Agendas, votes, contracts, and the public ledger
What Comal County and its cities are considering, spending, approving, and leaving unresolved in the public record.
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A youth-football donation will cover part of a $91,500 project, with Comal County responsible for as much as $85,775.
2 min read · Source-linked reportingRead the reporting and receipts →
Youth, high-school and college baseball players could gain an appointment-based Highway 46 training site, while its customers would share parking with two neighboring buildings.
2 min read · Permit conditions discussed
Park users would face new two-hour prices, while nonresidents would pay an added $35 per reservation. The reviewed council outcome records discussion only.
2 min read · Verified proposal; outcome records discussion only
Comal County accepted BYSA’s contribution for a lighting project intended for the association’s soccer fields at Jumbo Evans Sports Park.
1 min read · Verified outcome
Retirees who keep the county’s current medical-and-prescription option will pay $211.92 more a year after the Commissioners Court approved its renewal.
2 min read · Approved Sept. 24
Commissioners funded one additional month for Comal County’s temporary, part-time budget administrator through a line-item transfer.
1 min read · Verified action
Approved agreements divide $350,500 in lighting, bleacher and shade costs between Comal County and two youth-sports groups.
2 min read · Approved Sept. 24
Bulverde adopted a 0.295343 property-tax rate. Its budget packet projects a $247 increase for the median-home example but contains conflicting tax and spending figures.
2 min read · Verified council action
Council will examine a Rolling Acres crossing design, mobile-vendor rules and its 2027 legislative platform during an Oct. 1 workshop.
3 min read · Agenda posted
The council rejected the McCarti Ranch development district, adopted a 0.295343 property-tax rate and reviewed park fees, street controls and city-manager compensation.
3 min read · Verified meeting recap
Commissioners face a proposed $25.575 million debt notice, a 61-lot plat and two transfers of subdivision roads into county maintenance.
4 min read · Agenda posted
A draft resolution would start the notice process for county debt backed by property taxes and solid-waste revenue, with a tentative authorization vote Nov. 19.
2 min read · Proposal posted
A second Parkhill contract amendment would bring two weeks of added planning and surveying services for the Goodwin project to $47,000.
2 min read · Oct. 1 vote scheduled
Commissioners will consider retirement terms listing a 7% employee deposit rate, 200% employer matching and an 11.75% total county contribution rate.
1 min read · Proposed vote Oct. 1
Comal County earned $5.15 million in interest through August, but lower yields left the total $370,977.50 behind the same point last year.
2 min read · Verified
Comal County ended the current JESP tennis-court procurement after construction bids exceeded available funding.
1 min read · Bids rejected
A one-year agreement gives Comal County a place to house eligible inmates in Kerrville, with added transportation, medical and guard costs remaining the county’s responsibility.
2 min read · Verified
The amendment adds a vehicle for Sheriff’s Office patrol service while redirecting money budgeted for hourly personnel.
2 min read · Verified from official meeting records
Commissioners approved youth-sports agreements, a Kerr County jail-backup deal and a retiree health renewal while rejecting over-budget tennis-court bids.
3 min read · Decisions verified from the official meeting record
Commissioners are scheduled to consider five patrol SUVs, youth-sports improvements, retiree health coverage and an inmate-housing agreement.
3 min read · Scheduled proposals
Commissioners adopted the fiscal 2027 budget, ratified its property-tax revenue increase and authorized parameters for a later debt sale not expected to exceed $155 million.
3 min read · Verified meeting outcomes
Schertz residents now have up to $1.5 million in public incentive spending to track as Hollingsworth Logistics Group relocates and expands its local operations.
1 min read · Verified meeting actions
Limited-time purchases pushed city and economic-development sales-tax receipts far above earlier levels. Schertz’s fiscal plan puts the extra money toward one-time capital work while forecasting slower growth ahead.
2 min read · Verified city records
The adopted budget funds four more officers at the no-new-revenue tax rate; council also acted on parkland, incentives and other city business.
4 min read · Verified meeting outcomes
Commissioners approved a Canyon Lake property exchange, accepted Vogel Dam improvements and donated roofing work, released Mayfair bonds and heard a plea to preserve free boat-ramp access.
