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Eagle Pass council reviews revised $61 million FY2026 budget; approves preliminary plan with pay-scale amendment
Summary
Finance director presented a revised FY2026 budget that projects about $61 million in revenues and $60.7 million in expenditures, shows general fund personnel costs at roughly 63% of the fund, lists multiple requested new FTEs, and was preliminarily approved by council with direction to develop a performance-based pay plan.
Finance Director Feliz Castillo presented a revised version of the City of Eagle Pass proposed fiscal year 2026 budget and answered council questions before the council voted to preliminarily approve the plan with an amendment on employee pay policy.
Castillo told the council he had “apologizing for some of the errors that we made on the first draft of the budget. There is no excuse. I take the blame completely.” He then walked through the revised packet, noting the city’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1–Sept. 30 and labeling the presented fund balances and revenue estimates as unaudited and estimated.
The packet showed total projected revenues of about $61 million and total expenditures of about $60.7 million. Castillo summarized the general fund as having an estimated beginning fund balance of roughly $9.7 million and a…
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