Storyline · 17 events · Apr 14, 2020 – Jun 30, 2026

Amarillo Public Health's COVID-19 grant funding and spending (2020-2026)

From April 2020 the City Council accepted a series of COVID-19 grants for the Amarillo Public Health Department, passed through the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) from federal CDC programs: emergency-response and epidemiology funds in 2020, COVID-19 vaccination grants of $99,866 (January 2021), $4,186,684 (April 2021) and $8,572,024 ("Round 4", September 2021, approved 3-1), and workforce, health-equity and contact-tracing grants in August 2021. In February 2022 the council awarded a COVID-19 vaccination communications and marketing contract of up to $2,446,000 to Mary Coyne Marketing Communications (4-1), and the department used a grant-funded surge-staffing contract with Angel Staffing. In June 2023 the council discussed the marketing service agreement and asked for a revised plan. The City's single audits report about $14.2 million in COVID-19-labeled public health grant spending in fiscal 2020-2024, with no audit findings on those programs; the fiscal 2025 audit lists no COVID-19-labeled public health programs.

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All COVID-19 grants to Amarillo Public Health, starting with the April 2020 DSHS/CDC emergency-response contract: starts with Council approves $617,620 DSHS contract for the COVID-19 public health response (Apr 14, 2020)
The COVID-19 vaccination grants and the vaccination marketing contract (from January 2021): starts with Council accepts a $99,866 DSHS grant for COVID-19 vaccination (Jan 26, 2021)

Apr 14, 2020 · Origin
Council approves $617,620 DSHS contract for the COVID-19 public health response
The City Council approves an interlocal cooperation contract with the Texas Department of State Health Services for the City's COVID-19 response, funded under the CDC's Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement. The agenda listed $304,813; City Manager Jared Miller told the council the amount had increased to $617,620. The Director of Public Health said the funds would offset costs such as the ASL interpreter and testing supplies. The motion passed 5:0.^[1]^[2]
Casie Stoughton Jared Miller Ginger Nelson Elaine Hays Freda Powell Eddy Sauer Howard Smith
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  The April 14, 2020 agenda listed a $304,813 DSHS award for the City's COVID-19 response under the CDC Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement (funding opportunity CDC-RFA-TP18-1802), with activities allowable from January 20, 2020. At the meeting the City Manager said the amount had increased to $617,620, and the council approved the contract at $617,620 by a 5:0 vote (Mayor Nelson and Councilmembers Hays, Powell, Sauer and Smith). ^[1]^[2]
  Approved
  $617,620
  Agenda amount
  $304,813
- ✓ Verified
  Director of Public Health; City Manager: The minutes record the Director of Public Health saying the funds would be used to offset costs such as the ASL interpreter, testing supplies and other COVID-19 related items, and the City Manager saying the monies have limitations on how they can be spent. The packet memo lists surveillance, laboratory testing and reporting, and a community intervention implementation plan as grant activities. ^[2]^[1]
- ✓ Verified
  The City's fiscal 2020 single audit lists $617,620 spent under ALN 93.354, "COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Response", tested as a major program with no findings. ^[3]
  Expended fy2020
  $617,620
Jun 23, 2020 · Precursor
Council accepts a $249,478 DSHS COVID-19 contract and a local PCR testing agreement
On the consent agenda, the City Council accepts a $249,478 award from DSHS, running from August 1, 2020 to April 30, 2022, "to sustain public health programming for response to COVID-19", and approves a laboratory agreement with Physicians Preferred Laboratory for COVID-19 PCR testing in Amarillo. The consent agenda passed 5:0.^[4]^[5]
Casie Stoughton
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  On June 23, 2020 the council's consent agenda accepted a $249,478 DSHS award for August 1, 2020 through April 30, 2022 "to sustain public health programming for response to COVID-19" and approved a laboratory agreement with Physicians Preferred Laboratory, working with the Texas A&M Veterinary Lab, for local COVID-19 PCR testing. The consent agenda passed 5:0. A DSHS report lists an Epidemiology & Lab Capacity (ELC) contract with the Amarillo department of $249,477.80. ^[4]^[5]^[6]
  Amount
  $249,478
Jan 26, 2021 · Precursor
Council accepts a $99,866 DSHS grant for COVID-19 vaccination
On the consent agenda, the City Council accepts a $99,866 Immunization Grant COVID award from DSHS covering January 2020 through August 31, 2021 "to fund COVID-19 vaccination efforts." The consent agenda passed 5:0.^[7]
Casie Stoughton
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  On January 26, 2021 the consent agenda accepted a $99,866 DSHS "Immunization Grant COVID" for January 2020 through August 31, 2021 to fund COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The consent agenda passed 5:0 (Mayor Nelson and Councilmembers Hays, Powell, Sauer and Smith). ^[7]
  Amount
  $99,866
Apr 27, 2021 · Related development
