 on October 27th, 2026. It adopts standards the city calls SAFE, for secure, accountable, fair and explainable technology use. It also directs staff to carry them out. The staff overview added a section that creates a Safe Technology Committee. Staff confirmed the policy covers facial recognition when a council member asked about it. Every member voted in favor. Voters in the same city decide a charter section on its use of AI on November 3rd, 2026.
How to take part
The resolution is adopted and no hearing or comment window follows it on the record. The City Council posts its agendas and records on the city's Legistar site. A resident reaches the council through the city.
Where
2 counties. In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos.
Timeline
- filed
The resolution is introduced on the council's record
- decided
City Council approves RES-1443
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-10-31
Admitted on the council's own record of the October 27th vote. The resolution's text is not readable here, so its specific rules are not yet in the record.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
A Resolution of the City of Pflugerville, TX, adopting standards for secure, accountable, fair, and explainable (SAFE) technology use; directing implementation, and providing an effective date.City of Pflugerville Legistar, RES-1443, SAFE technology use standards Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
Mr. Metayer moved to approve the item. Mr. Rogers seconded the motion. All voted in favor. The motion carried.City of Pflugerville Legistar, RES-1443, SAFE technology use standards, history Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
Mr. Hartshorn gave an overview of the policy and the addition of a section involving the creation of the Safe Technology Committee.City of Pflugerville Legistar, RES-1443, SAFE technology use standards, history Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
Mr. Rogers brought up concerns about Facial Recognition. Mr. Hartshorn confirmed that Facial Recognition is covered in the policy.City of Pflugerville Legistar, RES-1443, SAFE technology use standards, history Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
TX|48|453|Travis County|57176|02411411|Pflugerville cityUS Census Bureau, 2020 Texas place by county relationship file Primary source, official · www2.census.gov
TX|48|491|Williamson County|57176|02411411|Pflugerville cityUS Census Bureau, 2020 Texas place by county relationship file Primary source, official · www2.census.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The Pflugerville City Council approved Resolution RES-1443 on October 27th, 2026. It adopts standards the city calls SAFE, for secure, accountable, fair and explainable technology use. It also directs staff to carry them out. The staff overview added a section that creates a Safe Technology Committee. Staff confirmed the policy covers facial recognition when a council member asked about it. Every member voted in favor. Voters in the same city decide a charter section on its use of AI on November 3rd, 2026.
Who decides it?
Pflugerville City Council decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The resolution is adopted and no hearing or comment window follows it on the record. The City Council posts its agendas and records on the city's Legistar site. A resident reaches the council through the city. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Travis and Williamson Counties in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was decided on October 27th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is August 11th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under surveillance and policing.
What sources back it?
Three sources back it. Three of them are primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on October 31st, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Pflugerville's City Council adopts SAFE standards for how the city uses technology, with facial recognition covered. Tracked since August 11th, 2026. Last verified October 31st, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0235/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0235.
Beat
Filed under Surveillance and policing, with every other decision on that beat.