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The City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the FY 2026 operating budget and unanimously approved a 2025 property tax rate of $0.408936 per $100 of taxable value, described as a 0.1% decrease. The proposed rate would result in an estimated tax bill of $1,451 for a median-valued Comal County homestead and $1,275 for a median-valued Guadalupe County homestead.
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The budget and tax rate were approved at the first-reading stage, but final adoption was scheduled for September 8, 2025. The adopted rate includes $0.193888 per $100 for debt service and $0.215048 for operations and maintenance. Based on the estimates presented, the proposed rate would raise the estimated bill for the median-valued Comal County homestead from $1,428 to $1,451, while the estimated Guadalupe County bill would decrease from $1,354 to $1,275.
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