{"id":341325,"date":"2026-06-18T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341325\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:28:12","slug":"watch-san-antonio-city-council-to-vote-on-saws-rate-hike-toyota-incentive-package-trial-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341325\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: San Antonio City Council to vote on SAWS rate hike, Toyota incentive package, trial budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The San Antonio City Council is set to vote on major financial decisions on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Council members will meet at 9 a.m. The meeting will be livestreamed in this article. Delays are possible; if there\u2019s no livestream available, check back at a later time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The council is scheduled to vote on nearly $143 million worth of city and utility incentives to help lure a new $2 billion vehicle assembly line and 2,000 jobs to the South Side Toyota plant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/17\/toyota-incentive-package-up-for-thursday-council-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toyota incentive package up for City Council vote Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">City staff will also present a \u201ctrial budget\u201d that is expected to show details on how exactly the city might close a $131 million budget deficit projected for FY 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">While some council members have said they believe the gap can be closed simply by finding efficiencies and cuts, city staff have proposed an approach mixed with a property tax increase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">City Council will also vote on a series of SAWS rate increases that could raise an average residential customer\u2019s monthly bill from roughly $15 to $17 over the next two-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The water utility is looking to raise additional revenue, in large part, for billions of dollars\u2019 worth of capital expenses, including upgrading wastewater treatment plants, replacing pipes and installing backup generators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/17\/saws-rate-hike-up-for-council-vote-thursday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SAWS rate hike up for San Antonio City Council vote Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The San Antonio City Council is set to vote on major financial decisions on Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4519,82,84,83,3214],"class_list":["post-341325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-city-council","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-water-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}