City Council Budget Work Session

City of San Antonio City Council (budget work session) · August 19, 2026

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Opening, roll call and meeting purpose

Presentation

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Meeting called to order and clerk called roll; mayor and council present. Mayor/manager framed the session as a discussion of two budget scenarios requested by council last Thursday: (1) additional reductions to avoid using property tax capacity and (2) moving FY28 tax capacity into FY27 to reduce cuts. Staff (Eric) turns presentation over to budget director Freddy Martinez.

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San Antonio City Council held a budget work session on Aug. 19, 2026, to review two alternative FY27 budget scenarios — one that imposes deep program and position cuts to avoid a tax-rate increase and another that shifts FY28 property tax capacity into FY27 (an 8.7% one‑year increase) to restore many programs. Council members pressed staff for district impacts, lists of affected positions, and further fiscal options.

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