4 min read · Verified meeting outcomes
Council unanimously passed the FY 2027 budget ordinance on first reading after residents raised questions about school security, street work and city spending.
3 min read · Verified meeting outcome
Council will examine police-camera safeguards, startup-program spending, residential trash rates and rules affecting parking, sidewalks, drainage and passenger shuttles.
4 min read · Agenda posted
The Sept. 28 council agenda ranges from drought rules and neighborhood speed limits to accessibility planning, land-use hearings and proposed city debt.
4 min read · Agenda posted
The proposed debt would finance drainage, roadway and underground-utility work, with NBEDC sales-tax revenue slated to cover annual payments.
2 min read · Decision scheduled
1 packet cover is verified for Sep 14–Sep 20, 2026. Cover figures are claims, not confirmed payments; invoice and department details remain unverified.
2 min read · Packet covers verified
Commissioners accepted the Vogel Dam improvements and released the surety after engineering and conservation-district reviews.
2 min read · Verified action
Comal County accepted donated roofing work for the BYSA concession stand, including a standing-seam metal system and site cleanup.
2 min read · Verified from official records
Commissioners converted a proposed Series 2026 debt authorization into an approved order, naming countywide taxable property as a repayment source while leaving the amount and projects for later records.
2 min read · Verified outcome
Commissioners will weigh sports-park lighting, shade and bleachers, an outside jail agreement, retiree coverage and funding for five patrol SUVs.
4 min read · Agenda preview
Soccer players could gain a second phase of field lighting at Jumbo Evans Sports Park; commissioners are scheduled to decide the county-backed proposal Sept. 24.
2 min read · Vote scheduled Sept. 24
The proposal would fund five vehicles for Sheriff’s Office patrol service, partly by moving $206,000 now budgeted for hourly personnel.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 24 vote
A proposed CountyChoice Silver renewal would raise the monthly Plan G and prescription premium to $610.50 while keeping retirees responsible for the full cost.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 24
Commissioners will decide whether to advance a $259,000 second phase of soccer-field lighting, with the county funding up to $239,000.
2 min read · Vote pending
Commissioners are scheduled to consider the fiscal 2027 budget, tax rate, certificates of obligation, subdivision actions and county spending requests.
3 min read · Scheduled for Sept. 17
Bulverde’s council will consider a proposed tax rate tied to a $247 increase in the median-home example, a 387-acre development plan and five traffic-rule changes.
2 min read · Scheduled for Sept. 22
Council faces proposed budget and tax-rate adoption, a 387-acre development request, park fees and four traffic-rule changes Sept. 22.
3 min read · Decision scheduled
Council is scheduled to take final votes Sept. 22 on a $28.4 million budget, a 31.176-cent tax rate and the resulting property-tax revenue increase.
2 min read · Scheduled for final votes
Council adopted its budget and city tax rate, sought a different funding route for Dogwood housing, and approved transit and curb-study work at its Sept. 14 meeting.
6 min read · Sept. 14 meeting recap
Sales-tax collections rose 20.1% from fiscal 2025, while four project expenses shifted into fiscal 2027.
1 min read · Verified official report
People planning to use Bulverde Community Park could lose access to reserved facilities during two proposed fundraisers that still require city action.
2 min read · Advisory-board review scheduled
A revised $504,374 amendment fixes its Planning and Finance provisions, but two city transfer references still do not match.
2 min read · Verified filing
Council will decide whether to extend Schertz’s Guadalupe County ambulance agreement through September 2028, with the city’s proposed share rising in each fiscal year.
2 min read · Proposed for Sept. 15 vote
Schertz’s next quarterly bad-debt adjustment would rise by $506,658.87 over the prior round, while affected EMS patients and utility customers would still owe their balances.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 15
Tuesday’s council agenda pairs the fiscal 2027 budget and tax rate with five land-use matters, EMS agreements, a police grant and water planning.
3 min read · Scheduled for Sept. 15
The two-year proposal assigns San Marcos part of Schertz’s Guadalupe County EMS obligation and sets a 13-minute response-time target.
