New Braunfels Gives FY 2027 Budget a Unanimous First-Reading Vote

The presenter explained that most changes in the budget order resulted from scenario one, including compensation adjustments across affected funds, while other changes moved anticipated one-time costs from FY 2026 to FY 2027. Council then took the separately verified unanimous vote on the budget ordinance.

Citizen comments

A resident raised school-safety and resource-officer coverage concerns, and the police chief explained that the district uses officers assigned to specific campuses and roving officers to provide coverage. The reviewed exchange documents the concern and the chief’s description of the coverage model; it does not independently measure staffing at each campus.

A speaker stated that two school resource officers were absent from the original list and would be added to the forthcoming budget if council agreed that night. The statement identifies the intended budget change, while the later adopted documents are the useful record for checking implementation.

Resident Richard Myrick asked the Public Works Department to review projects more closely, saying Laurel Lane did not appear to need its recent repaving and that postponing other projects might save money. His assessment was a resident’s opinion, not an independent finding about the street’s condition.

The public hearing on the tax rate was opened for public comment and then closed after no one came forward to speak. That finding applies specifically to the tax-rate hearing; the budget hearing included the resident comments summarized above.

Tax-rate discussion

The Sept. 10 agenda described Item D as the first reading of Ordinance 2026-51 to adopt the 2026 ad valorem tax rates. The independently reviewed recording segment establishes the rate presentation and discussion, so this recap treats the rate as proposed at this stage rather than adding an unsupported vote result.

What readers can check next

Readers can inspect the agenda and agenda packet for the budget order, proposed budget and tax ordinance, then compare this first-reading account with Comal.News’ Sept. 14 recap of the later budget and tax-rate action. Finalized Sept. 10 minutes remain the next record needed to reconcile the formal disposition of every item from this special meeting.

The special meeting was scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 10, 2026, in the City Hall Council Chambers at 550 Landa St. The official meeting page is the city’s route for checking the agenda, packet and any later minutes posting.