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Wells Fargo Bank NA

Vendor code WEL8318653 · investigation view
Total paid (in snapshot)
$10,121,146
6 checks across 2 fund types
Cadence
Mar 1, 2025Mar 1, 2026
≈ a check every 73 days (the “drip”)
Traceable to a contract/agreement
$0
Direct / untraceable
$10,121,146 (100%)
6 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 “Wells Fargo Bank NA” 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
General Obligation Debt Servicetransfer / non-operatingTransfers and Other Requirements$9,569,063 · 3
Austin Energytransfer / non-operatingTransfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirements$552,083 · 3

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 (“Wells Fargo Bank NA”) under Contracts, or use the Council-records search above.

Enterprise (fee-supported)$552,083 · 3 checks

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
Sep 9, 2025$172,917Austin Energy FundUtil rev bnd commission expAustin Energy › Transfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirementstransfer / non-operatingdirect
Jun 10, 2025$191,667Austin Energy FundUtil rev bnd commission expAustin Energy › Transfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirementstransfer / non-operatingdirect
Mar 7, 2025$187,500Austin Energy FundUtil rev bnd commission expAustin Energy › Transfers, Debt Service, and Other Requirementstransfer / non-operatingdirect

Debt Service$9,569,063 · 3 checks

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
Mar 1, 2026$704,372General Obligation Debt Service FundInterest-generalGeneral Obligation Debt Service › Transfers and Other Requirementstransfer / non-operatingdirect
Sep 1, 2025$7,972,346General Obligation Debt Service FundRedemption of principal-genGeneral Obligation Debt Service › Transfers and Other Requirementstransfer / non-operatingdirect
Mar 1, 2025$892,346General Obligation Debt Service FundInterest-generalGeneral Obligation Debt Service › Transfers 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.