The budget document.
San Antonio City Charter, art. VII, § 81
in effectSec. 81. - The budget document.
The budget document shall consist of three parts, as follows:
Part I shall contain: (1) a budget message prepared by the City Manager, which shall outline a fiscal policy for the City government, describing the important features of the budget with reference both to proposed expenditures and anticipated income, for the current year; (2) a general budget summary with support schedules, which shall exhibit the aggregate figures of the budget in such manner as to show a balanced relationship between the total proposed expenditures and the total anticipated income for the fiscal year covered by the budget, and which shall compare these figures with the corresponding figures of the last completed fiscal year and the year in progress;
Part II shall contain: (1) detailed estimates of all proposed expenditures, showing the corresponding expenditures for each item for the current fiscal year and the last preceding fiscal year with the explanations of increases or decreases recommended as compared with appropriations for the current fiscal year; (2) detailed estimates of anticipated revenues and other income; (3) delinquent taxes for current and preceding years, with estimated percentage collectible; (4) statements of the bonded debt and other indebtedness of the City government, showing the debt redemption and interest requirements, the debt authorized and unissued, the conditions of the sinking funds, if any, and the borrowing capacity of the City.
Part III shall contain a complete draft of the budget ordinance, including an appropriation ordinance and such other ordinances as may be required to finance the budget.
(Ord. No. 85965, § 1 (Prop. 1), 5-5-97; Ord. No. 2024-08-08-0550, § 1, 8-8-24/Elec. 11-5-24)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH_ARTVIIFIBU_S81THBUDOFetched: 10/27/2026