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Adopted Budget 2025 City of McAllen, Texas

Strategic Business Plan

Goal 5: Provide strong stewardship of McAllen’s financial resources while setting the standard for
good governance. (continued)
Department / Total Project Estimated Budget
No. Objective Time- line Status - Rationale
Agency Cost FY 23-24 FY 24-25
McAllen Public Library in
effort to reduce infrastructure
cost works with consulting
McAllen Public team every year in order to
Library-”E-rate” McAllen participate in yearly “E-rate”
5�1�07 Program with Federal Annual Recurring Program Program program for replacement of
Communications Public Library technology infrastructure
Commission at significantly discounted
rates provided by the
Federal Communications
Commission�
Work with contract Connect Mayor, City
lobbyist to leverage Commission, and
5�1�08 contacts and state City Manager Ongoing Program Program Program Departmental needs with
appointed leaders for Local Legislative initiatives�
funding possibilities�
The Human Resources
Human Resources- Human Department will continue
5�1�09 McAllen Leadership Ongoing Program Program Program Award-Winning Leadership
Academy Resources Program that provides
leadership training to new
and aspiring Supervisors�
Enterprise Resource Planning
Software implementation�
This is replacement Utility
5�1�10 Project SMART-ERP Information October 2022- $6,760,680 $1,339,441 $3,308,267 billing software, Financial
software, Customer
TBD
Replacement
Technology
Relationship Management,
and HR Software to control
cost and improve efficiency.
Design services for City
Hall renovations and
expansion-1300 W� Houston
Avenue-Expansion to existing
city hall, proposed expansion
5�1�11 City Hall Expansion - Engineering October $3,408,000 $22,000 $3,338,000 will be four levels with first
level parking� The expansion
Design
will be used to relocate
departments that need
additional space, this is due
to the growth in number of
staff at certain departments�
Dais Upgrades at City
Commission Room, 3rd Floor
5�1�12 City Hall Commission Office of October $180,000 $0 $180,000 of City Hall-1300 W� Houston
Room-Dais Upgrades
Avenue-Upgrades include
walls to match front of room
and matching furniture�
Information
Human Resources Technology One-time Implementation of Human
5�1�13 Software for Hiring/ October $25,476 $25,476 Resource Software for Hiring
Recruiting & Human Program and Recruiting�
Resources
Offsite backup of data in
cloud for disaster recovery
Information servicing Police & Information
5�1�14 Offsite Backup Recurring Program $14,864 $18,000
Technology Technology Department�
This protects back-up data
city-wide�

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