Office of Management and Budget
Budget Development

Components of Budget Development

The City of San Antonio Fiscal Year began on October 1. The FY 2025 Budget is currently underway. The calendar below provided the key dates for the preparation and delivery of the City’s Proposed Operating and Capital Budget.

City of San Antonio FY 2021 Proposed Budget is balanced in spite of COVID-19 pandemic and lays out course to redefine policing.

Budget Process

Budget Calendar

Download: FY 2025 Budget Calendar (PDF)

Date Event
Wednesday, February 14 City Council “B” Session:
  1. FY 2024 Three Plus Nine Financial Report and 1st Quarter Budget Initiatives and Performance Report
  2. Briefing on Recommended FY 2025 Budget Calendar
Wednesday, April 17 City Council “B” Session:
  1. FY 2024 Six Plus Six Financial Report
  2. FY 2024 Mid-Year Budget Adjustment
  3. Five Year Financial Forecast
  4. 2nd Quarter Budget Initiatives and Performance Measure Report
Thursday, April 18 “Special” Session: City Council Budget Goal Setting Session for the FY 2025 Budget
Thursday, May 2 City Council “A” Session: FY 2024 Mid-Year Budget Adjustment
Wednesday, May 8 City Council “B” Session: FY 2025 Trial Budget
Thursday, June 20 City Council “A” Session: Community Input Report on Trial Budget
Months of June and July Meetings with City Manager and staff to review budget recommendations and service delivery plans utilizing identified City Council Goals and Service Delivery priorities (meeting dates and times to be scheduled).
Thursday, August 15 City Council “A” Session: City Manager presents FY 2025 Proposed Operating and Capital Budget to City Council and City Council considers the FY 2025 Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Rate and sets date, time and place for two tax rate public hearings (if necessary) and two budget public hearings.
August 19 to August 30 Community Input on the Proposed Budget
Tuesday, August 20 City Council “Special” Session: Budget Work Session (2 - 5 p.m.)
Wednesday, August 21 City Council “B” Session: Budget Work Session (2 - 5 p.m.)
Tuesday, August 27 City Council “Special” Session: Budget Work Session (9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 2 - 5 p.m.)
Wednesday, August 28 City Council “B” Session: Budget Work Session (2 - 5 p.m.)
Tuesday, September 3 City Council “Special” Session: Budget Work Session (9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 2 - 5 p.m.)
Wednesday, September 4 City Council “B” Session: Budget Work Session (2 - 5 p.m.) First FY 2025 Ad Valorem Tax Rate Public Hearing (5 p.m.) First Public Hearing on the FY 2025 Proposed Budget—Immediately after
Tuesday, September 10 City Council “Special” Session: Budget Work Session (2 - 5 p.m.)
Wednesday, September 11 City Council “B” Session: Budget Work Session (2 - 5 p.m.)
Thursday, September 12 Second FY 2025 Ad Valorem Tax Rate Public Hearing (9 a.m.) Second Public Hearing on the FY 2025 Proposed Budget—Immediately after
Tuesday, September 17 City Council “Special” Session: Budget Work Session (2 - 5 p.m.)
Wednesday, September 18 City Council “B” Session: Budget Work Session (2 - 5 p.m.)
Thursday, September 19 City Council “A” Session:
  1. City Council considers FY 2025 Annual Operating and Capital Budget and Ad Valorem Tax Rate Ordinances
  2. Revenue Adjustments Adoption
  3. FY 2024 Closing Ordinance

City Council Budget Work Sessions

City Council Budget Work Sessions will take place after the budget is proposed. At these sessions, City Staff will review the budget proposals with the Mayor and City Council in detail.

The meeting will be available to the public at AT&T channel 99, Grande channel 20, Spectrum channel 21, digital antenna 16, TVSA and City's Facebook page. Meetings can also be accessed by calling 210.207.1111 (English and Spanish options available).

Presentations

Schedule subject to change.

Session ID Date Time Department
1 Tuesday, August 15, 2023 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
2 Thursday, August 17, 2023 A Session (9 a.m.)
3 Wednesday, August 23, 2023 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
4 Thursday, August 24, 2023 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
5 Tuesday, August 29, 2023 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
6 Tuesday, August 29, 2023 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
7 Wednesday, August 30, 2023 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
8 Thursday, August 31, 2023 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
9 Tuesday, September 5, 2023 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
10 Wednesday, September 6, 2023 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
11 Tuesday, September 12, 2023 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
12 Wednesday, September 13, 2023 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
13 Thursday, September 14, 2023 A Session (9 a.m.)

City Council Goal-Setting Session

When the Five-Year Financial Forecast is presented to the City Council, they are asked to identify goals and priorities the upcoming budget should address. A goal setting session workshop takes place to provide City Council a format to provide City Staff with their service priorities for the upcoming budget year.

CITY COUNCIL BUDGET GOAL SETTING PRESENTATIONS

FY 2025 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

April 18 Presentations

  1. Financial Policies (PDF)
  2. CPS Financial Policy (PDF)
  3. Property Tax Update (PDF)
  4. ARPA Financial Update (PDF)

SA SpeakUp

FY 2024 SpeakUp Results

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