Council accepts a $4,186,684 DSHS grant for COVID-19 vaccination
On the consent agenda, the City Council accepts a $4,186,684 Immunization Grant COVID award from DSHS running from April 2021 through August 31, 2024 to fund COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The consent agenda passed 5:0.^[8]
Casie Stoughton
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  On April 27, 2021 the consent agenda accepted a $4,186,684 DSHS "Immunization Grant COVID" for April 2021 through August 31, 2024 to fund COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The consent agenda passed 5:0 (Mayor Nelson and Councilmembers Hays, Powell, Sauer and Smith). ^[8]
  Amount
  $4,186,684
Aug 10, 2021 · Related development
Council accepts $1.8 million in DSHS COVID-19 workforce, health-equity and contact grants
On the consent agenda, the City Council accepts three DSHS awards tied to COVID-19: a $311,847 contact-supplement award through July 31, 2023; a $1,000,000 public health workforce award through June 30, 2023 "to establish, expand, train, and sustain the public health workforce to support COVID-19 prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery initiatives"; and a $500,000 health-equity award through May 31, 2023 to engage "communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19". The consent agenda passed 5:0.^[9]
Casie Stoughton
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  On August 10, 2021 the consent agenda accepted three DSHS awards: an IDCU COVID-19 contact supplement of $311,847 (execution through July 31, 2023), a public health workforce (PHWF) award of $1,000,000 (July 2021 through June 30, 2023) and a health equity award of $500,000 (September 1, 2021 through May 31, 2023), together $1,811,847. The consent agenda, except an unrelated Item F, passed 5:0. ^[9]
  Total
  $1,811,847
  Contact supplement
  $311,847
  Workforce
  $1,000,000
  Health equity
  $500,000
Sep 28, 2021 · Related development
Council approves $8,572,024 COVID-19 vaccine Round 4 grant, 3-1
The City Council approves the COVID Vaccine Round 4 grant from DSHS, $8,572,024 for September 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024 to fund COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The staff memo said Amarillo Public Health had given over 135,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses through its mass vaccination clinic model. Mayor Pro Tem Powell and Councilmembers Sauer and Smith voted yes; Councilmember Stanley voted no; Mayor Nelson was absent.^[10]^[11]
Casie Stoughton Freda Powell Eddy Sauer Howard Smith Cole Stanley Ginger Nelson
- ✓ Verified
  On September 28, 2021 the council approved the COVID Vaccine Round 4 grant from DSHS, $8,572,024 for September 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, by a 3-1 vote: Mayor Pro Tem Powell and Councilmembers Sauer and Smith voted yes and Councilmember Stanley voted no. Mayor Nelson was absent. ^[11]^[10]
  Amount
  $8,572,024
- ✓ Verified
  City of Amarillo Public Health staff memo: The staff memo for the Round 4 grant said that, to date, Amarillo Public Health had given over 135,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the mass vaccination clinic model. ^[10]
  Doses
  135,000
- ✓ Verified
  The minutes record the 3-1 vote without stating a reason for Councilmember Stanley's no vote. ^[11]
- ✓ Verified
  Adding the three COVID-19 vaccination grants the council accepted in 2021 (January $99,866, April $4,186,684 and September $8,572,024) gives $12,858,574. This is a sum of council items, not a City-published total. ^[7]^[8]^[11]
  Total
  $12,858,574
  January 2021
  $99,866
  April 2021
  $4,186,684
  Round4
  $8,572,024
- ✓ Verified
  Adding every COVID-19 public health grant amount the council accepted from April 2020 through September 2021 that this storyline identifies ($617,620; $249,478; $99,866; $4,186,684; $311,847; $1,000,000; $500,000; $8,572,024) gives $15,537,519. This is a sum of council items, not a City-published total; other awards may exist that were not located. ^[2]^[5]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[11]
  Total
  $15,537,519
about Sep 2021 · Context
DSHS report lists federal public health contracts with the Amarillo department
A DSHS legislative report on federal public health funding to local health entities lists the Amarillo Department of Public Health's contracts, including three Immunization Grants lines ($99,866, $4,186,684 and $3,781,775.29), two Epidemiology & Lab Capacity lines ($249,477.80 and $311,847), two Public Health Emergency Response lines ($617,620 and $1,000,000) and a $500,000 line titled "Support Hlth Dept Response to Pub Health Crises COVID".^[6]
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  The DSHS Rider 32 report lists, for the Amarillo Department of Public Health, Immunization Grants under CFDA 93.268.119 of $99,866.00, $4,186,684.00 and $3,781,775.29; Epidemiology & Lab Capacity (ELC) under 93.323.119 of $249,477.80 and $311,847.00; Public Health Emergency Response under 93.354.119 of $617,620.00 and $1,000,000.00; and $500,000.00 under 93.391.119, "Support Hlth Dept Response to Pub Health Crises COVID". The report does not give the period each contract covers. ^[6]
  Immunization 119
  $8,068,325
  Elc 119
  $561,325
  Emergency response 119
  $1,617,620
  Crises covid
  $500,000
