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San Antonio’s newly accepted metropolis funds is 5.8% bigger than final yr’s however it does embrace some important cuts.
Metropolis Council on Thursday unanimously accepted San Antonio’s $3.96 billion funds for the upcoming fiscal cycle — a 5.8% enhance over 2024’s document funds.
Even so, Thursday’s accepted funds contains $23.6 million in cuts to some metropolis providers. The drawbacks come as workers predicts that bills will outpace property tax income development.
Even so, town would not plan any property tax will increase throughout this funds cycle, in response to the agenda memorandum on Thursday’s listening to.
First, the expansion space below the subsequent funds.
San Antonio’s embattled Animal Care Companies division will obtain a 13.6% enhance to rent extra personnel. One other $44 million will fund elimination of homeless encampments, whereas an extra $55 million will cowl a 3% increase for metropolis civilian workers.
San Antonio cops will get a 4% increase, whereas firefighters will get a whopping 20% pay enhance over the subsequent three years as a part of the collective bargaining settlement between the union and town. That new contract will value town $109.6 million over the subsequent three years.
To make room for the hearth union contract, council opted to slash its annual funding to VIA by half, lowering it to $5 million. Town will increase the price of being transported by EMS will enhance from $1,000 to $1,500, and the value of Alamodome and Conference Middle parking will enhance from $8 to $15.
Town will even blow by way of the remainder of its remaining $5.8 million in federal COVID-19 pandemic reduction funds to remain within the inexperienced this fiscal cycle.
Though town averted a deficit this cycle, San Antonio continues to be taking a look at a $3.5 million deficit in 2026 if metropolis officers are unable to lift extra income.
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