A significant portion of the budget for managing homeless encampments was allocated to staff salaries. Sixty percent of the budget was used for this purpose. Further information on this topic is available from KXAN Austin.

The details of the budget allocation are reported by this source. The source provides more context and details about the budget and its use, but the key point is that staff salaries accounted for the majority of the expenses, at 60 percent of the total budget.