HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/07/2025 - WorkshopI HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the
Workshop Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of August 7, 2025, which were
approved by the City Council on August 19, 2025.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 19th day of August 2025.
(S E A L)
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
Corpus Christi, Texas
City of Corpus Christi
Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
P.O. Box 9277
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277
(361) 826-3105
rebeccah@cctexas.com
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City of Corpus Christi
Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
cctexas.com
Thursday, August 7, 2025
9:00 AM Council Chambers
FY 2026 Budget Workshop: All Funds Budget Overview and FY 2026 General Fund
Proposed Budget
A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Guajardo called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers
City Secretary Rebecca Huerta called the roll and verified that a quorum of the City
Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct the meeting.
Charter Officers: City Manager Peter Zanoni, City Attorney Miles Risley and City
Secretary Rebecca Huerta
Note: Council Member Cantu arrived at 9:22 a.m., and Council Members Hernandez and
Paxson attended by telephone conference
Present 9 - Mayor Paulette Guajardo, Council Member Roland Barrera, Council Member Gil
Hernandez, Council Member Kaylynn Paxson, Council Member Eric Cantu, Council
Member Carolyn Vaughn, Council Member Everett Roy, Council Member Sylvia Campos,
and Council Member Mark Scott
C. BRIEFINGS
25-1234 Overview of the FY 2026 Proposed Budget and additional detail of the General
Fund Proposed Budget
Director of Management and Budget Amy Cowley presented information on the following
topics: FY 2026 proposed budget; property tax and sales tax; FY 2026 proposed city
budget; FY 2026 general fund budget: $346.5 million; general fund FY 2026 proposed
budget; FY 26 general fund overview; general fund revenue fee for service changes;
Code Compliance revenue changes; Fire Department revenue changes; Police
Department revenue changes; Animal Care Services Department revenue changes;
Parks and Recreation revenue changes; mandated expenditures; Police Department
mandates; Fire Department mandates; Parks and Recreation mandates; Solid Waste
Department mandates; enhancements to expenditures; Police Department
enhancements; Fire Department enhancements; Animal Care Services enhancements;
City Auditor's Office enhancements; Finance Department enhancements; Parks and
Recreation enhancements; Planning and Economic Development Department
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enhancements; Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS); reductions to expenditures;
City Attorney reduction; City Manager reductions; City Secretary, City Council and
Mayor's Office reductions; Code Compliance reductions; Communications reductions;
Court Administration reductions; Fire Department reductions; Health Department
reduction; Human Resources Department reductions; Libraries reductions; Parks and
Recreation Department reductions; Planning and Economic Development Department
reductions; Police Department reductions; general fund expenditures; Enterprise Funds
expenditures; Special Revenue Funds overview; Internal Service Funds overview; Debt
Service Funds overview; projected fund balance comparison; FY 2026 budget
workshops; and community input sessions.
Fire Chief Brandon Wade presented information on the following topics: operations
resources; fire station map; fire department responses; fire department responses -
FY25 YTD; performance measures; fire prevention; emergency management; and
deployments.
D. Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Guajardo adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
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