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What Comal County and its cities are considering, spending, approving, and leaving unresolved: agendas, votes, budgets, tax rates, roads and public works, and elections.
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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
A traffic study backs a proposed 25-mph limit for residential streets around Lake Front Avenue. The first decision comes before a city advisory board Thursday.
3 min read · Proposal verified
A revised budget order adds $845,000 in property-tax capacity and money for public-safety positions, street repairs and employee compensation. Hearings and first votes are Thursday.
3 min read · First readings scheduled Sept. 10
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
Selma’s recorded March 12 actions covered a parks master plan, Live Oak Hills truck restrictions, an 11-tree variance and three election-service contracts; a Lookout Road award waited on TxDOT requirements.
3 min read · Verified archival recap
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 proposed private-road name and its 9-1-1 review differ by one letter, creating a discrepancy commissioners can resolve before their Sept. 10 vote.
2 min read · Vote scheduled Sept. 10
Schertz says the Sept. 1 council agenda reached the public bulletin board but not the city website; the budget and tax-rate items were intended to return Sept. 15 unchanged.
2 min read · Verified city response
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
The board may adopt its fiscal 2027 budget after a 6:20 p.m. public hearing; the posted notice does not show revenues, spending or funded projects.
1 min read · Public hearing scheduled
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
County services can seek grants covering up to 100% of the added cost of qualifying fleet replacements under a revised state program with about $28 million remaining.
1 min read · Verified: TCEQ program update
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
Project Latitude is scheduled to start construction Sept. 15 under a new state registration for 12 flex-space buildings on North Walnut Avenue.
1 min read · Sept. 15 start date filed
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
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
Recent state and Bulverde receipts increased, while the city’s fiscal 2027 presentation separately lists a sales-tax reduction without naming the comparison behind it.
2 min read · Verified records
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. 3County Watch separates scheduled decisions, active changes, and unresolved questions.
