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Committee approves development of a framework to report city spending to local businesses

City of San Antonio Governance Committee · April 15, 2026
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Summary

The Governance Committee voted to have staff develop a standardized framework defining 'local' and reporting city spending to local businesses, with follow-up work to come through economic and workforce development channels.

On April 15, the San Antonio Governance Committee approved staff’s recommendation to develop a standardized reporting framework for tracking city expenditures that go to local businesses, aiming to make public investment and subcontracting more transparent.

Troy Elliott, the city’s chief financial officer, described the CCR’s goals: define what 'local' means for reporting, build a consistent citywide reporting framework for departmental and citywide expenditures (including grants, prime contracts and subcontracts), and use…

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