Besides the fact that Austin, TX is really freaking fun, I think one councilor and one staffer would have been fine. Funny how they need to have a full blown interrogation of Dr. Staggers when he wanted to go to the American Dream Conference, but ZERO vetting when they had to send this many councilors to a conference in Austin with their overpaid $80K+ a year presentation maker.
Maybe Kermit messed up by not making his trip expensive and purposeless.