25-T-032 FY 2025-26 BudgetORDINANCE NO. 25-T-032
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2026, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF THE
BUDGET; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz is a home rule city acting under its charter adopted
by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of
the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Schertz submitted a budget proposal to
the City Council prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, and in said budget proposal set
forth the estimated revenues and expenditures and made the detailed classification as
required by the City Charter of the City of Schertz, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that all provisions pertaining to the adoption of a
budget contained in the City Charter have been in all things complied with; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing is held by the City Council of the City of Schertz,
Texas on the 19t' day of August 2025; and
WHEREAS, after a full and final consideration, the City Council is of the opinion
that the budget should be approved and adopted; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. The budget of the expenditures of the City of Schertz for the ensuing
fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, be, and the
same is, in all things, adopted and approved as the said City of Schertz budget for the
Fiscal Year beginning the first day of October 2025, and ending the thirtieth day of
September 2026.
Section 2. The sums below are hereby appropriated from the respective funds for the
payment of expenditures on behalf of the City government as established in the
approved budget document:
2025-2026 Budget
General Fund
$54,486,933
Tax I&S Fund
11,545,212
Water & Sewer Fund
36,726,604
Capital Recovery - Water
1,000
Capital Recovery - Sewer
14,353
Drainage Fund
2,823,740
EMS Fund
17,234,721
SEDC
16,701,463
Special Events Fund
55,000
PEG Fund
64,000
Hotel Occupancy Fund
170,322
Park Fund
100,000
Tree Mitigation
85,000
Roadway Impact Fee Areal
5,000
Roadway Impact Fee Area2
105,000
Roadway Impact Fee Area3
5,000
Roadway Impact Fee Area4
3,000
Library Fund
21,500
Historical Committee
14,250
Total:
$140,162,098
Section 3. A true and correct copy of this ordinance along with the approved budget
attached hereto, and any amendments thereto, shall be filed with the City Secretary.
In addition, the City Manager is hereby directed to file or cause to be filed a true and
correct copy of this ordinance along with the approved budget attached hereto, and
any amendments thereto, in the office of the County Clerk of Guadalupe, Comal, and
Bexar Counties, Texas, as required by law.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Schertz, Texas (2006), as amended, except
where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of
such ordinances and such Code, in which event the conflicting provisions of such
ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
Section 5. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance are severable,
and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be
declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance, since the same would
have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its final
passage, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the day of 1A,14 �� , 2025.
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
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Ral utie , Mayor
ATTEST:
Sheila Edmon son, ity Secretary