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Bulverde council adopts budget and tax-rate increase after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing with no speakers, the Bulverde City Council approved the FY2026 budget package and adopted a tax rate above the no-new-revenue rate that increases property-tax revenue by about $500,000; council discussed CIP items, a proposed $40,000 yard allocation and $50,000 CIP/engineering funding.
Bulverde — The Bulverde City Council approved the proposed FY2026 budget and adopted a tax rate that raises more property-tax revenue than last year, after staff presented the budget in a public hearing that drew no public speakers.
City staff told the council the city is collecting roughly 96.8% of expected revenues through July and reported an unexpected $523,000 increase in sales-tax receipts. Staff said proposed revenue changes include roughly $523,000 in additional sales tax and about $500,000 in additional property-tax revenue for FY2026. The presentation also noted increases in public-safety pay to maintain market compatibility in the police department.
"Our current rate [is] 22.98¢ per $100 of assessed valuation," a staff presenter said, and read the motion language that would set the proposed rate at 0.259798 (effectively an increase described in the motion as about a 14.68% change in the tax rate). The council then moved to adopt a tax rate that exceeds the no-new-revenue rate and recorded the motion on a roll call; the transcript records several "aye" votes and notes that Council members Scott and Pralizer were absent.
Council members questioned line-item placements in the document, including a proposed gravel-yard project and how the city accounted for capital-improvement funding. City staff said they added $40,000 in a yard line item and $50,000 for CIP/engineering services in the revised budget and described how the amounts were moved between professional-services and planning line items across document versions.
Council opened and closed the budget public hearing with no members of the public signed up to speak. A motion to approve the budget items and related ordinances then proceeded as part of the regular agenda.
The adoption of the budget and the tax-rate ordinance completes the procedural step required to set the fiscal-year budget; the fiscal year begins Oct. 1, 2025. Council publications and the official ordinance text will state the exact adopted rate, the effective date and whether the revenue increase triggers further notices to affected taxing entities.
The council also approved routine consent items earlier in the meeting, including a rescheduling of the November regular meeting from Nov. 11 to Nov. 18.
