Memorial Day Essentials: Holiday Schedule of City Services - Covid-19 Edition

May 21, 2020 - San Antonio

By Jade Esteban Estrada - Staff Writer, San Antonio Sentinel

On Monday, May 25, the City of San Antonio will observe the Memorial Day holiday. City Hall and most municipal offices will remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For some working people, however, it will be just another day at the office. The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District’s emergency operations, epidemiology and sanitarian workers, for instance, will continue their response to the coronavirus crisis. Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff will provide their daily COVID-19 update at 6:13 p.m. and public safety and emergency services will be in commission.

Here is an overall holiday breakdown of City services that will remain operational: 

• Recycling, organics recycling and garbage will be collected

• Police will be on duty

• Fire and EMS personnel will be on duty

• 3-1-1 Call Center will operate on holiday hours from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Downtown visitors will enjoy a parking meter holiday

• Dead animal collection crews will be on duty

• Animal Care Officers will be on duty

• San Antonio Botanical Garden

• Bitters Brush Recycling Center

• Nelson Gardens Brush Recycling Center

• Magistrate Court and Detention Center

• City parks and trails

Here are a list of services that will be closed: 

•  Animal Care Services Adoption Center

• Bulky waste collection centers and household hazardous waste sites

• Metro Health locations and clinics

• Metro Health Covid-19 Hotline

• Municipal Court Services

• Pre-K 4 SA offices and centers

• Senior Centers 

• Senior Nutrition Sites (seniors or the general public may contact individual nutrition sites for holiday schedule information)

• City of San Antonio Community Service Centers

• Office of the City Clerk, Passports, Vital Records and Municipal Archives and Records

• La Villita Administrative Offices

• Market Square Administrative Offices

• Solid Waste Management Administrative Offices

• McFarlin Tennis Center

• SAPD Administration and Records Section

• SAFD Administration and Records Section

• Alamodome Administrative Offices

Covid-19-related closures:

•  All San Antonio Public Library locations

• Animal Care Services Lobby

• Parks & Recreation Community Centers

• Parks & Recreation Adult and Senior Centers

• Head Start Administrative Offices and school district sites

• Child Care Services Administrative Offices

• NXT Level Youth Opportunity Center

• Ron Darner Parks and Recreation Headquarters

• Enrique Barrera Community Fitness Center

• San Antonio Natatorium

• The Parks and Recreation Department’s outdoor pools

• Fitness in the Park

• Municipal Court

• Spanish Governor’s Palace

• La Villita and Market Square shops

• Mission Marquee Plaza

• Carver Community Cultural Center

• Centro de Artes Gallery at Market Square

• Culture Commons Gallery at Plaza de Armas

• Alamodome Box Office

Jade Esteban Estrada is a staff writer at the San Antonio Sentinel, where he covers public health and other citywide issues. He can be reached at jade@sasentinel.com.