Marina Alderete Gavito
About
Marina Alderete Gavito's platform appears to focus on continued development and progress within the city, as evidenced by her urging the city to move forward with the Spurs Arena terms. Her re-election suggests a continuation of her current approach to city governance.
Campaign promises (1)
- developmentUrged the city to continue progressing on the terms for the Spurs Arena.Related votes
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 81
- Total speaking time
- 6:59:48
- Avg per meeting
- 5:11
- Segments
- 8473
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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 (20)
Motions Gavito 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.
- secondedpassed2026-08-20
Councilmember Kaur moved to approve.
- secondedpassed2026-08-20
Councilmember Spears moved to approve.
- movedpassed 10-12026-08-20
moved to approve the Resolution as amended
- seconded2026-08-06
Councilmember Mungia moved to continue the item to an A Session in October for further consideration of 2027 and 2028 rate adjustments
- secondedpassed2026-08-04
Approve
- secondedpassed2026-08-04
Approval of minutes from the May 5, 2026 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
- secondedpassed2026-08-04
Council Consideration Request by Councilmember Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (District 2) on the Creation of a Real-Time Notification System for Trains Approaching or Stopped at Railroad C…
- movedpassed2026-06-02
recommend and forward the appointment of the following Airport Advisory Commission through March 18, 2028: Community Category – William Brendel, Richard Fletcher, Kathleen Frazier,…
- secondedpassed2026-05-27
Recommendation of Municipal Court Judges
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed2026-05-21
Councilmember Alderete Gavito moved to Approve.
- secondedpassed2026-05-05
Approve the minutes of the March 3, 2026, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting.
- movedpassed2026-04-07
Approve the minutes of the February 2, 2026, Community Health Committee meeting.
- secondedpassed2026-03-03
Councilmember Mungia moved to Approve the minutes of January 20, 2026 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting.
- movedpassed2026-02-26
Approve the minutes of the December 2, 2025 Community Health Committee meeting.
- movedpassed2026-02-03
Approve the minutes of the December 2, 2025, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting.
- movedpassed2026-01-29
Councilmember Whyte moved to Approve on Zoning Consent.
- movedpassed2026-01-29
Councilmember Alderete Gavito moved to Deny.
- movedpassed2026-01-20
Approve
- movedpassed2026-01-20
Approve
- secondedpassed2026-01-20
Approve the minutes of the November 4, 2025, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting.
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Gavito 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 (1)(Budget)
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