Amarillo City Council, school boards among this week's meetings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Potter County Commissioners' Courtroom, 350 S.E. 6th Ave., Ste. 2141Budget amendments and vouchers; consider and act upon the approval of the 2024/25 budget for the Amarillo-Potter Event Venue District; receive a presentation from the Santa Fe Historical Railway Museum and consider and act upon issuing a proclamation of partnership between the museum and Potter County; receive public comment on matters related to overcrowding issues at the Potter County Detention Center, and take any action necessary; state assistance from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority for the Catalytic Converter Grant; adopting the District Clerk's Records Archive Plan for 2024-2025 annual budget; county assistance district; hold a public hearing on the proposed tax rate of $0.58496 per $100 valuation; vote to approve the maintenance and operation tax rate of $0.53874 per $100 valuation and the debt service tax rate of $.04622 per $100 valuation; cybersecurity training and certifying compliance; consider and act upon approving a joint election and elections services contract between Potter County, the City of Amarillo, and Bushland Independent School District, election services administered by the Potter County Election Administrator; discretionary exemption to the competitive purchasing requirements of the County Purchasing Act for a fire truck to be acquired from the City of Borger; employment items; executive session, if necessary.
53% : fifty feet of Tarter Avenue as dedicated in Soncy Park Unit No. 10, in Randall County, applicants: Attebury A G Testamentary Trust, vicinity: Southwest 45th Avenue and Soncy Road; consider a resolution amending the ballot language for the Special Municipal Election of the City of Amarillo, Texas ordered on Aug. 13, pursuant to Resolution 08-13-24-2 to be conducted on Nov. 5 in Amarillo; first reading of an ordinance adopting the City of Amarillo budget for the 2024/2025 fiscal year; first reading of an ordinance approving the City of Amarillo tax roll, setting an ad valorem property tax rate of $0.31867 per $100 property valuation for city maintenance and operations expenses and $0.06856 per $100 property valuation for existing debt expenses resulting in a total ad valorem rate of $0.38723 per $100 property valuation - the tax rate will effectively be raised by 5.63% and will raise taxes for maintenance and operations on a $100,000 home by approximately $4.23; resolution approving expenditure of Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue by the Amarillo Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. for the 2024-25 fiscal year; resolutions approving the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 for the following: Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1, East Gateway Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 2, South Gateway Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 3, Amarillo-Potter Events Venue District and Amarillo Hospital District.
52% : Randall County Commissioners' Court9 a.m.: Commissioners' Courtroom, Finance Building, 501 16th St., Ste. 305, CanyonDiscuss and take action on adopting the 2024-25 budget for Randall County Assistance District No. 1. Hold public hearing on proposed 2024 Randall County tax rate - M&O rate: 0.34685, Debt Rate: 0.05430, Total Rate: 0.40115; interlocal agreement for security and peace officers between the Randall County Sheriff's Office and Canyon Independent School District; joint use agreement on fiber optic line; vote to ratify the property tax revenue increase; discuss and vote to adopt the 2024-25 Randall County budget and 2024 tax rate; discuss and take action on awarding project Hix Drive Drainage Improvements; architectural services relating to millwork renovations in the intake/booking and infirmary areas of the jail; vehicle equipment repairs, procurement of new vehicles, line-item transfers, budget amendment, vouchers and official reports; executive session to deliberate business and financial issues relating to contracts being negotiated.Visual Art Update; National Clean Up Announcement; Zoo Cleanup Announcement; Pollinator Patch Update; Board Application Update; Art in the Park; Hoodoo Murals; proposed changes to Mural Grant Program.

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