City Council - Special Meeting

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much for showing tonight. I call this special meeting of the New Braunfels City Council to order. Today's date is September 10, 2026, and it's 6 o'clock p.m. We requested all cell phones and other devices be on silent except for emergency on-call personnel. Madam Secretary, can you please call roll?

I am present. A quorum is present. We shall proceed. Please join me in the invocation brought to you by Mayor Pro Tem Capizzi, followed by the Pledges of Allegiance.

Heavenly Fathers, we bring this budget season into the home stretch. We thank you for the resources entrusted to our city and for the opportunity to serve. Keep this council humble, grateful, and mindful of those less fortunate, and give us the wisdom to be good stewards of what we have been given, and never let us lose sight of the people we serve. We ask these things in Jesus' name, amen.

I wanna extend my heartfelt thanks to our management, to staff and our fellow city council members for their tireless work over the past several months on this city's budget. Managing the public's tax dollars is a profound responsibility and it ultimately rests on us to ensure that we invest very wisely by focusing on our resources and our services, infrastructure and safety measures that matter most. We ensure that the New Braunfels continues to run successfully, securely, and effectively for every single resident. The safety, security, and well-being of our families, our environment, and our

Thank you very much, Jared. Anyone from up here wanna speak on this item here?

Just a quick question on the traffic calming part of it. I know we have additional money in there. You said, you know, touched on the fact that we get that repeatedly, it seems like lately for traffic calming. Is that something that we pretty much take care of in-house with our own teams and our own forces? Or is that something that with this additional funding, we might be able to start subbing some of that out and attacking it more in a multi-phase type of operation?

Any further discussion up here? All right, thank you, Jared. Thank you. Right now, I'm gonna open it up to the floor. For individuals that wanna speak on this item, please state your name. If you live in the city, don't live in the city, ETJ. All right, there being none, we're gonna move on to... Oh, no, go ahead. Thank you, thank you.

So just to clarify on the heels of what you just said, at no time do we have schools that are unprotected without an officer in them.

Any further discussion up here? Go ahead.

Thank you. Is there anyone else that wanna come up to the microphone? All right, they're seeing none. I'm gonna close public comment for this item and we're moving on to item B, public hearing on the proposed tax rate for the city of New Braunfels for tax year 2026 and announce the meeting date and time of adoption. Jared Warner.

For this one right here, I don't see any motion being made.

Okay. So after Jared Warner gives his presentation, I open it up to the public. and then you're asking me for a motion.

I'm prepared to make a motion, Mayor. I think if we just open it to public, because Mr. Warner didn't have anything on this particular item.

It's ready to move to motion. We just need to open it. Okay, I understand.

So on this item right here, I'm gonna open it up to the public. If anyone wants to speak on this item, please stand up and line up behind the podium. State your name if you live in the ETJ or you don't or the city if you don't. No one? All right, seeing nobody, I'm gonna close public hearing and we're done with item A and B. Now I'm gonna read a statement. The FY2027 proposed budget along with the 2026 tax rate will be adopted on September 14, 2026 at a meeting beginning at 6 p.m. at 550 Atlanta Street and City Council Chambers here. I'm gonna move on to item C. Discuss and consider approval o

So do we have a look at the other scenarios? I can pull that up in a pretty- No, I'm just wondering, because you're giving us an option, and I only see one scenario.

Yeah, I see exactly where we made those changes and those SROs was one big change. Yes, sir. Thank you. Is there any questions from up here? Do I open this up to the floor? Okay. All right, at this time, I'm gonna open up to public comment. If you wanna speak on this item, please line up behind the podium, state your name. If you live in the city, don't live in the city, or live in the ETJ. I don't see anyone lining up, so I'm gonna close public comment at this time.

Mayor. Yes. I move to approve the first reading of ordinance number 2026-50, adopting the FY2027 operating budget and plan of municipal services, including the budget order.

Mayor Pro Tem Capizzi motions and Council Member Edwards seconds the motion. All those in favor, raise your hand. All those not in favor, raise your hand. The motion is unanimous and it is passed. We're moving on to item D, discuss and consider approval of the first reading of an ordinance adopting the 2026 ad valerian tax rates. Jared Warner.

Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you for the discussion up here. All right, thank you. Thank you, Jared. I'm gonna open this item up to the floor, to the citizens. If you wanna stand up, please state your name. If you live in the city, not in the city, or ATJ.

I'm gonna close public comment at this time. I don't think anyone else has this delta. I guess I'm gonna make the move. Oh, you can, okay.

Mayor, I move to approve ordinance number 2026-51, levying a property tax rate of .415613 per $100 of assessed taxable valuation comprised of .193921 cents for debt service and .221692 cents for operations and maintenance. I second.

Mayor Pro Tem Capizzi motioned and it was seconded by Councilman Lebowski. All those in, oh wait. Madam Secretary Gale, please call roll.

Aye, so the motion is passed. I don't see anything else on the agenda here for tonight. There being no further business to come before New Braunfels City Council this evening, this meeting is adjourned at 6.41 p.m. Thank you.