Amarillo City Hall | Photo by Noah Dawson
As long as forecasted snows don’t delay Tuesday’s meeting at City Hall, Amarillo City Council will be considering various spending items totaling nearly $3 million.
As is often the case, the bulk of spending items on the agenda are on the consent agenda, which will allow the council to consider all items at once with a single vote. The spending item not included on the consent agenda, item 3B, is consideration of a $469,438.00 contract with BerryDunn to manage the implementation of the new Paymentus online customer-facing payment portal.
Item 3B, however, is not the most expensive item on the agenda, with that title going to item 2K, which is a $795,115 contract with AVIS Budget Rental, Alamo National, and Enterprise for rental cars at Rick Husband International Airport. (Two of these companies, Alamo National and Enterprise, are owned by EAN Holdings.) After item 2K, the next highest price tag is item 2J, a $585,906.60 contract with Green Plains Design for landscape management in the Colonies Public Improvement District. According to the city, this will be funded by the Colonies PID. One more item on the agenda will cost over half a million dollars: Item 2L, which is a $519,810 contract addition with Garney Companies for various projects at the Hollywood and River Road water reclamation facilities.
A full list of spending items is included at the end of the article, along with a link to the full agenda packet.
Other items on the agenda include various planning and zoning items, approval of the budget for Transformation Park, an agreement with the City of Tacoma, Washington to allow Tacoma to purchase from vendors who have been awarded contracts by Amarillo, the sale of city owned property at 512 S. Jackson, and the leasing of Rick Klein Baseball and Southwest Softball complexes to Texas Panhandle Youth Sports Foundation.
While there is a planed executive session, no mention is made of Alex Fairly’s successful lawsuit against the city. While Fairly had won, both sides appear to be gearing up for a potential appeal. Paperwork for an appeal is due to the Seventh Court of Appeals by February 1st.
List of spending items | Photo by Noah Dawson
Update 1/24/2023: This meeting was cancelled, with the city citing inclement weather
Update 1/27/2023: A previous version of this article listed item 2I as costing $34,739.64. This amount was the annual cost of a 3 year contract. The correct amount is now shown in the updated graphic.