City halls, Commissioners Court, elections, and public money
What Comal County and its cities are considering, spending, approving, and leaving unresolved: agendas, votes, budgets, tax rates, roads and public works, and elections.
Comal.News local reporting · Updated continuously
Residents can now bid on Schertz vehicles, electronics, furniture and other surplus through Public Surplus, with an 8.5% buyer’s premium added to winning bids.
1 min read · Now available
Drivers could encounter about a week of one-lane traffic at Battle Intense as Fair Oaks Ranch’s wastewater-pipeline work approaches the crossing.
1 min read · Construction update
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 first reading would split right-of-way work into two permit classes, raise inspection charges and tie pavement repairs to each street’s condition.
3 min read · First reading Sept. 3
A nine-hour interruption to Fair Oaks Ranch City Hall phones and online payments begins at midnight Sept. 1.
1 min read · Service notice
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
Schertz canceled Tuesday’s council meeting because of a posting error, delaying expected action on the fiscal 2027 budget and property-tax rate until at least Sept. 15.
1 min read · Meeting canceled
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
A developer would fund listed road repairs if Comal County accepts a Johnson Way segment for public maintenance.
2 min read · Vote scheduled
City residents have until 5 p.m. Sept. 18 to seek a role in drafting recommendations for a potential May 2027 charter election.
1 min read · Applications open
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
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
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
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 proposal covers about 105 miles of listed road segments and would use historical service life to schedule new pavement markings.
2 min read · Vote scheduled Sept. 3
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
Fair Oaks Ranch drivers have a funded next step at I-10, but the city says most broader FM 3351 widening remains unfunded and at least a decade away.
2 min read · Verified from state and city records
A new state registration outlines turn lanes, drainage work and sidewalks between I-35 and FM 1101, with construction scheduled to start in 2028.
1 min read · Registered Aug. 25
The county’s latest register identifies two issued utility permits and one newly received filing across five roads, giving residents three case numbers to track.
2 min read · Two issued; one received
The Sept. 30 application window includes NBU, NBEDC and five tax-increment reinvestment-zone panels; new terms begin Dec. 1.
2 min read · Applications open
The proposed city rate would add $35.55 annually per $100,000 in taxable value. Council considers it Tuesday before a scheduled Sept. 22 vote.
2 min read · Proposal posted
HHS is asking whether three federal vaccine-recommendation categories should change, creating a defined opportunity for families, clinicians and school-health officials to respond.
2 min read · Comment deadline set
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
Comal County and local businesses can seek state help replacing eligible medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, with applications due Oct. 20 or when the money runs out.
1 min read · Applications open
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
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
Downtown traffic is scheduled to stop for about an hour as the city holds an early-morning remembrance ceremony at Main Plaza.
1 min read · Verified city announcement
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
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
Cable relocation pushed the start of a 1.2-mile road and water-line project to Sept. 8, with partial lane closures expected before construction begins.
1 min read · Start date revisedCounty Watch separates scheduled decisions, active changes, and unresolved questions.
