Comal County reviews $162.5 million 2026 budget request at workshop

Jul 17, 2025

County leaders reviewed a $162.5 million 2026 department request that concentrates spending on corrections, public safety and the justice system and includes more than $12 million in capital and equipment requests and multiple new personnel asks.

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Comal County commissioners opened a 9:00 a.m. budget workshop with an overview of the 2026 departmental requests, which the chair said "the 2026 department request total $162,500,000." The chair described a funds comparison showing the general fund slightly lower than 2025 while other funds rose, and singled out corrections, public safety and the justice system as comprising more than half of county expenditures.

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