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Feb 8, 2022 · Context

Council approves Chapter 380 sales tax rebate agreement with Buc-ee's, 5-0

Andrew Freeman presented a Chapter 380 economic development program agreement between the City and Buc-ee's Amarillo, LLC for a travel center at the southeast corner of East Interstate 40 and Airport Boulevard. The council approved it 5-0. NewsChannel 10 reported sales tax rebates of about $4.5 million over 20 years.^[1]^[2]

Ginger Nelson Freda Powell Eddy Sauer Howard Smith Cole Stanley Andrew FreemanBuc-ee's Amarillo, LLC

What the sources say

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Councilmember Powell moved and Councilmember Smith seconded the Chapter 380 agreement with Buc-ee's Amarillo, LLC for a travel center at the southeast corner of E. Interstate 40 and Airport Boulevard. It passed 5-0 (Nelson, Powell, Sauer, Smith, Stanley).^[1]
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NewsChannel 10 reported that the agreement rebates sales taxes of about $4.5 million over 20 years and gives no property tax discount on buildings expected to cost more than $30 million. The minutes do not state the terms.^[2]
Sales tax rebate
$4,500,000
Rebate years
20

Sources

1.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2022-02-08 — City of Amarillo, Feb 8, 2022 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredStates: "motion was made to award the contract for communications and marketing services to support the COVID-19 vaccination program for the Amarillo Department of Public Health to Mary Coyne Marketing Communications, LLC in an amount not to exceed $2,446,000.00 by Councilmember Powell, seconded by Councilmember Sauer"; "voting NO was Councilmember Stanley; absent were none; the motion carried by a 4-1 vote."
2.Amarillo City Council passes incentive to bring Buc-ee's to Amarillo — NewsChannel 10 (KFDA), Feb 8, 2022 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026newsIndependentKevin Welch. Sales tax rebates of about $4.5 million over 20 years; no property tax discount on facilities expected to cost more than $30 million.