Budget season begins

As the budget season for the next fiscal year nears, Boerne city staff and officials are gearing up to begin the budget process with the many fiscal impacts of the past year in mind.

Boerne City Manager Ben Thatcher said the city’s goals in the budget process are to ensure strategic alignment, implement the city’s master plan, manage growth, ensure structural balance, optimize the city’s fund balance, look out past the current year, consider operational impacts and more.

“You know this is an interesting time in our annual process,” Thatcher said. “This is where the nitty gritty comes down to all our months of strategic planning, understanding citizen input, understanding master plan needs, what do we need to effect and implement.