On Sept. 10, New Braunfels City Council is scheduled to hold budget and tax-rate hearings and consider first readings of ordinances for the FY 2027 budget and a $0.415613-per-$100 property-tax rate.
For the city’s Comal County median-homestead example, the proposed rate produces a $1,169 city tax bill—$5 less per year, or about 42 cents less per month, than the prior $1,174 example because the median value falls from $287,080 to $281,180.
The proposed rate is $0.006677 per $100 higher than last year’s $0.408936 rate, while the budget document originally used the prior rate before Council set the no-new-revenue rate as its maximum on Aug. 19.
Hearings Come Before the Votes
Agenda item 1.A, file 26-1033, is a public hearing on the FY 2027 Operating Budget and Plan of Municipal Services; the staff page says no action is required on the hearing itself.
Agenda item 1.B, file 26-1034, is a public hearing on the proposed 2026 tax rate and notice of the adoption meeting; no action is required on the hearing itself.
Agenda item 1.C, file 26-1038, asks Council to consider first-reading approval of the FY 2027 budget ordinance, and staff recommends approval.
Agenda item 1.D, file 26-1040, asks Council to consider first-reading approval of the 2026 tax-rate ordinance, and staff recommends approval.
New Revenue Would Fund Staffing and Street Work
The budget order attributes $845,000 of added revenue capacity to the higher proposed rate, plus $387,000 in recurring capacity and $237,000 in one-time capacity to updated sales-tax projections.