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Storylines
The narratives the events belong to. Each storyline follows one issue from its starting point to today, in date order. It is a chronology, not an argument. Most recently active first.
30 events · Jul 25, 2012 – Oct 8, 2026
Amarillo's utility billing transition and the 2026 billing crisis
The City replaced both its water meters (AMI smart meters: a consulting contract in July 2018, a 4% rate increase in the FY2019/20 budget to repay the financing, installation from 2021) and its utility billing software (enQuesta, contracted 2024, live March 31 2026).
Latest: Oct 8, 2026
34 events · Aug 22, 2007 – Oct 6, 2026
City of Amarillo landfill: permit, cell construction, gas system, fees and the May 2026 fire (2007-2026)
The City of Amarillo owns and operates a 662-acre landfill at 16250 Bezner Drive under a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) permit amended on August 22, 2007.
Latest: Oct 6, 2026
15 events · Nov 8, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026
Amarillo's property tax rate and voter-approved debt (2016-2026)
Each year the Amarillo City Council adopts a property tax rate made of a maintenance-and-operations (M&O) part and a debt-service (interest-and-sinking, I&S) part.
Latest: Sep 29, 2026
19 events · Oct 1, 2020 – Oct 2026
Amarillo's wastewater plants: failures, enforcement, expansion financing and rate increases (2022-2026)
Amarillo treats wastewater at two plants: Hollywood Road (south, 12 MGD) and River Road (north).
Latest: Sep 29, 2026
19 events · Jun 27, 2025 – Jan 2027
City of Amarillo water supply agreement with Fermi America (2025-2026)
Fermi America is developing an energy and data-center campus ("Project Matador") on Texas Tech University System land next to Pantex in Carson County, outside Amarillo city limits.
Latest: Sep 29, 2026
14 events · Feb 21, 2023 – Oct 2026
Amarillo's move toward a third-party forensic audit of City financial records (2022-2026)
The City's annual audited financial reports for fiscal years 2022-2024 each restated beginning balances, and the City moved to new financial software in January 2025.
Latest: Sep 28, 2026
34 events · May 2020 – Dec 31, 2026
Amarillo's $39.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act recovery funds (2021-2026)
The City of Amarillo was allocated $39,676,317 in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under the American Rescue Plan Act, received in two halves on May 19, 2021 and June 6, 2022.
Latest: about Sep 2026
26 events · Nov 2016 – Sep 24, 2026
Financing the Amarillo Civic Center expansion and renovation (2016-2026)
In November 2016 Amarillo voters rejected a Civic Center expansion bond proposition while approving street and public-safety bonds.
Latest: Sep 24, 2026
23 events · Jan 3, 2017 – Sep 24, 2026
Amarillo's enterprise software transition: Tyler Munis and EnerGov to Workday and MGO (2017-2026)
In January 2017 Tyler Technologies announced a software-as-a-service agreement with the City of Amarillo for its Munis ERP and EnerGov permitting products; EnerGov went live in 2021.
Latest: Sep 24, 2026
22 events · 1931 – about Sep 2026
Amarillo's public swimming pools: the Thompson Park Pool replacement and the Southwest and Southeast pool closures (2018-2026)
In December 2018 the City of Amarillo closed Thompson Park Pool, its oldest public pool (opened 1931), citing inspection findings of deteriorating concrete and steel, corrosion and leaks.
Latest: about Sep 2026
16 events · Jun 2015 – Sep 23, 2026
Amarillo city manager turnover (2015-2026)
Since 2023 Amarillo has cycled through city managers: Jared Miller was fired without cause (2023), two interims served (Freeman, then Hartman), Grayson Path was hired (2024) and resigned (2026), and Freeman returned as acting manager.
Latest: Sep 23, 2026
19 events · Feb 28, 2017 – Oct 13, 2026
Amarillo's sewer collection system: reported overflows and main and lift station work (2017-2026)
Amarillo's wastewater collection system (sewer mains, manholes and lift stations) has had a series of reported overflows of untreated wastewater.
Latest: Sep 20, 2026
24 events · Dec 19, 2006 – Jun 4, 2026
Downtown TIRZ #1 and Local Government Corporation financing (2006-2026)
The City Council created Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #1 (downtown) by Ordinance No. 7012 on December 19, 2006, with a December 31, 2036 end date, and approved its project and financing plan in November 2007.
Latest: Jun 4, 2026
21 events · 2011 – Apr 15, 2026
Downtown catalyst projects: convention hotel, parking garage and the MPEV ballpark (2011-2026)
In 2011 the City of Amarillo and its Local Government Corporation (LGC) were working with master developer Wallace Bajjali Development Partners on three downtown projects: a convention hotel, a parking garage and a multipurpose event venue (MPEV).
Latest: Apr 15, 2026
15 events · 2021 – Mar 26, 2026
AEDC's $750,000 payment to The Range and the resulting inquiry (2022-2026)
The Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, a city-chartered corporation, budgeted $100,000 for membership in The Range (then the Amarillo Global Food Hub) in August 2022 (one report dates the commitment to 2021).
Latest: Mar 26, 2026
17 events · 2003 – Mar 10, 2026
Amarillo's certificates of obligation (2017-2026)
Certificates of obligation (COs) are debt a Texas city council can authorize without an election after publishing notice; under Local Government Code section 271.049 a petition signed by 5% of qualified voters before authorization forces an election.
Latest: Mar 10, 2026
16 events · Sep 20, 2016 – about Jan 2026
AEDC incentive commitment to the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine (2016-2026)
In September 2016 the Amarillo City Council endorsed a $15 million Amarillo Economic Development Corporation grant to the Texas Tech University System for a proposed veterinary school, payable at $1.5 million a year for 10 years.
Latest: about Jan 2026
15 events · Nov 2016 – Apr 23, 2025
Moving Amarillo City Hall into the renovated Amarillo Hardware building (2016-2025)
In 2016 voters rejected a municipal-facilities bond proposition.
Latest: Apr 23, 2025
14 events · 2007 – Aug 29, 2022
Amarillo's red-light camera program (2007-2022)
The City of Amarillo operated red-light cameras through a contract with American Traffic Solutions (later reported as Verra Mobility) from about 2007-2008.
Latest: Aug 29, 2022
Coming up
Scheduled events that have not happened yet. They are updated when they occur.
- Third-party audit report expected
- Council agenda lists a $49,500 ARPA-funded renewal for the City website's digital assistant
- October 13 council agenda lists a forensic audit update
- Lift Station 19 replacement study and $320,000 budget transfer on the October 13 agenda
- Consultant's water and sewer rate study expected back at an October 2026 council meeting
- Audit committee expected to recommend forensic-audit scope and firms
- Federal deadline to spend ARPA recovery funds
- Deadline for Fermi to complete and dedicate the water improvements
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