San Antonio City Council

The five-signature memo said since Jones was inaugurated in June, there have been “repeated instances of unprofessional conduct in dealing with councilmembers, city staff and residents of San Antonio.”

Last month, SAWS officials said a rate increase could be as high as 32% over the course of the next five years. The proposed increase this year would take the average SAWS bill from $60 to $65. By the time the entire 32% is included, the average bill would be $80.

The Municipal Utility District, or MUD, would create a taxing district to finance a water treatment plant on the proposed Guajolote Ranch Subdivision.

District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez will receive deferred adjudication after a no contest plea to obstruction of a highway with nine months of probation. The decision stems from an alleged drunk driving incident last year.

The building and two parking lots next to the former federal courthouse are owned by the federal government. What will be in the building after the purchase is uncertain except for a few federal offices for about three years until they have to relocate. It’s next to what will be the site of the proposed basketball arena.

The City of San Antonio is in the final stages of using $30 million of money committed from the San Antonio Spurs to purchase a federal building within the proposed sports and entertainment district.

District 8 City Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez will rejoin the city council’s Audit, Community Health, and Workforce committees after being removed last year.

The City of San Antonio has started preparing the sidewalks on N. Main Avenue to be painted in rainbow colors. The city is being forced to remove a rainbow crosswalk at Evergreen and Main by the Texas Department of Transportation.

95-year-old labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta joined Mayor Jones to make the case to move municipal elections from May to November.

The San Antonio City Council approved moving the city’s elections from May to November of odd years in a 6-5 vote.