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City approves midyear FY2025 budget adjustments; staff say no service cuts planned
Summary
The council approved an ordinance adjusting the FY2025 operating and capital budgets to reflect actual revenues and expenditures through March 2025. Staff told council the midyear adjustments align spending to projections and do not include service reductions.
San Antonio City Council on May 15 approved a midyear amendment to the FY2025 operating and capital budgets, a staff presentation said the changes reconcile actual revenues and expenditures for October 2024–March 2025 with projections for the remaining fiscal year.
City staff explained the adjustments are intended to align department spending with updated revenue and expenditure forecasts; council member Alberta Aldrete de Gavito asked whether the changes would reduce services. Staff said the midyear adjustments do not include service cuts and will not affect ongoing encampment cleanup, homeless services or the Woodlawn Lake projects cited by the council member.
The ordinance was pulled for discussion by Council member Aldrete de Gavito and then approved after brief comment. Staff described the changes as alignment actions and said departments will continue to manage projects and services under the revised projections.
Ending: Council approved the midyear amendments; staff will continue monitoring revenues and expenses and return to council if deeper adjustments are needed.
