A day after Mayor Ron Nirenberg was adamant the city return a $75 million windfall to...
Mayor Ron Nirenberg speaks as the City Council gathers for discussion and vote on the record $3.1 billion city budget on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.SAN ANTONIO — A day after Mayor Ron Nirenberg said a $75 million city budget surplus from collections of this summer’s record-high utility bills must be given back toIn a City Hall budget work session Tuesday, members again failed to reach consensus ahead of a final vote looming Thursday on the city’s annual budget.
In a meeting a day earlier with the Express-News editorial board, Nirenberg was adamant that CPS customers should get relief from bills that have been driven up this summer by record heat and the high price of fuel for CPS generating plants. Monday, Nirenberg threw cold water on Bravo’s proposal. Setting aside more money for planting trees or adding insulation or energy efficient windows to a home doesn’t help if there aren’t enough contractors in the area to perform the work, he said. And that’s the situation the city’s in now.
“This doesn’t feel like what we as a city put forward in terms of inclusion and helping those that are the most vulnerable,” District 3 Councilmember Phyllis Viagran said. “As well-intentioned as we want to be, it’s getting more difficult to understand where these dollars are going.”CPS Energy bills jump 43% in July to a record $254, but unpaid bills creating headaches for utility
Nirenberg and city officials in late August sought to get council members on board with the rebate by adding an option that would let customers who don’t need or want the bill credit to choose not to receive it. Instead, the credit would go to the REAP fund.
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