Guadalupe County’s adopted FY2027 budget lowers its partner-department other-services line by $179,385 while raising the county fire department total by $667,448. What does that mean for a fire call outside city limits?
For unincorporated residents, the budget puts more money into the county fire department and less into the combined partner-services line; those figures cannot establish a change in response at a particular address. A service agreement identifies who is assigned to respond; dispatch records show what happened.
From the source record
Adopted FY2026 compared with original FY2027 appropriations; bars show budget lines, not response levels.
For FY2026, the county adopted $1,751,696 for municipal and volunteer fire-department other services and $5,256,133 for its own fire department. For FY2027, the corresponding figures are $1,572,311 and $5,923,581. The Guadalupe.News comparison uses full-year adopted amounts in both years, rather than the partial FY2026 actual column.
What the money shows
The county fire department’s personnel budget rises from $2,454,537 adopted for FY2026 to $3,148,570 original for FY2027. That is the largest movement among the lines below. The budget authorizes spending; it does not measure how many firefighters are on duty or promise a response time.