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September 4, 2025 ·5:00 PM Final ·Agenda Amended 8-28-25

Budget Work Session - Council Chambers

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Agenda — 17 items

  1. 1 OUR MISSION The City of New Braunfels serves the community by planning for the future, responding to community needs, and preserving our natural beauty and unique heritage.
  2. 2 AGENDA - AMENDED 8-28-25
  3. 3 CALL TO ORDER
  4. 4 CALL OF ROLL: CITY SECRETARY ▶ jump to 0:20
  5. 5 INVOCATION: COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS ▶ jump to 0:28
  6. 6 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG ▶ jump to 2:06
  7. 1. WORKSHOP
  8. A) Public hearing on the FY 2026 Operating Budget and Plan of Municipal Services. 25-1060 ▶ jump to 2:35
  9. B) Public hearing on the proposed tax rate for the City of New Braunfels for tax year 2025 and announce the meeting date and time of adoption. 25-1061 ▶ jump to 18:41
  10. C) Discuss and consider approval of the first reading of an ordinance adopting the FY 2026 Operating Budget and Plan of Municipal Services. TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT Comal County & Guadalupe County House Bill 1522, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2025, amends section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code to require that the notice of a meeting required to be posted under section 551.043(a) of the Texas Open Meetings Act, at which a governmental body will discuss or adopt a budget for the governmental body, must include a taxpayer impact statement showing, for the median-valued homestead property, a comparison of the property tax bill in dollars pertaining to the property for the current fiscal year to an estimate of the property tax bill in dollars for the same property for the upcoming fiscal year. The City of New Braunfels has proposed a budget for FY 2026. The City intends to adopt its budget on September 8,2025. 2024 Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in Comal County: $349,106 2024 Property Tax Bill for the Current Fiscal Year ($0.0.408936) $1,428 2025 Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in Comal County: $354,783 Estimated 2025 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the City Adopts the Proposed Budget and Tax Rate ($0.408936 per $100 of value) $1,451 Estimated 2025 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the City Adopts a Balanced Budget Funded at the No-New-Revenue Tax Rate ($.409475 per $100 of value) $ 1,453 2024 Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in Guadalupe County $ 331,133 2024 Property Tax Bill for the Current Fiscal Year ($0.0.408936) $ 1,354 2025 Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in Guadalupe County $ 311,795 Estimated 2025 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the City Adopts the Proposed Budget and Tax Rate ($0.408936 per $100 of value) $ 1,275 Estimated 2025 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the City Adopts a Balanced Budget Funded at the No-New-Revenue Tax Rate ($.409475 per $100 of value) $ 1,277 The estimates in this Impact Statement are valid only for the proposed budget and proposed tax rate that the New Braunfels City Council will discuss at its public hearing on September 4th, 2025. The proposed budget and the proposed tax rate may each be amended by the City Council before it’s adoption on September 8, 2025. 25-1062 approved Pass ▶ jump to 25:12
  11. D) Discuss and consider approval of the first reading of an ordinance adopting the 2025 ad valorem tax rates. 25-1063 approved Pass ▶ jump to 26:48
  12. 2. EXECUTIVE SESSION
  13. 13 In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Ch. 551.071, the City Council may convene in a closed session to discuss any of the items listed on this agenda. Any final action or vote on any executive session item will be taken in open session.
  14. 3. IF NECESSARY, RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ANY ACTION RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
  15. 4. ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 26:51
  16. 16 CERTIFICATION
  17. 17 I hereby certify the above Notice of Meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the New Braunfels City Hall. _____________________________________ Gayle Wilkinson, City Secretary NOTE: Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers, or large print, are requested to contact the City Secretary’s Office at (830) 221-4010 at least two (2) work days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.