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Contract and authorization layer

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The City master contract list, solicitation logs, council agendas, state-reported incentives, and federal awards now update as one source-linked system. Missing identifiers stay missing rather than being inferred.

Published contracts
1,486
577 have a current date or ongoing term
Payment trails found
180
404 contract rows · conservative identity rules
Fiscal agenda queue
104
50 meetings · rolling 2026-07-08 to 2026-08-27
Federal awards
$7.2M
12 exact-recipient awards · trailing five years
Authorization radar

Recent and upcoming fiscal agenda items

Keyword-selected from the public Legistar event stream, with every item linked to its agenda or matter record.

Open calendar
Aug 25, 2026Reinvestment Zone No. 4 - Zipp ParkPresentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the New Braunfels Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #4 Project and Finance Plan draft and recommend to the New Braunfels City Council for final adoption.
26-947
Aug 25, 2026Reinvestment Zone No. 4 - Zipp ParkDiscussion and direction on estimated TIRZ 4 project costs.
26-946
Aug 24, 2026City CouncilTaxpayer Impact Statement 2027
Agenda item
Aug 24, 2026City CouncilComal County & Guadalupe County House Bill 1522, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2025, amends section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code to require that the notice of a meeting required to be posted under section 551.043(a) of the Texas Open Meetings Act, at which a governmental body will discuss or adopt a budget for the governmental body, must include a taxpayer impact statement showing, for the median-valued homestead property, a comparison of the property tax bill in dollars pertaining to the property for the current fiscal year to an estimate of the property tax bill in dollars for the same property for the upcoming fiscal year. The City of New Braunfels has proposed a budget for FY 2027. 2025 Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in Comal County.....................................$287,080 2025 Property Tax Bill for the Current Fiscal Year ($0.0.408936).....................................$1,174 2026 Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in Comal County.....................................$281,180 Estimated 2026 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the City Adopts the Proposed Budget and Tax Rate ($0.408936 per $100 of value).....................................$1,150 Estimated 2026 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the City Adopts a Balanced Budget Funded at the No-New-Revenue Tax Rate ($.415613 per $100 of value).....................................$1,169 2025 Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in Guadalupe County.....................................$246,910 2025 Property Tax Bill for the Current Fiscal Year ($0.0.408936).....................................$1,010 2026 Value of Median-Valued Homestead Property in Guadalupe County.....................................$237,372 Estimated 2026 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the City Adopts the Proposed Budget and Tax Rate ($0.408936 per $100 of value).....................................$971 Estimated 2026 Property Tax Bill for the Upcoming Fiscal Year if the City Adopts a Balanced Budget Funded at the No-New-Revenue Tax Rate ($.415613 per $100 of value).....................................$987 The estimates in this Impact Statement are valid only for the FY 2027 proposed budget and tax rate.
Agenda item
Aug 24, 2026Arts CommissionDiscuss and consider the approval of a possible update to the Arts & Heritage Grant Guidelines.
26-972
Aug 24, 2026Arts CommissionDeliberate the 2027 Heritage HOT Grant process.
26-973
Aug 24, 2026City CouncilDiscuss and consider approval of a contract with BRW Architects to provide final plans, specifications, estimates, and construction-phase services for a live fire training facility and approval to issue a competitive sealed proposal solicitation as the procurement method for construction of improvements associated with the live fire training facility.
26-984

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Outside funding

Federal awards flowing to the City

Exact-recipient awards only. Obligated award value is kept separate from cash received and local spending.

Open USAspending
grantsSTAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER)
Department of Homeland Security$3.4M
grantsFY24 SS4A GRANT TO THE CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS, TX FOR THE PROJECT 'ADA TRANSITION PLAN'.
Department of Transportation$700K
grantsPURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING AND A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND BY EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. THE PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE 1 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, PUBLIC LAW 93-383, AS AMENDED 42 U.S.C. 5301 ET SEQ. THE CDBG PROGRAM COVERS FOUR DISTINCT PROGRAMS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN SET OF GOVERNING REGULATIONS: CDBG ENTITLEMENT, CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII, CDBG INSULAR AREAS, AND STATE CDBG. IN THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM, HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development$495.9K
grantsPURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING AND A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND BY EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. THE PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE 1 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, PUBLIC LAW 93-383, AS AMENDED 42 U.S.C. 5301 ET SEQ. THE CDBG PROGRAM COVERS FOUR DISTINCT PROGRAMS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN SET OF GOVERNING REGULATIONS: CDBG ENTITLEMENT, CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII, CDBG INSULAR AREAS, AND STATE CDBG. IN THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM, HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development$458.9K
grantsPURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING AND A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND BY EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. THE PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE 1 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, PUBLIC LAW 93-383, AS AMENDED 42 U.S.C. 5301 ET SEQ. THE CDBG PROGRAM COVERS FOUR DISTINCT PROGRAMS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN SET OF GOVERNING REGULATIONS: CDBG ENTITLEMENT, CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII, CDBG INSULAR AREAS, AND STATE CDBG. IN THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM, HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development$454.2K
Contract-list records do not publish contract value. Linked payment totals are cumulative accepted register rows for a matched payee and must not be read as spend under one contract.