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Agenda No. 15.
 
CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
 
City Council Meeting: October 14, 2025
Department: City Secretary
Subject: Resolution 25-R-139-Nominating candidates for the Comal County Appraisal Board of Directors to be appointed for the 2026 term. (Mayor/S.Edmondson)

BACKGROUND

This letter is written notice to the presiding officer of each voting entity informing you of your right to nominate a candidate to serve on the Comal Appraisal District (CAD) Board of Directors. The City of Schertz has 69 eligible votes. The taxing units in the appraisal district that are eligible to vote will appoint two directors to the 2026 CAD Board of Directors for four-year terms beginning January 1, 2026. Each voting entity may nominate one candidate for each open position by resolution as stated in the tax code quoted below:

Section 6.03(g) of the Texas Property Tax Code states “Each taxing unit other than a conservation and reclamation district that is entitled to vote may nominate by resolution adopted by its governing body one candidate for each position to be filled on the board of directors.

The presiding officer of the governing body of the unit shall submit the names of the unit’s nominees to the chief appraiser before October 15.

” Two of the appointed directors on the CAD Board have terms that expire on December 31, 2025. The current CAD Board members are listed below.

Appointed Board members whose terms expire December 31, 2025, a
• John Tyler (not seeking re-appointment)
• James Long (not seeking re-appointment)

Appointed Board members whose terms expire December 31, 2027, are:
• Eric Couch
• Douglas Miller, II
• Robert Slupik

Elected Board members whose terms expire December 31, 2026, are:
• Robert Brown
• Deborah Hindman
• Rob Johnson

The above directors are joined on the board by Kristen Hoyt who serves as an ex-officio voting member as Comal County Tax Assessor/Collector.

The City of Schertz can nominate 2 candidates to the Comal Board of Directors for a 4-year term from January 2026 to January 2030.

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