Reporting from Schertz
City Council decisions, development, public safety, and services in Schertz, including its Comal County neighborhoods.
Comal.News local reporting · Updated continuously
The board is scheduled to consider eligible reimbursement expenditures, review finances and hear a Crossvine development update.
2 min read · Source-linked reportingRead the reporting and receipts →
A 0.40-acre zoning request near FM 1518 and Schaefer Road would complete a General Business tract for a proposed restaurant and bakery, with a detailed traffic study still ahead if development proceeds.
2 min read · Public hearing Oct. 7
A city planning update lists administrative approval for a phased office-warehouse project at two Sunrise Way addresses.
1 min read · Verified from city record
A Schertz zoning proposal would replace single-family entitlements with open-space rules on land inside Randolph’s Accident Potential Zone II.
1 min read · Verified proposal
A 21-acre housing rezoning near Maske Road would raise the tract’s modeled peak-hour traffic and require a later, detailed traffic study.
2 min read · Proposed for Oct. 7 hearing
A newly posted city status report lists administrative approval for a phased office-warehouse plan at two Sunrise Way addresses.
1 min read · Site plan approved administratively
Schertz residents now have up to $1.5 million in public incentive spending to track as Hollingsworth Logistics Group relocates and expands its local operations.
1 min read · Verified meeting actions
Schertz annexed and rezoned 10.7 city-owned acres near FM 482 for a future nature park after planning records documented flooding, traffic and maintenance concerns.
2 min read · Verified council action
Limited-time purchases pushed city and economic-development sales-tax receipts far above earlier levels. Schertz’s fiscal plan puts the extra money toward one-time capital work while forecasting slower growth ahead.
2 min read · Verified city records
The adopted budget funds four more officers at the no-new-revenue tax rate; council also acted on parkland, incentives and other city business.
4 min read · Verified meeting outcomes
Schertz has moved from a proposed fiscal plan to an adopted budget and property-tax rate, both effective Oct. 1.
1 min read · Adopted; effective Oct. 1
A revised $504,374 amendment fixes its Planning and Finance provisions, but two city transfer references still do not match.
2 min read · Verified filing
Schertz is paying about $200,000 annually toward a second water organization whose stand-alone project carried a $162 million estimate in 2021. Council will examine the arrangement Tuesday.
2 min read · Workshop scheduled
Council will decide whether to extend Schertz’s Guadalupe County ambulance agreement through September 2028, with the city’s proposed share rising in each fiscal year.
2 min read · Proposed for Sept. 15 vote
Schertz’s next quarterly bad-debt adjustment would rise by $506,658.87 over the prior round, while affected EMS patients and utility customers would still owe their balances.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 15
A 6-1 Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to deny frames Schertz’s Sept. 15 hearing on outdoor storage at the RDO Equipment expansion.
2 min read · Council hearing Sept. 15
Tuesday’s council agenda pairs the fiscal 2027 budget and tax rate with five land-use matters, EMS agreements, a police grant and water planning.
3 min read · Scheduled for Sept. 15
Schertz council could adopt utility and drainage increases Sept. 15 as part of the fiscal 2027 budget.
1 min read · Proposed; council hearing Sept. 15
The two-year proposal assigns San Marcos part of Schertz’s Guadalupe County EMS obligation and sets a 13-minute response-time target.
2 min read · Proposed for Sept. 15
A $371,998 proposal would maintain license-plate cameras along Schertz streets and start a first-responder drone program, using $62,000 from the existing police budget.
2 min read · Council vote pending
A city-owned Comal County tract near FM 482 and Schwab Road could enter Schertz city limits Tuesday, completing the next step toward Public Use zoning for a future nature park.
2 min read · Annexation vote scheduled
Schertz staff recommends a higher city property-tax rate for 2026, while the city’s median-homestead illustration falls $4.96 a year because its example uses a lower taxable value.
2 min read · Proposed for Sept. 15
Council members asked to vote—and residents tracking city spending—face contradictory Planning & Zoning directions in Schertz’s proposed budget amendment.
2 min read · Draft conflict before Sept. 15 vote
Schertz says the Sept. 1 council agenda reached the public bulletin board but not the city website; the budget and tax-rate items were intended to return Sept. 15 unchanged.
2 min read · Verified city response
A verified city response resolves how Schertz’s Sept. 1 electrical-code transition applies when an earlier permit application is revised.
1 min read · Verified city response
Schertz residents face an indefinite burn ban that began Sept. 1, while separate Comal County restrictions remain active.
1 min read · Effective until further notice
Schertz’s new permit standard took effect Sept. 1, but Texas retained an exception from one outdoor GFCI requirement for listed HVAC equipment.
1 min read · Effective Sept. 1
Residents can now bid on Schertz vehicles, electronics, furniture and other surplus through Public Surplus, with an 8.5% buyer’s premium added to winning bids.
1 min read · Now available
Residents have another chance to weigh in on proposed zoning changes covering 10.7 acres near FM 482 and 5 acres near FM 2252 and I-35.
2 min read · Public hearings scheduled
Electrical permit applications filed in Schertz beginning Sept. 1 must meet the newly effective 2026 code when they include non-exempt electrical work.
1 min read · Effective today
Public hearings are the next step for two Schertz zoning requests covering about 15.7 acres near FM 482, Schwab Road, FM 2252 and I-35 in Comal County.
1 min read · Public hearings scheduled
Schertz canceled Tuesday’s council meeting because of a posting error, delaying expected action on the fiscal 2027 budget and property-tax rate until at least Sept. 15.
1 min read · Meeting canceledCounty Watch separates scheduled decisions, active changes, and unresolved questions.
