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Four Comal County JPs ask court to raise base salary to $110,000 citing caseload surge
Summary
Justices of the peace jointly requested a base salary increase from $91,561 to $110,000, citing population growth and near-doubling of filings between 2020 and 2024 and seasonal workload spikes tied to tourism.
A justice of the peace presented a joint proposal from Comal County's four JP offices asking the commissioners to increase the base salary for JPs from $91,561 to $110,000 annually, saying the change would better align compensation with workload and peer counties. The presenter said the county's population has grown "from 161,000 up to a little over 212,000 currently" and that case filings rose from "7,343 in 2020 to over 14,570 in 2024," nearly a 99% increase.
The presentation argued that rising year-round and seasonal visitors to recreational areas increase demands on JP offices for traffic enforcement, public-safety incidents and code enforcement matters. The JPs submitted the request jointly and provided a comparative analysis that included similarly situated counties.