2 min read · Proposed for Sept. 15
Council will interview applicants behind closed doors Thursday, but the posted packet names neither the applicants nor the number of vacancies.
2 min read · Scheduled for Sept. 17
1 packet cover is verified for Sep 7–Sep 13, 2026. Cover figures are claims, not confirmed payments; invoice and department details remain unverified.
2 min read · Packet covers verified
Selma’s five-item special-meeting agenda pairs the 2026 property-tax rate with a fire-pumper proposal, tax-abatement guidelines and a purchasing agreement.
3 min read · Scheduled for Sept. 17
Council’s Sept. 17 agenda combines budget and tax-rate hearings with a $142,750 Chartwell drainage proposal, employee pay schedules, appointments and planning workshops.
4 min read · Agenda posted
The Sept. 10 agenda allowed possible adoption of Selma’s fiscal 2027 MDD budget; this follow-up examines the city’s newly verified response about its scale and uses.
2 min read · Source response verified
Selma supplied an on-record answer to the funding question left open by Comal.News’ February meeting breakdown.
2 min read · Verified follow-up
Commissioners face budget and tax decisions alongside a $610,815 subdivision deposit, Goodwin site planning and two departmental transfers.
4 min read · Agenda preview
Council members asked to vote—and residents tracking city spending—face contradictory Planning & Zoning directions in Schertz’s proposed budget amendment.
2 min read · Draft conflict before Sept. 15 vote
Monday’s council agenda pairs final budget and tax-rate readings with drought-rule changes, an impact-fee audit, road and transit contracts, zoning and a sewer-easement vote.
5 min read · Meeting preview
Vogel Dam repairs, a donated park roof and several property and road decisions anchor Thursday’s Commissioners Court meeting.
4 min read · Agenda verified
County claims coverage for Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026, checked September 7, 2026. No packet dated in the period was listed. Missing data is not zero spending.
2 min read · Data coverage report
Archived minutes show the council interviewed applicants behind closed doors for just over two hours but made no appointments that afternoon.
2 min read · Archived record verified
New Braunfels residents’ city services and city property-tax bills are tied to the fiscal 2027 plan returning for final council feedback Tuesday.
3 min read · Verified agenda
Bulverde residents can weigh in on a proposed $10.6 million general-fund budget and higher tax rate before council considers conference-center negotiations and the city manager’s review.
4 min read · Agenda verified
A review of Selma’s recorded Feb. 12 actions finds approvals for two public-safety training projects, a Forum Shopping Center variance, a food-permit change and an emergency-radio agreement.
2 min read · Verified archival report
Fair Oaks Ranch scheduled final action for Sept. 17 on proposed hemp-retailer rules, and an on-record city response explains the operating limits that could follow.
2 min read · Verified response
A proposed $15,000 contract would carry the New Braunfels school through research and state and federal review if commissioners approve it Sept. 10.
2 min read · Decision pending Sept. 10
From the archive: The Sept. 15, 2025 votes advanced a budget with 7.5% higher general fund operating spending and a 28.53-cent city tax rate.
3 min read · Archive · Verified record
From the archive: Fair Oaks Ranch set a proposed tax ceiling, approved its development-district budget and adopted new driveway-drainage requirements Aug. 6.
3 min read · Verified archive
Archived minutes show commissioners unanimously approved the Nov. 7, 2023 constitutional-amendment results after reporting 17.64% turnout among 134,707 registered voters.
2 min read · Archived record
The workshop started with one agenda item and ended after nearly three hours of requests spanning courts, the jail, public health, elections, parks and county roads.
2 min read · Archived official record
Archived records show the county presented a 37.7915-cent rate for its 2020 budget, heard no public testimony and scheduled adoption for Sept. 19, 2019.
2 min read · Archive record verified
Archived minutes trace a department-by-department review spanning payroll, courts, public safety, health, elections, parks, roads and flood control.
2 min read · Archival record
A September campaign offers 4 concrete ways to give food, time, money or advocacy, backed by a county-specific Feeding America research page.
