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Alamo City Government Activities (2015‑2026)

Recent records show Alamo’s city council actions, budget figures, debt obligations, and community services from 2015 through 2026.

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News — Alamo & the Valley archive & search

Reporting from six Valley outlets — KRGV, Telemundo 40, ValleyCentral, Border Report, The Monitor, and Progress Times. Alamo stories first. Their content, linked and attributed. Spanish-language stories are AI-translated and labeled — the link always opens the original.

Telemundo 40 Español
Man facing arrest warrant holed up in Alamo
Cedrick Lee Soto was arrested early Thursday morning after he holed up inside a residence in Alamo. Here are the details.
Oct 28, 2026 · translated from Spanish by AI — the link opens the original
KRGV Channel 5
Alamo man sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing female roommate
Christopher Lee Soto was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2023 murder of his roommate Britney Kay Ireland in Alamo.
Oct 26, 2026
KRGV Channel 5
Alamo man sentenced to 50 years in prison after sexually abusing three children
Florentino Garcia Lerma, 67, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted in Hidalgo County on multiple counts of child sexual abuse involving three victims under age 14.
Oct 22, 2026
ValleyCentral CBS 4
Alamo man sentenced to 50 years for sexual abuse of children
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A 67-year-old Alamo man convicted of sexually abusing three children under the age of 14 will spend 50 years in prison. A Hidalgo County jury found Florentino Garcia Lerma guilty of two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a young child, two counts of aggravated assault of a child and six [...]
Oct 22, 2026
The Monitor (MyRGV)
Alamo man gets 50 years in prison for sexual abuse of three children
Florentino Garcia Lerma, a 67‑year‑old man from Alamo, was sentenced this week after a Hidalgo County jury found him guilty of multiple sexual offenses against three children under 14. The convictions stem from allegations reported to Alamo police on Nov. 3, 2023, and resulted in a 50‑year prison term, the length of which residents will note as the key outcome.
Oct 22, 2026 · AI description
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KRGV Channel 5 · video
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Oct 27, 2026
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KRGV Channel 5 · video
KRGV CHANNEL 5 NEWS Update - October 27
Oct 27, 2026
Coming up

In Alamo soon

Thu, Oct 29 · 7:30 AM
Coffee With A Cop
McDonald’s
Fri, Oct 30 · 4:00 PM
Sergeant Fernando De La Rosa Memorial Library – Arcadia Guild
Sgt. Fernando De La Rosa Memorial Library
Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM
City of Alamo All Hallow’s Eve
Central Park
Sun, Nov 1 · 2:00 AM
Daylight Savings Time Ends
Mon, Nov 2 · 5:30 PM
Sgt Fernando De La Rosa Memorial Library – Day of the Dead Open Mic
Sgt. Fernando De La Rosa Memorial Library

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This week's city services

schedules & details
Brush and bulky item collection
Brush (yard waste) and bulky items are collected once a month. Your pickup week depends on your location: Section 1 (north of Expressway 83) – second full week… more
Recycling center hours and accepted materials
The Alamo Recycling Center is open Monday‑Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (closed for lunch). The A.R.T.I.E stand‑alone facility… more

Service problem? Report it to the city: 1-800-423-7316

Alamo Central

Your city, in one place

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The Money — budget, taxes, audits
20,625
The People — ages, incomes, Social Security
1990
History — the city since 1990
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Trash & brush — schedules & reporting
Oct 29
Events — meetings & the calendar
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Documents — budgets, minutes, notices
The money

Public money, explained

$482,190
Property tax increase
FY 2023-2024

Raises property‑tax revenue by $482,190 (11.65% increase) compared to FY 2022-2023.

official document verified in source retrieved 2026-08-30
$8,535,154
Rainy-day fund balance
FY 2023-2024

Projected unassigned General Fund balance at 9/30/2024 is $8,535,154.

official document verified in source retrieved 2026-08-30

Where does the money go? See the full breakdown

Living here

What Alamo looks like

20,625
people live here
2025 · source
verified in source
$6.1M
sales tax paid to the city
2025 · source
verified in source
38
sworn police officers
2025 · source
verified in source
6.6
violent crimes per 1,000 residents
2025 · source
computed by us from the cited figures
$54,234
Median household income
2019-2023 ACS 5-year
verified in source
20,008
People living in Alamo
2019-2023 ACS 5-year
verified in source
29.7
Median age
2019-2023 ACS 5-year
verified in source

Ages, incomes, Social Security — see it all