City Council B Session

City of San Antonio

Meeting Minutes

City Council B Session

State of Texas

County of Bexar

City Hall Complex

105 Main Plaza

San Antonio, Texas 78205

FINAL

2:00 PM Municipal Plaza BuildingWednesday, May 29, 2019

The City Council of San Antonio convened in the “B” Room of the Municipal Plaza Building. City

Clerk Leticia Vacek took the Roll Call noting a quorum with the following Councilmembers

present:

10 - Mayor Nirenberg, Treviño, Hall, Viagran, Saldaña, Brockhouse, Sandoval,

Pelaez, Courage, and Perry

PRESENT:

1 - GonzalesABSENT:

City Clerk Vacek announced that Councilmember Gonzales was out of town and would not be

present.

Briefing on the Status of Women in San Antonio Report commissioned by the City of

San Antonio. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Interim Assistant City Manager;

Jennifer Herriott, MPH, Interim Director, Health]

1.

Dr. Colleen Bridger recognized Dr. Rogelio Saenz and Lily Casura of the University of

Texas at San Antonio for authoring the 75-page Report on the Status of Women in San

Antonio. She noted that a brief report would be presented which was prepared by Jesus

Fonseca and Dr. Golareh Agha.

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Dr. Agha presented the demographics of the San Antonio and highlighted data within the

categories of Health & Well-being, Economic Opportunities, Political Participation, and

Violence & Safety. She reported that within the Health & Well-being Category; the infant

mortality and maternal mortality rates in San Antonio were higher than in Travis, Dallas, and

Harris Counties. She highlighted the City of San Antonio’s efforts to increase Health and

Well-being to include implementing programs such as Healthy Start and Healthy Beats. She

stated that within the Economic Opportunities Category; the proportion of San Antonio’s

women in the workforce remains virtually unchanged over the last 12 years. She reported

that 63% of women in San Antonio were employed, compared to 72% of men. She stated

that women's median earnings as a percent of men's median earnings rose from 77% in 2005

to 82% in 2017; however, it was attributed to men losing ground in their wages after