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Jul 27, 2021 · Context

Council approves AEDC job incentives for North Heights Linen Service and Roberson Cartridge, 4-0

The council voted 4-0 on two AEDC location incentive agreements. North Heights Linen Service, LLC received a $250,000 job-creation incentive for a 25,000-square-foot facility at 601 W. Amarillo Blvd. with 100 projected employees. Roberson Cartridge Company, LLC received $500,000 for job creation ($10,000 per new employee) plus a relocation incentive of up to $50,000 for a 41,000-square-foot facility at 14711 Garrison Drive with 50 projected jobs and $10 million in capital spending.^[1]^[2]

Ginger Nelson Freda Powell Cole Stanley Howard Smith Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)North Heights Linen Service, LLCRoberson Cartridge Company, LLC (RCC Brass)

What the sources say

✓ Verified
Mayor Nelson presented an AEDC location incentive agreement with North Heights Linen Service, LLC for a 25,000-square-foot facility at 601 W. Amarillo Blvd., with 100 new employees projected and an incentive of $250,000 for job creation. Mayor Pro Tem Powell moved and Councilmember Smith seconded; it passed 4-0 (Nelson, Powell, Stanley, Smith).^[1]
Incentive
$250,000
Projected jobs
100
⚠ Sources differ
Sources give different projected payroll figures for North Heights Linen Service (projections, not results).
Reported value 1[1]
Projected new payroll
$3,300,000
Council minutes: $3,300,000 new payroll projected by year 5.
Reported value 2[2]
Projected new payroll
$5,000,000
AEDC 2021 annual report: $5,000,000 projected new payroll.
✓ Verified
The AEDC's 2021 annual report says the North Heights Linen facility 'had a ribbon-cutting in mid-June of 2021' and describes the company as a worker-owned co-op serving hospitals. The AEDC's audited financial statements say North Heights Linen Service received $0.2 million 'in a location incentive' in 2021. The company does not appear in the AEDC's project status reports for 2025 or 2026, and no source located reports how many jobs it created.^[2]^[3]^[4]
Paid
$200,000
✓ Verified
The Roberson Cartridge Company agreement listed a 41,000-square-foot facility at 14711 Garrison Drive, $10,000,000 in new capital expenditures, 50 new employees and $2,250,000 in new payroll projected by year 3 (average salary $45,000), an incentive of $500,000 for job creation ($10,000 per new employee) and a relocation incentive of $50,000 ($2,500 per employee for up to 20 employees). It passed 4-0 on the same motion pattern.^[1]
Incentive
$500,000
Relocation incentive
$50,000
Projected jobs
50
✓ Verified
The AEDC's 2021 annual report says it 'assisted RCC Brass in job expansion to grow their workforce' (RCC Brass makes brass cartridges). Roberson Cartridge / RCC Brass is not named in the AEDC's FY2022 commitments note or in its 2025–2026 project status reports, and no source located reports payments made or jobs created under the agreement.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Sources

1.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2021-07-27 — City of Amarillo, Jul 27, 2021 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. Item 3D: "100 new employees projected ... Incentive of $250.000 for job creation"; item 3E: "Incentive of $500,000 for job creation ($10,000 per new employee)". Both passed 4:0.
2.Amarillo Economic Development Corporation 2021 Annual Report — Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Dec 29, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authored"published" is the date the revised file was uploaded to the AEDC site. States North Heights Linen Service's facility "had a ribbon-cutting in mid-June of 2021 at 601 West Amarillo Boulevard" and lists $5,000,000 projected new payroll; says "The Amarillo EDC assisted RCC Brass in job expansion".
3.Amarillo Economic Development Corporation Financial Statements, September 30, 2022 and 2021 — Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Mar 21, 2023 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredAudited statements; scanned file read with OCR. Issued March 21, 2023 (Note 20). MD&A lists FY2022 approvals (Caviness, CVMR, Producer Owned Beef, Innovation Outpost, TWC matching funds, Albers, A-7 Austin) and says North Heights Linen Service received "$0.2 million in a location incentive" in 2021. Note 16 lists commitments; it does not name Mateen Bar USA or Horizon Ag Products.
4.Amarillo EDC Board of Directors Meeting Package, August 20, 2026 — Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Aug 20, 2026 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredIncludes the minutes of the July 9, 2026 board meeting (item 6, AAA Cooper amendment approved 4-0, "extension of their reporting for job creation to 2030") and the unaudited "CUMULATIVE PROJECT STATUS REPORT Through March 31, 2026", marked "Restricted for management only, notes are not presented".