Bonds, tax-rate elections and voting
Every Comal.News story on bond proposals, tax-rate elections and voting in Comal County, New Braunfels and the school districts: what is on the ballot, what it would pay for, and how to vote.
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A guide for Comal County voters using the Nov. 3 Comal ISD election: find the bond order, check your sample ballot and distinguish the proposed $567 million in bonds from the taxes used to repay debt.
3 min read · Source-linked reportingRead the reporting and receipts →
Comal ISD families have a clearer site plan after county commissioners approved the Elementary #22 plat and South Cranesmill Road right-of-way dedication.
2 min read · Approved Sept. 3; minutes approved Oct. 9
District taxpayers have a financial-rating hearing and possible bond action next on the NBISD board’s Oct. 19 calendar.
2 min read · Scheduled for Oct. 19
A guide for Comal County voters to check registration and their precinct ballot, find six early-voting sites and prepare for the Nov. 3 election.
4 min read · 2026 voting guide
NBISD taxpayers now face an adopted debt rate of $0.3408 per $100; the district projects $1.66 million in refinancing savings to support it.
3 min read · Adopted rate; savings projected
Comal ISD homeowners face a Nov. 3 bond vote after taxable values rose just 2.5% in 2024. A model shows how slower growth could raise the debt rate and household costs.
4 min read · Analysis
Edwards and Capizzi matched on every contested roll call they both voted. A corrected count shows council roll calls with a no vote became nearly three times as common after June.
3 min read · Vote analysis
The Texas secretary of state says registration applications for the Nov. 3 election are due Oct. 5. Mailed applications must be postmarked by that date.
1 min read · Deadline confirmed by Texas secretary of state
The September board agenda listed a bond construction and capital projects update. The supplied record does not establish project schedules, costs or board action.
1 min read · Agenda item verified; project details pending review
A council vote moves roughly 130 acres near Hunter Road toward public trail access, with New Braunfels responsible for construction, maintenance, utilities, insurance and improvements.
2 min read · Verified council action
A council vote clears the TxDOT agreement for a shared-use path from Gruene Road to FM 306, with New Braunfels carrying an estimated $728,600 share and all overruns.
2 min read · Verified council action
New Braunfels advanced a five-mph speed-limit cut for 14 Lake Front-area street segments after a city study counted four crashes in three years.
2 min read · First reading approved
The Sept. 28 vote clears a city-consent step for three property-tax-backed water-district issues; district taxpayers, not the citywide tax base, secure the debt.
2 min read · Verified council action
A City Council vote advances financing for Coll Street drainage, roadway and underground-utility work, with NBEDC sales-tax revenue slated to cover annual debt payments.
2 min read · Approved Sept. 28
A $15.12 million Veramendi district bond package has reached City Council, putting property-tax-backed utility and road debt before a consent vote.
2 min read · Proposed for Sept. 28 vote
Two linked proposals would fund property interests and acquisition services for about 13 parcels along a voter-approved District 4 road project.
2 min read · Proposed for Sept. 28
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
If approved, future residents of Flying W Unit 2’s 61 lots would use public water and wastewater systems. The plat also includes 129 feet of right-of-way dedication along FM 1102.
2 min read · Proposed for Oct. 1
On Oct. 1, commissioners are scheduled to vote on whether to approve Flying W Unit 2’s 61-lot final plat and allow narrower rights of way and road-frontage setbacks.
1 min read · Proposed for Oct. 1 vote
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
Comal County will consider extending the construction bond for a 63-lot subdivision after a Sept. 8 estimate listed every covered improvement category at 0% complete.
2 min read · Vote scheduled Oct. 1
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
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
A Sept. 28 vote would move the trail from a 2025 TxDOT award into a funding agreement that assigns the local share and every overrun to New Braunfels.
2 min read · Vote scheduled Sept. 28
A final Sept. 28 vote could make the temporary tow-away restrictions around Long Creek High School Stadium permanent.
2 min read · Final vote scheduled
A unanimous EDC vote moves proposed public trail access on roughly 130 northwest New Braunfels acres to City Council for a Sept. 28 decision.
1 min read · Council action pending
Two Sept. 28 consent items would fund property acquisition and related services for the voter-approved South Kowald Lane project.
2 min read · Proposal verified
The Villa Rio property association now faces negotiations backed by condemnation authority for a permanent NBU utility easement at 470 Rio Drive.
2 min read · Verified council action
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 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
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
A Sept. 14 vote could give NBU condemnation authority over a 0.7402-acre Villa Rio easement needed for sewer-system work.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 14
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
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
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
The archived meeting package identifies student, construction, finance and policy business, but its displayed draft-minutes page does not reveal the motions or votes.
3 min read · Archival Record Review
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 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
New Braunfels ISD says a Sept. 9 ceremony will mark completion of Long Creek High School’s new Performing Arts Center and Dragon Stadium.
1 min read · Scheduled for Sept. 9
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
An archival canvass records majority support for all eight propositions and 14.63% countywide turnout.
2 min read · Verified archival record
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
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
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
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
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
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
The owners of Canyon Lake Island Lot 6 are waiting on a Sept. 3 county vote on their request to divide the property into two lots.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 3
Mayfair’s developer must correct work flagged in annual warranty inspections within 30 days; commissioners will consider releasing the project’s construction bond Sept. 3.
1 min read · Bond release scheduled for consideration Sept. 3
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
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. 3County Watch separates scheduled decisions, active changes, and unresolved questions.
