Fiscal Year 2026 Budget & Plan of Municipal Services

The City of New Braunfels adopted the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget and Plan of Municipal Services on September 8th, 2025. Please visit the City Council Page for more information on the City's Council and how to contact your Council Member.

FY 2026 Adopted Budget Cover

Documents & ReSources

Required Tax Rate & Budget Adoption Information


FISCAL YEAR 2024FISCAL YEAR 2025FISCAL YEAR 2026
Budgeted General Fund O&M Property Tax Revenue$26,133,304$28,707,797
$29,948,349
O&M Tax Rate0.2000000.205008
0.215048
Debt Tax Rate0.208936
0.203928
0.193888
Toal Property Tax Rate0.4089360.4089360.408936

The total tax levy on properties in the City increased by 3.1%. The FY 2026 Proposed Property Tax Rate is lower than the no-new revenue rate by -0.1%. The operations & maintenance portion of the rate will effectively be raised by 3.6% and will increase taxes for a $100,000 home by approximately $7.54.

For more information about property taxes, please visit the State's webpage on Property Tax Transparency.

Tax Rate & Budget Adoption Voting Results

The Budget and Tax Rate were adopted on September 8th, 2025. The voting results from City Council are listed below.

Tax Rate Adoption

Councilmember Voting Results
Mayor Linnartz Aye
Councilmember Carter Aye
Councilmember Capizzi Aye
Councilmember Edwards Aye
Councilmember Spradley Aye
Councilmember Labowski Aye
Councilmember Ryan Aye

Budget Adoption

Councilmember Voting Results
Mayor Linnartz Aye
Councilmember Carter Aye
Councilmember Capizzi Aye
Councilmember Edwards Aye
Councilmember Spradley Aye
Councilmember Labowski Aye
Councilmember Ryan Aye

Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentations

Previous Budget Documents

Visit our Financial Records and Documents page to see previous annual adopted budgets.