· Trigger
City Council takes up a citizen's questions about the $750,000 wire in closed session
A citizen's concern about the payment prompts the City Council to open an inquiry into the AEDC's payments over the prior three years.[1][2][3]
Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)The Range (formerly the Amarillo Global Food Hub)
What the sources say
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The Tribune timeline reports that Hyde Kelley LLP billed the City for work related to the AEDC and The Range beginning July 1, 2024, and that, based on invoices for work through September 30, 2024 obtained through public information requests, the City had paid the firm $40,975.50 for the inquiry ('our best analysis of these invoices').[3]
- Paid through 2024 09 30
- $40,976
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The timeline says a local businessman and former AEDC board member came across The RANGE in summer 2024, sent several public information requests about the $750,000 payment and copied the City Council; the AEDC's counsel sent the board a memo on the transaction on August 19, 2024, and the council met in closed session on the matter on August 27, 2024.[3]