City of New Braunfels, Texas - File #: 25-1062

• File #: 25-1062
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Individual Item Ready
• File created: 8/21/2025
• In control: City Council - Special
• On agenda: 9/4/2025
• Title: 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. The estimates in this Impact Statement are valid only for the p...

PRESENTER: Presenter

Karrie Cook, Budget Manager

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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.

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 4^th, 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.

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DEPARTMENT: Finance

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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: N/A

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

City Council held work sessions on the FY 2026 Budget and Tax Rates on August 7, 18, 19, and 21^st. As required by the Texas Local Government Code, a public hearing on the budget was held on September 4^th, 2025. 

The attached ordinance also includes the Budget Order. The Budget Order describes any changes recommended to the proposed budget prior to adoption.

The FY 2026 Proposed Operating Budget and Plan of Municipal Services document is adopted with the ordinance and Budget Order, which covers any changes recommended by staff.

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N/A

FISCAL IMPACT:

The FY 2026 Operating Budget and Plan of Municipal Services will provide funding for all programs and projects for the new fiscal year. Additional information on the proposed budget can be found on the City’s website at: https://newbraunfels.gov/budget.

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RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends approval of the first reading of the budget ordinance for the FY 2026 Budget.