Comal County Commissioners approve claims, donations, plats and budget transfers

The Comal County Commissioners Court on Jan. 23, 2025, approved a series of routine financial and land-development items, including payment claims, small charitable donations to the sheriff's office, plat amendments, the county's 2025 Wellness Works incentive program and multiple line-item transfers to cover increased lease and equipment costs.

Claims: The court approved claims for Jan. 23, 2025. The record lists an electronic funds transfer of $239,403.91 and a total claims amount of $1,735,110.59; the transcript record of the regular-claims line as read was unclear. The motion to approve claims was made by Commissioner Hogg and seconded by Commissioner Leacotte; the motion carried unanimously among the three commissioners present (Judge Krause, Commissioner Leacotte and Commissioner Hogg). Commissioners Webb and Crownover were recorded as absent.

Donations: The court accepted a $100 check donation from Robert Quimby Sr. of New Braunfels to line item 0100004825 (Sheriff's Office general donations). The court also accepted $350 in proceeds from Jellystone Hill Country of Canyon Lake, described as proceeds from a bake and pie sale split between the sheriff's office and New Braunfels Police Department; the sheriff's office staff presented both items and the motions to accept were approved.

Plats: The court approved an amendment to the plat of Canyon Springs Resort Unit 3a, combining lots 12–15 into a single lot (establishing Lot 12R) and authorized the county judge to sign. The court also approved the final plat of the vacate-and-replat of Lot 30B, Eden Ranch Section 1, creating lots "30 Bridal" and "30 BRB" and authorized the county judge to sign; staff noted the two resulting parcels are approximately 5 acres each and a prior variance allowed the slight acreage discrepancy.

Wellness and health services: The court approved the 2025 Comal County Wellness Works incentive program. Staff said the program will move incentive tracking to WebMD 1 with support from the Texas Association of Counties and will bring a vendor (referred to in the record as "Here in Texas") to provide free hearing and vision testing on scheduled days. The court also approved a Catapult Health 2025 Virtual Checkup Addendum allowing employees to complete at-home assessments; staff said Catapult moved to virtual visits in 2023.

Line-item transfers and equipment costs: The court approved several transfers to cover increased monthly lease and equipment costs, including a transfer in the auditor's office from office supplies to copier lease and maintenance, a transfer from general-fund contingency and road-and-bridge contingency to cover higher computer purchase costs (staff said Dell workstations rose by roughly $112 per unit), and an administrative contingency transfer within the sheriff's office to cover increased copier lease and maintenance costs.

How the court voted: For each agenda item the motion was made, seconded and carried with all present voting in favor. The motions were consistently recorded as made by either Commissioner Hogg or Commissioner Leacotte and seconded by the other commissioner; where staff identified presenters they were acknowledged but did not vote. The transcript records no recorded nay or abstention among the three commissioners present.

Why it matters: These routine approvals finalize the county's immediate financial obligations, permit small charitable donations to the sheriff's office, clear plats for certain property transactions and realign budget lines to cover increased equipment and lease expenses.