City Council Special Meeting

City of San Antonio

Meeting Minutes

City Council Special Meeting

State of Texas

County of Bexar

City Hall Complex

105 Main Plaza

San Antonio, Texas 78205

FINAL

9:00 AM HBG Convention CenterWednesday, June 28, 2017

The City Council convened in a Special Meeting in the Lonesome Dove Room of the Henry B.

Gonzalez Convention Center. City Clerk Leticia Vacek took the Roll Call noting the following

Councilmembers present:

11 - Nirenberg, Treviño, Shaw, Viagran, Saldaña, Gonzales, Brockhouse,

Sandoval, Pelaez, Courage, and Perry

PRESENT:

City Council Budget Policy Goal Setting Session establishing budget policy direction

that will guide the development of service priorities for the FY 2018 Proposed Budget

and the FY 2019 Budget-Plan to include possible action on matters presented and

discussed. [María Villagómez, Assistant City Manager; Justina Tate, Director,

Management and Budget]

1.

Mayor Nirenberg welcomed all to the Budget Goal Setting Session. He directed

Councilmembers to work together to address priorities for their districts and the city as a

whole.

City Manager Sculley stated that staff was seeking input and policy direction from the City

Council for the development of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Budget and provided a timeline

for budget adoption. She introduced the Facilitator, Francisco Gonima, who reviewed the

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process and agenda for the meeting. He stated that the goal was to reach consensus.

Mrs. Sculley stated that the current financial policies were adopted by the City Council in

September 2014. She noted that said policies were a best practice for Municipal

Governments, critical to prudent financial management and contributed to the City’s AAA

Bond Rating. She reviewed the following adopted financial policies: 1) Keep Public Safety

spending below 66% of General Fund; 2) Manage structural balance in General Fund; 3)

Sustain contingencies of $1 million in the General Fund and $3 million in the Capital Budget;

4) Maintain a minimum General Fund ending balance of 15%; 5) Maintain moderately

conservative revenue projections; and 6) Address internal services fund deficits in 3 to 5

years.