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SAP HEP committee recommends $340,000 annual budget for Blair Wildlife Consulting contract
Summary
The Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan Committee recommended approval of a FY2025 budget allocating up to $340,000 for biological services under a new Blair Wildlife Consulting contract; funding would be $50,000 each from Bexar County and the City of San Antonio and $240,000 from the SAP HEP fund. The motion passed by voice vote.
On July 22, 2025, the Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan (SAP HEP) Committee reviewed and recommended approval of the FY2025 budget for biological services under a new contract with Blair Wildlife Consulting, allocating up to $340,000 for the 04/01/2025–02/28/2026 term.
The committee’s recommendation follows City of San Antonio Council approval of the Blair Wildlife Consulting contract on April 3, 2025. The budget proposed to fund the contract by splitting the $340,000 maximum annual payment into a $50,000 contribution from Bexar County, a $50,000 contribution from the City of San Antonio, and a $240,000 contribution from the SAP HEP fund.
Staff told the committee that Bexar County initially entered a contract with Blair Wildlife Consulting in 2019 for biological services under the Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan and that the earlier contract had been extended in 2024. The new contract the city approved on April 3, 2025, covers an initial one-year term from April 1, 2025, through Feb. 28, 2026, with five one-year renewal options for a total potential value of $2,040,000.
Committee members moved and seconded a motion to accept the staff-recommended FY2025 Blair Wildlife Consulting contract budget; the motion passed by voice vote with no member recorded as opposing. The committee subsequently approved the meeting minutes without amendment.
The recommendation will serve as the committee’s action regarding the budget allocation for Blair Wildlife Consulting’s biological services. The presentation and the committee’s discussion repeatedly identified the cost breakdown and contract term as the substantive details under consideration; no alternative funding breakdowns, dissenting votes, or amendments were recorded in the transcript.