2 min read · Verified: September participation window
The unanimous vote gave Comal County voters a recorded county-level approval of the November 2020 general-election results as presented.
2 min read · Archived record
Archived workshop minutes detail nearly $117 million in department requests, including 32 new positions and almost $10 million in capital items, before the county finalized its 2022 budget.
3 min read · Archived record
Archived minutes show how county officials narrowed proposed Canyon Lake boat-ramp restrictions as residents pressed them on parking, pedestrian access and enforcement.
2 min read · Archived record
An archival canvass records majority support for all eight propositions and 14.63% countywide turnout.
2 min read · Verified archival record
The flood-control estimate rose from $4.3 million to $12.4 million as 33 Road and Bridge vacancies delayed routine work, archived county minutes show.
3 min read · Archive verified
Archived minutes show commissioners unanimously approved local results of 11,348–932 for Proposition 1 and 11,517–831 for Proposition 2.
2 min read · Archived outcome
A December 2022 vote redirected federal recovery money and unused salary funds toward the Goodwin Annex while moving the county’s mental-health facility to another funding path.
2 min read · Archived record
Archived workshop minutes document 39 requested positions and millions of dollars in vehicle, equipment and right-of-way proposals before the 2024 budget was finalized.
3 min read · Archive breakdown: July 13, 2023
An archival review finds 22 approvals covering veterans grants, employee benefits, subdivisions and county equipment, plus one deferred Veramendi issue.
3 min read · Verified archival record
From the archive: Fair Oaks Ranch advanced drainage-channel driveway rules, planned a 253-tree giveaway and weighed three preliminary tax-rate paths.
3 min read · Archive verified
By Aug. 31, D&D had completed preconstruction steps for Dietz Elkhorn and Fair Oaks Ranch had filed its tank-grant application; the July 2 package supplies the price, scope and utility-budget baseline.
2 min read · Archived records verified
A Sept. 3 update adds signed candidate-certification and election-cancellation records to the appraisal district’s Nov. 3 election page.
1 min read · Official election records posted
Approved workshop minutes document 26 requested positions and $12 million in equipment and capital items across county services.
2 min read · Verified archival record
A $25,000 proposal would fund a process for setting project priorities that affect Fair Oaks Ranch residents and businesses, but the board still must choose the planning approach.
2 min read · Proposal; vote pending
A new city report identifies oak wilt near Forest Waters and directs residents to a Sept. 16 seminar led by the Texas A&M Forest Service.
1 min read · City report verified
Archived records show Garden Ridge raised residential trash charges, adopted infrastructure standards and postponed a multimillion-dollar road decision.
3 min read · Archived minutes verified
Schertz residents face an indefinite burn ban that began Sept. 1, while separate Comal County restrictions remain active.
1 min read · Effective until further notice
Residents can comment Sept. 8 on Bulverde’s proposed $10.3 million general-fund budget and a city tax bill projected to rise $247 for the median-value homestead.
2 min read · Public hearing Sept. 8
The council could authorize negotiations for a three-year extension of the Hampton Inn conference center lease before an Oct. 1 renewal window opens.
2 min read · Proposed negotiation authority
Candidates, campaign workers and ballot-measure volunteers would have to resize or replace signs larger than four square feet at city polling places if the council adopts the proposal.
2 min read · Proposed for first reading Sept. 3
Voters in EAA districts 8 and 9 would not cast ballots in those director contests if the authority approves an eight-district cancellation proposal Sept. 8.
2 min read · Committee advanced proposal; board decision pending
Residents now have a stronger official measure of local fire-protection capability: the city’s classification changed from 3/8B to 3/3Y.
2 min read · Official service update
A Sept. 8 Edwards Aquifer Authority draft agenda proposes declaring unopposed candidates elected in districts 8 and 9, while Comal County still lists the contests in its Nov. 3 election documents.
2 min read · Proposed action
A Sept. 3 proposal would use Justice Court Security Fund money to equip the Precinct 2 constable’s office with two ballistic shields.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 3
Federal detainees can again be housed at the Comal County Jail under a paid detention-services order that starts with $5,000 and runs through Aug. 22, 2027.
