How Comal County Commissioners Court works and sets the tax rate

For Comal County taxpayers: learn who sets the county tax rate, where to check the worksheets and how to verify a court decision.

By Comal.News Government Desk · Source-linked local reporting

Published October 13, 2026 at 6:53 AM CDT3 min read

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Comal County’s five-member Commissioners Court sets the county tax rate and budget. The county’s Commissioners Court page identifies the members and explains the court’s financial role. That makes the court the place to follow a proposed change to the county portion of a property-tax bill.

Comal County taxpayers can compare the county’s tax-rate documents with the court’s recorded actions before treating a proposed rate as final. Start with the posted rate information, then check what the court actually did at the meeting. An agenda identifies business for consideration; minutes record the court’s actions.

Who sits on the court?

County Judge Kristen Hoyt leads the court. The four commissioners are Doug Leecock for Precinct 1, Scott Haag for Precinct 2, Kevin Webb for Precinct 3 and Jen Crownover for Precinct 4. The county says each voting member has one vote. The county clerk records the court’s minutes and certifies its actions. The judge and commissioners also have duties outside their work together on the court.

What does the court decide?

The court sets the county budget and tax rate each year. Its financial decisions include salaries and budgets for independent elected officials and spending for departments under its direct control. The county also describes a role in countywide policies and, when law permits, orders that operate like local laws. A proposal to do any of those things is still a proposal until the court acts.

How Comal County residents can check court business
Court business	Where to verify it	Resident action
Upcoming meeting	Posted agenda	Read the proposed item before the meeting
County tax rate	County tax-rate page and court action	Compare the county documents with the recorded decision
Completed vote or motion	County clerk’s minutes	Check what action was recorded

The county court page describes agenda posting and the clerk’s role; the tax-rate page lists county rate documents, and archived minutes show recorded actions.

When and where can residents follow a meeting?

The county lists regular meetings for Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. in the Main Courtroom on the second floor of the Historic Courthouse, 100 Main Plaza in New Braunfels. Its court page says agendas must be posted at least three business days before a meeting, except in an emergency. Check the posted agenda for the particular meeting before making plans: it tells you which items are scheduled, while the later minutes show the actions recorded by the clerk.

How to follow a tax-rate decision

First, open the county Tax Rates page. It groups documents under County, including Comal County and Lateral Road entries, and separately lists cities, school districts, emergency service districts, water districts and municipal utility districts. Choose the taxing body named on the document you want to check; the Commissioners Court’s county-rate role does not make a city or school-district rate a county-court decision.

Next, read the meeting agenda for the proposed county action. After the meeting, use the clerk’s minutes to check whether a motion passed, changed or received no recorded approval. The archived Aug. 20, 2026, minutes illustrate the distinction: they list agenda items and then record motions and their outcomes. That older meeting is an example of how to read the documents, not a current tax-rate decision.

For the next decision, use the county’s Commissioners Court page to confirm the meeting place and agenda timing, and the Tax Rates page to identify the county documents you want to compare. The Commissioners Court office lists 830-221-1100 for questions about the court. Ask for the relevant posted agenda or recorded minutes if you need to verify a particular action.

From the source record

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Each year, the court sets the county’s tax rate and budget.

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The county’s Commissioners Court page describes the court’s members, duties and regular meeting place.