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COVID-19 hospitalizations also increased to 97 in the Austin metro.
The district brought up the hiring during a discussion about protests and demonstrations that have taken place over the past weekend.
Tax collection revenue fell significantly in several sectors from May 2019 to May 2020, according to the comptroller's office.
In the week since George Floyd's death, protests have erupted across the country—as well as locally in downtown Austin—with participants condemning police brutality and targeted police violence toward black residents.
Currently, 10 patients are hospitalized, and four are in intensive care, per the report.
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a state of disaster in Texas on May 31, while various city officials and law enforcment responded to protests and violence over the weekend.
City leaders in Travis County, from Bee Cave to manor, have signed a letter to County Judge Sam Biscoe requesting more than $23 million in federal coronavirus relief funds be released to 21 municipalities as soon as possible.
“I think like everyone else, I was horrified [by Floyd’s] death," Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell said.
Construction is expected to take place from June 2-12.
There have been 1,168 coronavirus recoveries in the county since mid-March, and active cases in Travis County are estimate at 2,011.
There are six candidates running in the special election to fill the seat of former Sen. Kirk Watson through 2022.
Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe responded to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's warning that county coronavirus orders conflicted with the state's.
