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Guadalupe County proposes a recovery fund allocation for land

County residents would see recovery money assigned to land if commissioners approve the Nov. 17 amendment; that budget step would not itself buy property.

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A bold ink outline of three connected land sections floats above scrubby open terrain, with a small building in the distance.
A folded land parcel outline floats above open terrain, representing a proposed allocation for land rather than a completed purchase.Illustration: Guadalupe.News

Guadalupe County wants to put $315,000 in recovery funds into a land budget line, one step short of buying property.

Commissioners are scheduled to consider budget amendment 27-18 on Nov. 17. For county residents, approval would assign $315,000 of recovery money to land spending. The amendment is a proposal; it does not record an approved purchase.

From the source record

Proposed budget amendment 27-18$315,000 proposed for land
The proposed amendment moves $315,000 from ARPA Fund Balance to a Land line in Recovery Fund Grants.
Guadalupe County Commissioners Court ↗
Source: Guadalupe County budget amendment 27-18, submitted for Nov. 17, 2026 consideration. Graphic summarizes the proposal; it is not a verbatim quotation.

What the allocation would do

Here is the money's path. The amendment proposes taking $315,000 from ARPA Fund Balance in Recovery Fund Grants, Fund 714, and putting it in grant-specific Land line 714-930-43-582.0027. If approved, that line would authorize land spending without completing a purchase.

The amendment separately states that $149,101 remains unallocated. It lists that amount apart from the proposed land allocation. The two entries do not establish a purchase price or a total available for a project.

Amounts stated in proposed budget amendment 27-18 for Nov. 17, 2026
EntryAmount
Proposed allocation to Land$315,000
Stated amount remaining unallocated$149,101

The amendment states these amounts separately. The table does not add them or identify a purchase price.

What the existing budget shows

The adopted FY2027 budget also lists emergency-facility and warehouse/EOC Recovery Fund lines. A Guadalupe.News extraction of those budget entries supplies context for Fund 714. The entries do not identify a parcel or a use for the proposed land allocation.

A fund-balance transfer assigns money to a spending category. Buying land would involve an identifiable property and transaction terms. The proposed allocation does not establish a household charge, completed sale or total project cost.

The next record to watch

The court's Nov. 17 outcome will establish whether commissioners adopted, changed or rejected the amendment. A later county-posted land agreement could identify the parcel, use, price and any other funding. Readers can inspect the proposed account line in the county's budget amendment 27-18.

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