2 min read · Task order filed; county ratification pending
The agreement covered detention bed space at the county jail; commissioners will decide Sept. 3 whether to ratify the sheriff’s closeout signature.
2 min read · Federal closeout verified; county ratification pending
Comal County commissioners will decide Sept. 3 whether to add $44,854 to a public-health grant plan for an immunization coordinator, training and outreach supplies.
2 min read · Scheduled for Sept. 3 consideration
Commissioners corrected a clerical error in Order 566, granted utility easements near the engineer’s office and jail, and approved employee-benefit and public-health actions.
2 min read · Decisions recorded
Residents with phone notifications enabled can receive geographically targeted county warnings under a FEMA agreement approved June 18; commissioners also acted on subdivision, road and budget items.
2 min read · Verified from approved minutes
Organizers face an Oct. 1 permit system with a $150 application charge per event, city-service costs and a filing deadline at least 45 days before covered events.
2 min read · Verified meeting record
A June budget workshop used the same city-tax estimate as the prior year for an average taxable homestead, while the no-new-revenue scenario was $40 lower annually.
2 min read · Meeting record verified
Future subdivision residents will rely on roads, groundwater reviews and fire access governed by the county’s new standards; two Summit Estates at Fischer lots remain in the recorded subdivision.
2 min read · Verified meeting record
Construction started on Post Oak Phase I after the 65-lot final plat reached Fair Oaks Ranch City Council in June, bringing clearing, grading and utility work along Ammann Road.
2 min read · Verified meeting record
Garden Ridge water customers face a longer wait for the Vista Ridge tie-in after the city redirected current-year water funding toward other needs.
2 min read · Verified in approved minutes
The canvass changed May 2 election returns into formal city results for council Places 2 and 6, while the packet carried one conflicting place number.
2 min read · Canvass adopted
The May 2 election moved three council seats to the canvass-and-oath stage after Garden Ridge recorded 596 ballots and 16% turnout.
2 min read · Election package reviewed
A shared pipeline proposal came with a five-year forecast of higher household tax bills, rising fire and EMS costs and a planned water base-rate increase.
3 min read · Official meeting package reviewed
A 4-0 vote replaced the city’s prior subdivision ordinance with standards covering plats, infrastructure and development inside Garden Ridge and its ETJ.
2 min read · Final minutes reviewed
Covered Schertz applications filed Sept. 1 or later move to the 2026 NEC, while Texas preserves a specific GFCI exception for listed outdoor HVAC equipment.
2 min read · Effective Sept. 1
Comal County property owners now have an Aug. 26 hearing to watch before appraisal-district field checks begin Sept. 1.
1 min read · Verified district notice
Order 569 moves The Grove PID from a pending county item to an approved 2026 plan, making the property-level assessment comparison the next consequential record.
2 min read · Approved Aug. 20
Utility-district voters now have an official county posting to track, though the preserved page does not identify the offices or measures covered by the order.
1 min read · Election order listed
The appraisal district has given property owners advance notice that field checks and reappraisals will begin across Comal County on Sept. 1.
1 min read · Start date posted
Order 570 changes the county’s posted burn status from off to an outdoor-burning prohibition Friday morning, with campfires, fire pits and burn piles barred.
2 min read · Verified — Starts Aug. 21
New Braunfels residents now have a city-posted amount to evaluate, but the item does not identify what the company must deliver.
2 min read · Amount posted; terms open
A newly posted county plan calls for one main early-voting location and five temporary branches. Commissioners are scheduled to decide Thursday.
2 min read · Proposed: Vote Aug. 20
Comal County residents can now pursue a public-service role reviewing property-appraisal disputes through the district’s 2027–28 application notice.
1 min read · Applications open
Garden Ridge homeowners at the city’s median taxable homestead value would pay an estimated $55 more per year in city property taxes if the proposed budget is adopted.
1 min read · Public hearing scheduled
Comal County residents would wait until 2028 for state review while the county funds half the research and writing needed for the school’s National Register nomination.
