The Sept. 14 agenda schedules final readings on the FY 2027 budget and a $0.415613 property-tax rate. Those votes anchor a broad Monday meeting that also includes proposed drought-rule changes, transportation work and a public hearing on roadway impact fees.
Residents face proposed decisions affecting city spending, property taxes, drought surcharges, school-area parking, road fees, transit, zoning and sewer easement authority. File 26-1058 separately asks council to ratify $1,649,487, or 3.2%, more property-tax revenue than the previous year.
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The posted agenda includes the fiscal 2027 budget, property-tax rate, drought provisions, roadway fees, contracts, zoning and other city business.City of New Braunfels ↗
The council meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, in City Hall Council Chambers at 550 Landa St. The agenda permits in-person public comment and says digital presentation files must be uploaded at least two hours before the meeting; requests for disability-related aids or services should be made at least two workdays ahead.
Final budget and tax-rate readings
File 26-1055 proposes a second and final reading of an approximately $387.2 million FY 2027 budget. The proposed budget projects about $118.5 million in General Fund revenue and $120.1 million in General Fund spending, alongside staffing, compensation, infrastructure and service initiatives. The final-reading documents follow the city’s Sept. 10 budget hearing and first-reading agenda.
File 26-1063 proposes a second reading of a $0.415613-per-$100 tax rate, split between $0.221692 for operations and $0.193921 for debt service. Draft Aug. 19 minutes record that council set the same $0.415613 proposed rate for later adoption. Earlier Comal.News reporting explains the city’s published median-home tax example and the distinction between the rate and the sample bill.
Water rules, housing relief and road fees
File 26-1076 proposes a first reading of amendments to city water-conservation and drought provisions. The draft would revise residential and landscape-irrigation drought surcharges, stage designations, triggers and definitions. New Braunfels Utilities trustees recommended amendments in February; council approval Monday would still be a first reading, not final adoption.
File 26-1031 proposes a city resolution asking New Braunfels Utilities to waive up to $500,000 in water and wastewater capital-recovery fees for Park at Dogwood, a proposed 76-unit low-income housing tax-credit development at 1869 McQueeney Road. City staff describes a roughly $1.91 million capital gap. The resolution would request the utility waiver; it would not itself approve that relief or establish that the development will be built.
File 26-1036 schedules a public hearing on an independent roadway-impact-fee audit covering Jan. 27, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2025. The audit flags about $287,151 in District 1 fees spent after the applicable 10-year deadline. File 26-930 is a presentation on the roadway impact fee study, land-use assumptions and capital plan; it is not a fee-change vote.
Airport, streets, transit and curb space
File 26-983 proposes an airport taxiway-rehabilitation contract with Don Jackson Construction, an engineering modification with KSA Engineers and contingency authority for work on Taxiways A, F and E and the terminal apron; the record says TxDOT awarded $2,719,224. File 26-1054 proposes additional KCI Technologies design and utility-coordination work for widening Kohlenberg Road from two to four lanes between I-35 and FM 1101.
File 26-910 proposes modifying the city’s River North Transit/Via microtransit contract. The consent item follows a separately reported proposal to add two vehicles, increase the second-year service budget and begin daily service an hour earlier.
File 26-1114 schedules a presentation and discussion of Phase 1 of the Curb Management Study, which began in March under a $72,765 contract and included drone flights, a survey and an open house. File 26-967 asks council to approve a $68,000 Kimley-Horn modification for Phase 2, which would develop curb-space policy and program recommendations.