Kendall County Commissioner, Precinct 4 (03-03-2026)
A county commissioner in the state of Texas is elected to the County Commissioners Court to conduct the general business of the county. The Court consists of the county judge who is elected at-large and four commissioners who are elected by geographical precinct. Each commissioner is typically responsible for building and maintaining county roads and bridges with the precinct. The term of office is four years.Duties: adopts the county budget and the county tax rate; approves all budgeted purchases of the county; sets all salaries and benefits for county employees; authorizes all county contracts; provides and maintains all county buildings and facilities; and fills vacancies in elective and appointed county offices.
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Chad Alan Carpenter
(Rep)
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Brett D'Spain
(Rep)
What training and experience qualifies you to serve as Commissioner for Kendall County Precinct 4?
What is your experience working with budgets the size of the Kendall County budget?
Do you feel the budget for Kendall County is adequate for the needs of the county? Explain.
What are your top three priorities, if elected as the Commissioner for Kendall County Precinct 4?
How do you plan to address your priorities within the scope of your duties per the Texas Constitution?
I was appointed as Kendall County Commissioner in 2016. In 2022 I was elected to this same position where I have served the past three years. I’ve served as President of the Texas Chiropractic Association, President of the Comfort Chamber of Commerce and Past Board member of ChiroCongress. I’ve spent the past 25 years working with youth in Kendall County as a Bible study teacher and several years as a Young Life leader. We currently own businesses in Comfort and Boerne. I understand the difficulties of raising a family, running a business all while complying with a growing government.
As a current elected commissioner, I’ve been through four budget cycles. 2016, 2023,2024,2025. Each year the budget grows a little more and requires commissioners court to adapt and look for ways to serve the needs of our taxpayers while keeping our tax rate as low as possible. One of the ways to offset state mandated/ required county services is through grants. Budgeting becomes less difficult when you have high quality staff working for our county.
I believe the current budget has sufficient funding for our basic needs. However, I can identify areas where our county is going to need substantial funding for infrastructure within the next 10 years. With our population growth, our normal budget isn’t sufficient to handle these enormous costs such as major road improvements and
water. It would take an entire year’s budget to cover these costs and could be a major stressor to our county government. We need to be planning for these improvements as they are imminent.
Water, Unwanted Developments and Taxes. Water and development go together as developments require water. The State has designated our county as a sensitive area where water availability is limited. I am
already working on legislative bills that would require large developers to have two sources of water in order to get permits for their subdivisions. This will prevent our community from being overbuilt without the infrastructure and will save our groundwater from being depleted. Property Taxes are not sustainable and needs to be addressed with our state legislature. I will take this fight to Austin on behalf of our County.
I helped form a 391 Commission with Kerr and Gillespie counties to fight battery storage developments. The 391 commission is allowed by the Texas Constitution in order for counties or governing bodies to fight unwanted developments. I am pushing to add developments to our 391 commission. This added topic would allow our commission to force meetings with TCEQ before TCEQ issues a permit for anything permitted by TCEQ and would allow us to protect our sacred water. I am addressing the high property taxes with our house and senate
members to find an alternative to property taxes.
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