Mercedes
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City Commission Special Meeting
Mercedes City Commission
400 South Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, TX 78570
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City budget
$19,202,343Planned spending for the 2025–26 budget year from the main fund.
17.9% more than the year before.
See the budgetOriginal budgetcityofmercedes.com (opens in new tab)
A plan, not what was actually spent. From the official budget document.
Sales tax
$877,410Sales tax the state sent the city in September 2026.
6.4% more than the same month last year.
See the trendOfficial datadata.texas.gov (opens in new tab)
One part of the city’s income, not the total. From the Texas Comptroller’s September 2026 report.
Sources
- Official meeting informationCivicClerk meeting portal (opens in new tab)
- Mercedes city website (opens in new tab)
- Official area directory (opens in new tab)
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3 meetings shown
September 2026
Mercedes City Commission
City Commission Special Meeting
400 South Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, TX 78570
October 2026
Mercedes City Commission
Workshop
400 South Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, TX 78570
Mercedes City Commission
City Commission Meeting 1st Tuesday
Commission Chamber, 400 S. Ohio Ave., Mercedes, TX 78570
Sales tax
What the state sent the city, from the Texas Comptroller’s September 2026 report. Reported allocations, not total city revenue.
- Monthly allocation · September 2026
- $877,4106.4% more than September 2025
- Calendar year to date · January–September 2026
- $7,677,1496.7% more than January–September 2025
Monthly allocation history
| Report month | Allocation | Same month last year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $877,410 | $824,509 | $52,901 more (+6.4%) |
| August 2026 | $779,467 | $708,872 | $70,594 more (+10.0%) |
| July 2026 | $684,777 | $686,836 | $2,059 less (-0.3%) |
| June 2026 | $772,390 | $804,825 | $32,435 less (-4.0%) |
| May 2026 | $902,422 | $831,358 | $71,065 more (+8.5%) |
| April 2026 | $738,096 | $600,137 | $137,959 more (+23.0%) |
| March 2026 | $659,325 | $585,081 | $74,244 more (+12.7%) |
| February 2026 | $1,315,770 | $1,270,681 | $45,090 more (+3.5%) |
| January 2026 | $947,491 | $881,151 | $66,340 more (+7.5%) |
| December 2025 | $677,582 | $648,809 | $28,774 more (+4.4%) |
| November 2025 | $679,547 | $677,399 | $2,148 more (+0.3%) |
| October 2025 | $736,184 | $712,624 | $23,560 more (+3.3%) |
About these numbers
Payments can reflect sales from two or more months earlier, reporting adjustments and tax-rate changes. Increases are not necessarily economic growth. Comparisons use the same period last year, not the previous month. Calendar-year totals are separate from the city’s fiscal-year budget. Amounts are rounded to whole dollars. Percentages are unavailable when the prior amount is zero or negative, or either amount is missing.
Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accountsdata.texas.gov (opens in new tab) · September 2026 report.
Budget
FY 2025–26 · Adopted budget. Planned amounts, not what was actually spent.
Budget at a glance
Manually extracted · AI-assistedFY 2025–26 · Adopted plan. View approval · Ordinance 2025-27 · 2025-09-16
| Measure | Scope | Amount | Transfers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned spending | General Fund | $19,202,343 | Excludes interfund transfers | PDF p. 4PDF p. 41How this amount is calculatedSource total: $19,302,343.00 Less 01-540-2204 Transfer Out: $100,000.00 Comparable amount: $19,202,343.00 |
| Planned revenue | General Fund | $16,502,343 | Excludes interfund transfers | PDF p. 4PDF p. 7How this amount is calculatedSource total: $19,302,343.00 Less 01-44037 Reserves: $2,500,000.00 Less 01-44082 Transfer-In From Utility Fd: $300,000.00 Comparable amount: $16,502,343.00 |
| Planned spending | All city funds | Not available · Citywide spending excluding transfers and component-unit scope have not yet been reconciled. | Transfer treatment not established |
The General Fund is part of the all-funds budget, not additional spending. These are spending plans, not actual results.
Read original budgetcityofmercedes.com (opens in new tab)
Is spending increasing?
Compare adopted spending plans, not actual spending.
General Fund
How this amount is calculated
Source total: $16,384,284.00
Less 01-540-2204 Transfer Out: $100,000.00
Comparable amount: $16,284,284.00
All city funds
Matching spending totals excluding transfers are not available.
Both years exclude interfund transfers. General Fund spending is already included in all city funds; do not add them together. Changes are not inflation-adjusted. Bars are scaled within each card.
From revenue to surplus or deficit
General Fund · FY 2025–26 · After transfers
Start with revenue. Add transfers and other financing coming in, then subtract spending and financing outflows. The final bar is what remains, not another source of money.
Planned inflows and outflows are equal. Beginning fund balance is excluded. This is the General Fund only, not the whole city.
See exact calculation & source pages
| Step | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | +$16,502,343 | PDF p. 4PDF p. 7 |
| Transfer-In From Utility Fd | +$300,000 | PDF p. 7 |
| Reserves (fund balance appropriated) | +$2,500,000 | PDF p. 7 |
| Spending | −$19,202,343 | PDF p. 4PDF p. 41 |
| Transfer Out (Non-Departmental) | −$100,000 | PDF p. 41 |
| Balanced plan | +$0 | Calculated from the rows above |
Spending is subtracted once; capital or debt service already included in it is not deducted again. Transfers and other financing must be fully accounted for before this chart can show a result.
Where the money goes
General Fund · Excludes interfund transfers
Partial breakdown; not all amounts are represented. Original city categories are preserved.
Sources & how these numbers were prepared
Transcribed from the archived city PDF with AI assistance in this workspace. No API extraction was run and no independent human audit is claimed.
Fiscal period: 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30. This summarizes the linked adopted document; later amendments may not be reflected.
Prepared Sep 15, 2026. Figures may contain interpretation errors. Follow each PDF page link to check its source.
September 2026
Mercedes City Commission
City Commission Regular Meeting
400 S. Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, Texas 78570
Mercedes City Commission
City Commission Regular Meeting
400 S. Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, Texas 78570
August 2026
Mercedes City Commission
Special Meeting
400 South Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, TX 78570
Mercedes City Commission
City Commission Regular Meeting
400 S. Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, Texas 78570
Mercedes City Commission
Workshop
400 South Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, TX 78570
Mercedes City Commission
City Commission Regular Meeting
400 S. Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, Texas 78570
July 2026
Mercedes City Commission
Special Meeting
400 South Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, TX 78570
Mercedes City Commission
City Commission Regular Meeting
400 S. Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, Texas 78570
Mercedes City Commission
City Commission Regular Meeting
400 S. Ohio Avenue, Mercedes, Texas 78570
Officials listed on the official published directory. Office and place labels follow the source; places are not necessarily geographic districts.
City Commission
Elected| Name | Office | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar D. Montoya Sr. | Mayor | ||
| Dr. Ruben J. Saldana | City Commissioner · Mayor Pro Tem | ||
| Rolando Garcia | City Commissioner | Place 1 | Official page (opens in new tab) |
| Armando Garcia | City Commissioner | Place 2 | |
| Joe Martinez | City Commissioner | Place 3 |
Source: City of Mercedes — City Commissioncityofmercedes.com (opens in new tab)
Meetings checked 1 day ago · Officials checked Sep 14, 2026