New Braunfels Budget Workshop Returns City Services, Tax Bills to Council

The Guadalupe County example moves in the opposite direction: it lists a $1,354 current-year city tax bill and a $1,275 estimate under the proposed budget and rate, an annual decrease of $79. Its listed median homestead value falls from $331,133 to $311,795.

Those figures are conditional estimates for the city portion of the tax bill, not an adopted bill or the total property-tax charge from every taxing entity. The Comal and Guadalupe comparisons also use different median-value movements, so residents should not treat them as two estimates for the same property.

The agenda also carries a closed-session notice allowing council to discuss listed business under the Texas Open Meetings Act. Any final action or vote related to such a discussion must occur in open session.

Public Hearing and First Reading Follow Thursday

The city has scheduled the budget public hearing and first reading for Sept. 10. The hearing item says no action is required during the hearing itself; the separate ordinance item asks council to consider adopting the fiscal 2027 plan on first reading.

Comal.News has followed the budget from the first fiscal 2027 workshop through later median-homestead estimates and the proposed tax-rate vote. Those reports show the public path to Tuesday’s final-feedback session without treating the workshop as an adoption vote.

When and Where Council Meets

The special meeting begins at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the City Hall Council Chambers at 550 Landa St. The agenda asks people who need auxiliary aids or services to contact the City Secretary’s Office at 830-221-4010 at least two working days before the meeting.

The consequential question is what council will ask staff to change before Thursday’s hearing and first reading. The workshop item establishes that council may provide direction Tuesday; the recorded discussion and later budget documents are needed to show what direction it actually gives.

Readers can inspect the posted agenda for the meeting order and complete taxpayer statement. After Tuesday, the official meeting page is the place to check for recorded actions or newly posted documents.