Case Study: City of Helotes achieves a 5,000% budget increase with OpenGov

How the City of Helotes Justified a 5,000% Budget Increase in 2 Years

The City of Helotes needed a better way to track public works work, asset conditions, and costs so it could justify a larger street maintenance budget. Before using OpenGov, the city relied on manual, incomplete tracking and had little data to support requests for more staff or funding.

OpenGov provided a user-friendly operations management system with mobile apps and Scenario Builder, helping Helotes capture pavement conditions, model long-term funding impacts, and make data-driven budget decisions. With OpenGov, the city grew its annual street maintenance budget from $30,000 to $1.5 million in a little over two years — nearly a 5,000% increase — while also improving efficiency, staffing decisions, disaster reporting, and compliance.

City of Helotes

Josh Mair

Public Works Director