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San Antonio staff proposes a "declaration of taxpayer impact" to publish with FY26 budget

San Antonio City Council (committee meeting) · November 7, 2025
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San Antonio staff presented a draft "declaration of taxpayer impact" intended to be included with the proposed FY2026 budget and posted on the city's budget platform and in local press.

San Antonio staff presented a draft "declaration of taxpayer impact" intended to be included with the proposed FY2026 budget and posted on the city's budget platform and in local press. Ray Martínez, a staff presenter, told the committee the draft compares fiscal 2025 and 2026 charges and fees for a typical homeowner.

The presentation showed examples staff said are illustrative of a typical homeowner's bill: property tax (listed as $849.27 in FY2025 versus $866.54 in FY2026, a $17.27 increase), an unchanged environmental fee of $36, a parks fee rising by $6, and a net illustrative homeowner increase of about $23–$27 (described in the presentation as roughly a 1.7%…

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