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Budget workshop and efficiency review

El PasoMay 28, 20263 min read

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City Council received department-by-department presentations on the preliminary FY 2027 budget and directed the City Manager to complete a citywide operational efficiency review focused on materials, supplies, outside contracts, and professional services to find cost savings while preserving frontline services.

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Council’s special meeting focused on the next city budget and how departments plan to spend money in FY 2027. Staff said many departments are seeking increases because of salaries, inflation, contracts, and operating costs, while also trying to keep or expand services. Council then voted to ask the City Manager to look for reasonable savings across city operations, especially in materials, supplies, outside contracts, and professional services, without cutting essential services residents rely on.

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Directed the City Manager to conduct a further citywide operational efficiency review focused on materials and supplies, outside contracts, and professional services as part of the FY2027 budget evaluation process.
The efficiency review must look for reasonable operational cost savings while maintaining essential frontline city services.

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City Council Special Meeting

May 28, 2026, 3:00 PMCOUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 300 N. CAMPBELL AND VIRTUALLYscheduled

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Teleconference phone number 1-915-213-4096 Toll free number: 1-833-664-9267 Conference ID: 182-318-525#
Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of El Paso will be conducted on May 28, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. Members of the public may view the meeting via the following means: Via the City’s website. http://www.elpasotexas.gov/videos Via television on City15, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofelpasotx/videos
Attention: The Council will take a lunch break at approximately 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise decided by the Council.
In compliance with the requirement that the City provide two-way communication for members of the public, members of the public may communicate with Council regarding agenda items by calling the following number: 1-915-213-4096 or Toll free number: 1-833-664-9267
At the prompt please enter the corresponding Conference ID: 182-318-525#
The public is strongly encouraged to sign up to speak on items on this agenda before the start of this meeting on the following link: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/7086be5f4ed44a239290caa6185d0bdb
A quorum of City Council must participate in the meeting.
AGENDA
For presentation, discussion, and action: FY 2026 - 2027 Budget as presented by the City Manager. · City Manager Overview - Dionne Mack, Robert Cortinas, Sasho Andonoski · Department Budget Profiles
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The City Council of the City of El Paso may retire into EXECUTIVE SESSION pursuant to Section 3.5A of the El Paso City Charter and the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapter D, to discuss any of the following: (The items listed below are matters of the sort routinely discussed in Executive Session, but the City Council of the City of El Paso may move to Executive Session any of the items on this agenda, consistent with the terms of the Open Meetings Act and the Rules of City Council.) The City Council will return to open session to take any final action and may also, at any time during the meeting, bring forward any of the following items for public discussion, as appropriate.
Section 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY Section 551.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY Section 551.073 DELIBERATION REGARDING PROSPECTIVE GIFTS Section 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS Section 551.076 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS Section 551.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS Section 551.089 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS; CLOSED MEETING
Discussion and action on the following:
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
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