2 min read · Proposed for Aug. 20 vote
Proposed Oct. 1 agreements disclose the charges and claims thresholds governing the county employee health plan’s administration and stop-loss protection.
1 min read · Proposal verified
The Nov. 3 operations plan would cap individual vote-center crews at six, eight or 10 people, including each site’s presiding and alternate judges.
1 min read · Proposal verified
A proposed amendment would replace the grant’s work plan and budget, assigning the unchanged $195,088 award entirely to personnel and fringe benefits.
2 min read · Proposal verified
The proposed Election Day network spans New Braunfels, Bulverde, Canyon Lake, Garden Ridge, Spring Branch and the Boerne area.
1 min read · Polling-place list pending approval
A proposed countywide schedule puts specific prices on animal impounds, road and septic permits, brush dumping, civil process and other public services.
1 min read · Proposal posted
The one-year state award would support court services for participating veterans, including a dedicated supervision officer, testing and transportation.
1 min read · Grant acceptance scheduled
The proposed fall partnership would give county services a no-cost cyber-risk assessment and implementation help during a 14-week semester.
1 min read · Agreement scheduled for consideration
Commissioners have added a 90-day outdoor-burning prohibition to their Aug. 20 action agenda while the county’s current burn-ban status remains off.
1 min read · Decision due Aug. 20
A proposed county policy would offer covered firefighters confidential annual screenings at no cost beginning by their fifth year of county employment.
2 min read · Proposed: Vote scheduled Aug. 20
A new county estimate shows the proposed rate adding $19.96 to the median homestead’s bill, with budget adoption and a tax hearing scheduled Aug. 20.
2 min read · Proposal scheduled for Aug. 20
City staff recommends moving medical, dental and vision benefits to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas after Cigna proposed a 39% medical renewal increase.
2 min read · Verified recommendation
Comal County’s current orders page identifies Order 568 as accepting and approving the Crossings PID’s 2026 annual service-plan update.
1 min read · County record posted
A new Comal County order listing conflicts with the Aug. 13 agenda on the Crossings assessment plan’s year, while the Grove order has no matching entry.
2 min read · Verified record discrepancy
Council approved a $223,160, 24-by-74-foot modular building for Parks Operations in Landa Park, with a roughly six-week production estimate.
2 min read · Corrected and source-expanded
The fiscal 2027 proposal increases operating appropriations by $4.4 million and projects the economic development fund balance falling to $15.4 million.
2 min read · Proposed for Aug. 13
City finance staff said a Workday date issue pushed $6.4 million in fiscal 2025 liabilities into fiscal 2026. The error was corrected, and auditors issued an unmodified opinion.
2 min read · Verified in official minutes
Commissioners will consider a $138,739.94 construction change order for the county’s mental health crisis facility, using principal ARPA funds.
2 min read · Scheduled for Aug. 13
Commissioners will consider annual service-plan updates and assessment rolls for The Grove and The Crossings public improvement districts Thursday.
1 min read · Scheduled for Aug. 13
The proposed zoning rules would affect where hemp and kratom retailers may operate and leave the city’s existing hemp shop legally nonconforming.
2 min read · Public hearing scheduled
The city estimates a $1,150 tax bill on a median-valued Comal County homestead under its proposed rate, with a budget workshop set for Aug. 11.
2 min read · Workshop scheduled
The county election portal now lists Nov. 3 documents involving Schertz, the Comal Appraisal District and Edwards Aquifer Authority districts 8 and 9.
2 min read · Verified official posting
The Municipal Development District’s proposed budget forecasts $737,800 in revenue, $69,771 in spending and a $5.08 million year-end balance.
2 min read · Council consideration Aug. 6
The county judge is scheduled to present the proposed 2027 budget Thursday as commissioners consider a proposed tax rate and dates for public hearings.
2 min read · Budget presentation scheduled
Safeware quoted six dam-monitoring nodes and two different three-camera configurations. The packet never says whether the $44,080 scope is additive or superseded.
3 min read · Verified proposal · Total unconfirmedCounty Watch separates scheduled decisions, active changes, and unresolved questions.
