DEPARTMENT: Office of Management and Budget
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Justina Tate
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
City Council Goal Setting Session for the FY 2019 Budget
SUMMARY:
On May 30, 2018, the City Council FY 2019 Budget Goal Setting Session will be held at the Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center, Cantilever Room from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The purpose of the Budget Goal Setting Session is to obtain City Council policy direction that will guide the City Manager and staff in developing the FY 2019 Proposed Budget and the FY 2020 Budget-Plan. The anticipated outcome of this session is to establish City Council service delivery priorities and gather input on major budget policy issues that will be utilized by staff to prepare a balanced Fiscal Year 2019 Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget. City Council may take action to approve certain policy and priority matters related to the Budget Goal Setting Process.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio's fiscal year begins on October 1, and ends September 30. Each year the City Manager transmits a budget development calendar to the City Council in March with key dates for each phase of the budget process. The phases include (1) Five-Year Financial Forecast and public input before the budget is prepared, (2) City Council Budget Goal Setting Session, (3) Proposed Budget for the upcoming fiscal year, (4) City Council budget worksessions, and public input meetings/public hearings on the proposed budget, and (5) adoption of the Budget for the next fiscal year. The Annual Operating and Capital Budget must be approved by the City Council not later than September 27 of every year in accordance with the City Charter.
On March 1, 2018, the City Council was provided with the FY 2018 First Quarter Financial Report and the FY 2019 Budget Calendar. This calendar included the key dates for the five phases of the City of San Antonio budget development process.
Five Year Financial F...
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