For Simmons Valley Unit 1, county engineering recommends releasing two sureties worth $785,851.22 and $3,799,982.77 and accepting the completed roads into county maintenance. The same item proposes executing permit PIPROW 109595 for private improvements within the right-of-way.
A separate Simmons Valley South Entry Road 1 item would release a $892,422.23 letter of credit, accept the road for county maintenance and execute PIPROW 109635 for private landscaping, irrigation and utilities in the right-of-way.
Road abandonment and Goodwin-site survey
Commissioners will consider abandoning the southern remnant of New Braunfels-Blanco Road and conveying it to GuyBev Properties LLC. The draft order says a unanimous court vote is required.
A proposed second amendment with Parkhill would add $28,750 in surveying services for the Goodwin Maintenance Building site. The exhibit depicts survey limits around a proposed 5,000-square-foot maintenance building and two potential future-building footprints, but the amendment before the court concerns the added survey work.
Retirement, insurance and county operations
The proposed 2027 county retirement plan keeps a 7% employee deposit and 200% employer match, adds a 3% flat-rate cost-of-living adjustment and lists a total county contribution rate of 11.75%.
The workers’ compensation renewal would cover Jan. 1, 2027, through Jan. 1, 2028, and continue optional coverage for elected officials, election workers, jurors and volunteer law-enforcement personnel. A separate liability renewal questionnaire reports 965 full-time, 16 part-time and 22 volunteer workers and lists current $2 million limits for public-official and law-enforcement liability.
The court will consider designating Animal Control Supervisor Korrie Doherty as the county’s local rabies control authority. The packet includes a certificate documenting completion of an eight-hour authority course on June 16.
Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 requests one Dell 16 laptop costing $1,540.52 from the Justice Court Technology Fund. Another item proposes SWAT armored-vehicle equipment and accessories from the non-capital equipment account without a budget amendment.
Extension Services seeks a revenue-neutral $3,350 line-item transfer, including $2,800 from building and facilities maintenance to recurring contracts and $550 between travel accounts. The form attributes the request to higher waste-management fees and travel expenses for the remainder of 2026.
Proclamations, claims and public comment
The court will consider its regular claims list. A Domestic Violence Awareness Month proclamation would tint the courthouse bell tower purple Oct. 1–7. A Mediation Awareness Month proclamation would recognize a dispute-resolution center serving Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and Caldwell counties. A third proclamation would recognize Oct. 4–10 as National 4-H Week in Comal County.
Citizen comments are scheduled during the workshop and are limited to three minutes per person. Residents may address a matter of public interest or a specific agenda item. A separate workshop slot is reserved for reports from county staff and elected officials.
The agenda also permits closed-session discussions concerning real property, economic development and legal matters. Any final action or vote must occur in public.
When and where
The meeting notice schedules a regular Commissioners Court meeting for 8:30 a.m. Oct. 1, 2026, at 100 Main Plaza in New Braunfels. The official agenda and packet let residents inspect the proposals before the meeting; the post-meeting outcome record will establish what commissioners approved, rejected, changed or postponed.
