Bulverde council denies 387-acre development plan, adopts budget and tax rate

Before the meeting, the agenda's taxpayer statement proposed $0.295343 per $100 of value, compared with $0.259798 for 2025, and estimated a median-homestead city tax bill of $1,605 versus $1,358 in 2025. Those household figures were proposal-stage estimates, not a verified final bill for any property. The packet presentation listed proposed general-fund revenue of $10,597,573 and expenditures of $10,326,549 for the coming fiscal year; those figures describe the presented plan, while the separately reviewed vote establishes adoption of the budget as presented.

Council approved an ordinance amending the city park facility fee schedule, including fees for using and renting city park facilities. The approval included a correction to the ordinance's section numbering. The draft packet proposed a two-hour reservation minimum, resident two-hour charges of $100 for a gazebo, $70 for a pavilion and $20 for a basketball court or practice field, plus a $35 nonresident surcharge. Because the reviewed vote describes the fee-schedule ordinance and its numbering correction without reciting each final charge, readers should check the executed ordinance before relying on a particular fee or refund term.

Council voted to move item 3B, on city manager compensation, so it would be taken up with item 3O. The packet described compensation above a budgeted 5% cost-of-living and merit adjustment as a matter for council determination. The reviewed procedural motion establishes the move; this guide makes no claim about a later compensation amount.

Street safety measures

Council approved the itemized cost estimates for improvements recommended in the signs and safety study. The total was estimated at $39,433, with staff doing the work. The raised crosswalk on Wally Road was left out. The estimate and exclusion define the scope of that approval; they do not establish that construction has been completed.

Council approved an ordinance adding a stop sign at the intersection of Casey Road and Barton Hill Drive. Council approved an ordinance creating a 135-foot no-parking zone on the north side of Marble Drive west of Premier Drive. Drivers and nearby residents should look to the posted controls and final ordinances for implementation details.

Two ordinances were pulled from the agenda and will return at the next meeting because of problems with their wording. One would lower the citywide speed limit from 35 to 30 mph, and the other would set a 25 mph limit in the Edge Brook subdivision. The proposed limits were therefore not adopted in these reviewed actions; their revised wording and next hearing are the immediate records to watch.

Citizen comments

The supplied agenda describes opportunities for testimony when an item is considered and for general comments after regular business. The retained outcome reviews document short motion and vote segments; they do not establish what people said during the budget, tax or land-use hearings or the general-comment period, or what council or staff said in response. This source limitation does not establish that nobody spoke. The full official recording is the reader's route to inspect those portions while a detailed comment account remains to be verified.

What to watch next

The next council agenda and executed ordinances should show when the revised speed-limit proposals return and when the approved fee and traffic controls take effect. The official recording verifies the Sept. 22 motions and votes reported here; the next posted agenda and signed ordinances are the primary records for the remaining implementation details.