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Debt & borrowing monitor

Debt is rising. Payments are currently covered.

The City is borrowing for long-lived projects—not presently missing debt payments. This tracker separates the amount owed, the annual payment burden, planned borrowing, and the assumptions holding the plan together.

Current readWatch — not crisis

Debt and per-resident exposure are climbing; forecast coverage remains positive.

General obligation + certificates of obligation
$296.2Mprincipal outstanding · audited September 30, 2025
$13.8M · +4.9% from FY2024
Debt / taxable property2.37%2.36% one year earlier
Debt per resident$3,439+15.4% year over year
September 2025 issue$57.1M

$20.3M refinanced older principal; approximately $36.8M financed new capital work.

Debt Service Fund forecast

Annual payments stay near $33–34 million

Revenue covers plan

Coverage depends on the City's taxable-value growth and tax-rate assumptions. The forecast is a planning scenario, not a guarantee.

Borrowing ahead

What the current plan assumes next

Future issuance · not current balances
FY2026$0No major GO issue
FY2027$40MGO bonds assumed
FY2028$25MGO bonds assumed
FY2029$8MTax notes assumed
CoveredForecast payments

Projected Debt Service Fund revenue remains slightly above scheduled expenditures through FY2030.

VerifyReserve near policy floor

A simple FY2025 comparison produces 9.8% versus the City's 10% target. The official policy calculation should be reconciled.

Pressure$43M in identified needs

This is not existing debt. It is the forecast gap if every identified General Fund resource demand were funded.

Latest operating evidence

Debt Service Fund through June 2026

The long-range tracker above is now paired with the newest City monthly accounting report.

Open City report
Revenue received91.3%
$28,102,143 of $30,798,335Debt Service Fund revenue budget
Expenditures recorded73.9%
$22,560,008 of $30,538,335Debt Service Fund expenditure budget
75.0%of FY2026 completeThe marker on each bar shows this time benchmark. Pace is context—not a year-end forecast.
2024 ACS estimate104,643 residents

±84 margin of error · denominators stay dated.

Tax-base evidence2025 appraisal report

The newest Comal Appraisal District report is monitored separately from City debt files.

Separate issuer boundaryNBU utility finances

Utility revenue debt and capital records never inflate the City GO/CO headline.