Comal County approves $1.62 million flood alert contract and road funding applications

The court approved a resolution authorizing a Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture. The application asks for $750,000, with a $112,000 match, for road overlay work. That is a request to help pay for paving, with a county match if the application succeeds.

Towing, purchasing and the burn ban

The court approved amendments to Order 552, the county's local regulations for record towing services. The changes include rules on rotation-list eligibility and an exception for driver illness or unavailable equipment. Those rules affect companies called to clear vehicles from county roads.

The court approved a Comal County Purchasing Department protest policy for bidders and proposers. The policy gives vendors a county process for challenging a purchasing decision. The court took no action on an outdoor burning ban after staff said one was not needed following recent rain.

County spending and services

The court approved claims for November 12, 2026: $1,477,644.53 in EFTs and $1,138,726.23 in regular claims, for a total of $2,616,370.76. These were claims paid through the county's regular approval process, separate from the new Safeware agreement.

The court approved a line-item transfer from continuing education/travel to office supplies to cover office supply costs for the rest of 2026. The court approved a line-item transfer in County Court at Law No. 2 from public defender and attorney fees to visiting judges. Both move money within county accounts for specified expenses.

The court approved a jail line-item transfer from hourly personnel, holiday pay, law enforcement and hospitalization lines to physician contract services and prisoner feeding, to cover inmate food and medical care for the rest of the year. The court approved a public information officer line-item transfer from advertising, notices and printing to continuing education and travel. The money covers an unbudgeted certification required by HB 33.

The court approved an amended lease agreement with Pay and Save Inc. while the property exchange under Order 572 is pending. The amended lease runs November 1–30 and then continues month to month. The court approved a designated space agreement with the American National Red Cross for office space in the Churchill Annex Building from January 1 through December 31, 2027.

The court approved a proclamation recognizing November 14–22, 2026, as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in Comal County. The proclamation recognizes the issue; it does not establish a new county service or spending program.

Citizen comments

The meeting notice provided for general citizen comments and comments on individual items. The assignment brief flags a general resident comment and testimony from towing operators about the rotation rules, including concerns about replacement coverage and penalties, along with a county response pointing to discussion with the sheriff. The retained outcome records verify the towing-rule approval but do not provide a reviewed account of that exchange. Those comment descriptions remain leads for the official minutes or a reviewed recording record, so this recap does not attribute their wording, identities or timestamps as established testimony.

What to check next

The notice scheduled Comal County Commissioners Court for November 12, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom, 100 Main Plaza, New Braunfels. Readers can inspect the court's official recording for the decisions summarized here. The next records to watch are the two grant determinations, the executed flood-alert agreement's completion schedule and the official account of citizen comments.