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BY JARRETT WHITENER
Boerne Police see increase in calls
Boerne moves forward with pedestrian plan Boerne City Council on March 10 reviewed the draft Safety Action Plan being prepared with the Safe Streets for All Planning Grant, or SS4A. This plan helps receive federal funding for transporta- tion and pedestrian safety projects. The overview Director of Engineering & Mobility Jeff Carroll said staff have been working on the plan since 2022, and City Council in 2025 entered an agree- ment with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to complete the plan. “This grant will put us to be ready for the future implementation grant,” Carroll said. “That’s where we can apply and get funds to design and poten- tially build these things we’re recommending.” Pursuing grant funding would allow the city to implement pedestrian crosswalks, roundabouts, turnlanes or other improvements. Carroll said projects and proposals for the intersections in the plan are not concrete. “There’s schematics and conversations about what we could do to improve, but it would be that next grant where we would actually go and design something,” Carroll said. City of Boerne receives clean financial audit In an audit of the city of Boerne Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget, no major findings were identified, showing a positive financial position for the city. The details Audit Partner Patrick Simmons, repre- senting the firm Whitley Penn, said the total fund balance increased from $71.05 million to $79.22 million. The total fund balance is comprised of the General Fund, Debt Service Fund, Capital Projects Fund and other governmental funds. The General Fund saw a slight decrease, reducing from $22.32 million to $21.72 million. Simmons said the Enterprise Funds, which cover utilities such as water, waste- water and gas, saw an increase of around $17 million year over year in total fund balance.
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Between 2024 and 2025, the Boerne Police Department saw an increase in the number of general calls for service by 8.3%, increas- ing from 24,158 to 26,162. Boerne City Council on Feb. 24 reviewed the Annual Police Department Report and the racial profiling report. Of the 26,162 calls in 2025, 24,662 were 911 calls. Breaking it down The total number of arrests in 2025 was 10.2% higher than in 2024, the report states.
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N. SCHOOL ST.
S. Main Street at Bandera Road
Police Department 2025 report
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8,547 total traffic stops 338 total searches during those traffic stops 138 times contraband was discovered during searches
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arrests made from those
traffic stops 119
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SOURCE: CITY OF BOERNE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: CITY OF BOERNE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Annual debt service fee percent change
Monthly debt service fee
Annual debt service fee
Fair Oaks Ranch wastewater debt
Fiscal year
service fee projections Monthly fees for wastewater customers are expected to increase in FY 2026-27, then decrease over the following three fiscal years.
2025-26
$16.91
$202.92
+2.66%
2026-27
$17.36
$208.32
-15.32%
2027-28
$14.70
$176.40
-1.29%
2028-29
$14.51
$174.12
+6.06%
SOURCE: CITY OF FAIR OAKS RANCH/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
2029-30
$14.51
$184.68
Fair Oaks Ranch OKs wastewater plant expansion The first phase of the wastewater treatment plant expansion project in Fair Oaks Ranch is moving forward following approval from City
the wastewater treatment plant to the ponds at Fair Oaks Country Club and Golf Course. The total cost of the project is around $5.8 million, originally projected at nearly $4.2 million. City staff said this increase was mostly due to rising costs. Director of Finance Summer Fleming said wastewater customers will see increased rates in fiscal year 2026-27 and decreased rates in subsequent years to fund the project.
Council on March 5. What’s happening? The first phase of the project focuses on
pumping capacity and upsizing the conveyance pipelines, which will allow effluent to be sent from
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