The San Antonio City Council approved an ordinance awarding short-term contracts worth $100,000 each to ten organizations to provide vaccine education and outreach for the Metropolitan Health District, for a cumulative total of up to $1,000,000. Funding for the contracts was listed as the Vaccines for Children grant and the contract terms run from Dec. 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

Council member Castillo recused herself from the vote; she told the council she had pulled the item for recusal purposes. The caption read into the record named the recipients as ADMT Solutions LLC; Alamo Home Health Inc., d/b/a Touchstone Health; Beat Aids Coalition Trust; Courageous Creativity; Doing Well LLC; Parenting Plus; Stability Staffing and Consulting LLC; The Immunization Partnership; The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; and Young Women’s Christian Association of San Antonio.

Resident Jack M. Finger used his public comment time to urge additional recusals, alleging several of the listed organizations or their boards had made campaign contributions to council members and that those contributions created conflicts of interest. “Some of the organizations listed here have ... given you campaign finance contributions,” Finger said, listing contribution amounts he said were in the backup for certain council members.

The council voted on the ordinance after public comment; the clerk’s record notes that Council member Castillo was recused and that the motion carried. No detailed roll-call vote tally was read into the open session minutes for the ordinance vote.