Gina Ortiz Jones
About
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' platform appears to prioritize increasing voter participation and engagement. She has proposed the creation of a new voting commission aimed at boosting turnout and has actively urged citizens to participate in early voting.
Campaign promises (4)
- transparencyProposes a new voting commission to increase voter participation.
- transparencyWants a new commission to boost voter turnout.
- transparencyProposes a new voting commission to boost voter turnout.
- transparencyUrges early voting.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 80
- Total speaking time
- 18:52:59
- Avg per meeting
- 14:10
- Segments
- 21915
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Top issues during term (12)(Budget)
FY 2027 Proposed Budget
The proposed police budget is $752.2 million, incorporating $5.3 million in reductions and $4.9 million in revenue enhancements.
Spurs Arena Financing
The city plans to issue $489 million in bonds, which will be repaid through specific revenue streams like arena rent and tax zones.
Workforce Development Strategy
The program involves significant city investment in job training and education.
tax rate increase
Directly impacts property owners' tax liabilities and city revenue collection for the fiscal year.
Program Fiscal and Quality Assurance Reports
Maintains compliance required for continued receipt of federal grant monies.
Data and Transparency in Housing Investments
The cost of building and maintaining the dashboard will be discussed by the committee.
ICE Facility Assessment
Potential assessment costs for utility staff time and resources.
District 3 Aquatics Facility
The project involves an expenditure of up to $1.8 million from the TIRZ fund.
FY 2026 Commission Budget
The proposed budget totals $4.4 billion, representing a 4.1% increase in the General Fund over the previous year.
Grant Panelist Selection
The selection of panelists influences the allocation of arts funding, impacting various arts organizations and projects.
tax exemption correction
The county's initial budget projections were inaccurate, meaning the actual cost of this tax break will differ from what taxpayers were originally told.
abortion travel fund
Taxpayer money won't be going to this fund anymore, saving the city some cash.
Moved or seconded (2)
Motions Jones personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- movedpassed2026-05-21
Councilmember Jones moved to Amendment 1.
- movedfailed 4-72026-05-21
Mayor Jones moved to amend the Ordinance as follows
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Jones was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of FY 2027 Annual Budget (Items 5 & 10)
Adoption of Budget Ratification Ordinance (Item 6)
Ordinance approving the Workforce Solutions Alamo FY 2027 Operating Budget in the amount of $195,380,770. [Alejandra Lopez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Ramsey, Executive Director, Workforce Development Office]
Item 15: FY 2027 Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget
Recommend Workforce Solutions Alamo FY 2027 Operating Budget
Voting record (2)(Budget)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.