Bulverde City Council is scheduled to consider its fiscal 2027 budget and 2026 property-tax rate, the 387-acre McCarty Ranch development request, park fees and several street-safety ordinances on Sept. 22. The complete meeting agenda establishes what is proposed, not how council will vote.
For Bulverde residents, the agenda combines citywide tax and budget decisions with proposed rules affecting park rentals, speed limits, parking and development near specific homes and highways.
Budget, taxes and park fees
The packet presents a proposed tax rate of $0.295343 per $100 of taxable value, $4,731,314 in annual property-tax revenue and an estimated $1,605 city tax bill on its example average home. Items 3.B through 3.G cover city-manager compensation, budget and tax hearings, budget adoption, tax ratification and adoption of the levy.
Earlier Comal.News reports examined the proposed rate and the Sept. 8 budget hearings. The Sept. 22 votes will determine the adopted figures.
The park-fee proposal starts from a city estimate that rentals recover about 17% of a $94,600 operating budget. Item 3.A would set a two-hour rental minimum and add a $35 nonresident surcharge.
Land-use requests
Items 3.H through 3.L cover guest-house permits at 34712 Mayer Oaks and 31910 Lake Wind; an indoor baseball and athletic-performance facility at 18443 State Highway 46, Building 3; relocation of a nonconforming bank pylon sign at 3131 Bulverde Road; and McCarty Ranch. The two guest-house cases and McCarty Ranch include hearings.
McCarty Ranch covers approximately 387 acres at 31575 U.S. 281 North and proposes single-family, multifamily and commercial uses. Earlier reporting examined a revision that capped tree-mitigation payments at $200,000. Council’s outcome record will establish whether the request passes and under what conditions.
Street rules and other business
Items 3.M and 3.N put the city’s signs-and-safety work into possible implementation. Council may prioritize project costs and consider a stop sign at Barton Hill and Casey, a Marvel Drive no-parking zone, a citywide default speed reduction from 35 to 30 mph and 25 mph limits on Edgebrook streets.
The opening business includes a Constitution Week proclamation, an August planning update and a Planning and Zoning Commission report. Item 3.O concerns a future workshop on goals and performance objectives for the city manager. The agenda later provides for community-interest reports and general public comment.
How to participate
The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22 in the City Hall Council Chamber at 30360 Cougar Bend; the agenda directs speakers on posted items to register and provides item-specific comment when each matter is considered, followed by general public comment after regular business.
The next decisive record will be the city’s post-meeting material showing the votes, amendments, testimony and implementation directions from Sept. 22. Residents can inspect the official packet before the meeting and compare it with the recorded results afterward.