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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co., N.A.

Vendor code V00000905648 · investigation view
Total paid (in snapshot)
$16,303,135
2 checks across 2 fund types
Cadence
May 15, 2025Sep 1, 2025
≈ a check every 109 days (the “drip”)
Traceable to a contract/agreement
$0
Direct / untraceable
$16,303,135 (100%)
2 checks reference no contract — the closer-look pile

Formal procurement records

No currently-active master agreement in the city’s Active Contracts dataset names this vendor. That’s common and doesn’t mean the money is untracked — large payments are often made via delivery orders under a master agreement that has since expired (the city only publishes active ones), by a joint-venture / related legal entity different from the contracting firm, or they’re a transfer, debt-service, grant, or direct disbursement with no procurement contract at all. To chase the scope, search Austin Finance Online Contracts and the Council records for “The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co., N.A.” using the links below.

How the City books these payments

The City department & division that cut these checks — this is why one vendor can show up under several programs and funds (each program on the Overview is a department). Rows marked transfer / non-operating are money moved through a budget line (citywide transfers, debt service) rather than a service performed here — a balance-sheet flow, not a purchase.

DepartmentDivisionAmount · checks
Enterprise Debt Servicetransfer / non-operatingTransfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirements$15,338,135 · 1
Austin Watertransfer / non-operatingTransfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirements$965,000 · 1

Verify at the source

Reading the source-doc column below: a CT number is a contract (it links straight to the contract record). A DO (delivery order) is an internal payment reference against a master agreement — those numbers are not searchable in the solicitations portal, so to find the scope, search Austin Finance Online by vendor name (“The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co., N.A.”) under Contracts, or use the Council-records search above.

Enterprise (fee-supported)$965,000 · 1 check

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
Sep 1, 2025$965,000Austin Water Wastewater Utility Operating FundPrincipal payment D/S fundsAustin Water › Transfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirementstransfer / non-operatingdirect

Debt Service$15,338,135 · 1 check

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
May 15, 2025$15,338,135Utility Debt Service Fund-Subordinate LienPrincipal payment D/S fundsEnterprise Debt Service › Transfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirementstransfer / non-operatingdirect

Scope: checks in the current snapshot (2026-07-28) at or above the snapshot’s minimum size. For this vendor’s complete payment history, use the raw checkbook feed linked above.