Feb 8, 2022 · Related development
Council awards COVID-19 vaccination marketing contract of up to $2,446,000, 4-1
The City Council awards RFP 04-22, communications and marketing services to support the COVID-19 vaccination program of the Amarillo Department of Public Health, to Mary Coyne Marketing Communications, LLC for up to $2,446,000, funded through a DSHS grant. Mayor Nelson, Councilmembers Powell, Sauer and Smith voted yes; Councilmember Stanley voted no.^[12]^[13]
Casie Stoughton Ginger Nelson Freda Powell Eddy Sauer Howard Smith Cole Stanley Mary Coyne Marketing Communications, LLC (MCMC)
- ✓ Verified
  On February 8, 2022 the council awarded RFP 04-22, communications and marketing services to support the COVID-19 vaccination program, to Mary Coyne Marketing Communications, LLC (MCMC) for an amount not to exceed $2,446,000, by a 4-1 vote: Mayor Nelson and Councilmembers Powell, Sauer and Smith voted yes and Councilmember Stanley voted no. The memo says the contract was to "plan and manage a comprehensive campaign providing education and opportunity for COVID-19 vaccination for the community" and was funded through a DSHS grant. ^[13]^[12]
  Not to exceed
  $2,446,000
- ✓ Verified
  The minutes record the 4-1 vote without stating a reason for Councilmember Stanley's no vote. ^[13]
- ✓ Verified
  The City check register (which begins in July 2022) shows 48 payments to "MCMC-Mary Coyne Marketing Comm" totaling $2,374,165.23 between July 11, 2022 and September 9, 2024: $309,998.20 in fiscal 2022, $1,138,283.98 in fiscal 2023 and $925,883.05 in fiscal 2024. The register does not tie payments to contracts, grants or projects, and the City also had a separate airport advertising contract with the same firm during this period. ^[14]
  Total
  $2,374,165
  Payments
  48
  Fy2022
  $309,998
  Fy2023
  $1,138,284
  Fy2024
  $925,883
  See the payments in the check register →
Mar 22, 2022 · Context
Profile reports Amarillo Public Health staffing grew from 39 to 100 at the pandemic peak
A UNT Health Science Center profile of the Director of Public Health reports that the department's staffing grew from 39 to 100 workers during peak times and that more than 70 computer stations were set up for contact tracing.^[15]
Casie Stoughton
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  The profile reports that Amarillo Public Health "staffing grew from 39 to 100 workers during peak times" and that more than 70 computer stations were set up for contact tracing. ^[15]
Feb 14, 2023 · Context
Council accepts $1,300,589 public health infrastructure grant running through 2027
On the consent agenda, the City Council accepts a $1,300,589 DSHS award running through December 31, 2027 "to make strategic investments in public health infrastructure created during the COVID-19 pandemic", under the CDC's Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems program. The consent agenda passed 5-0.^[16]
Casie Stoughton
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  On February 14, 2023 the consent agenda accepted a $1,300,589 DSHS Public Health Infrastructure Grant running through December 31, 2027, aimed at hiring, retaining, supporting and training the public health workforce under CDC funding opportunity CDC-RFA-OE22-2203. The consent agenda passed 5-0. ^[16]
  Amount
  $1,300,589
Jun 27, 2023 · Peak
Council discusses the COVID-19 communications and marketing service agreement
At its June 27 meeting the City Council discusses the service agreement for COVID-19 communications and marketing services funded through a DSHS grant. Mayor Stanley described it as a $2.4 million grant for promoting the COVID-19 vaccine and asked whether the City could stay compliant while promoting overall health and wellness; the Director of Public Health said the project is funded by the CARES Act, has five objectives and runs to June 30, 2024. Councilmember Scherlen asked the department for a spending and messaging plan for council review. Three members of the public spoke.^[17]^[18]^[19]
Cole Stanley Casie Stoughton Tom Scherlen Mary Coyne Marketing Communications, LLC (MCMC)
- ✓ Verified
  Mayor Cole Stanley: KAMR reported that Mayor Cole Stanley described the item as a $2.4 million grant for promoting the COVID-19 vaccine, said the earlier council accepted it while the vaccine was under emergency use authorization, and asked whether the City could stay compliant with the grant while promoting overall health and wellness rather than a single vaccine. ^[19]
- ✓ Verified
  Director of Public Health: KAMR reported that the Director of Public Health said the project is funded by the CARES Act, has five specific objectives (objective four requires funding and hiring a dedicated health communicator for vaccine communication, education and outreach), that the grant expires June 30, 2024, and that the department planned to shift to post-pandemic messaging including health literacy and healthy behaviors. ^[19]
- ✓ Verified
  City records and the director's reported remarks describe the marketing money's source differently.
  Reported value 1[12][18]
  Value
  Grant provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services
  How the 2022 award memo and the June 27, 2023 agenda describe the funding.
  Reported value 2[19]
  Value
  Funded by the CARES Act
  How KAMR reports the Director of Public Health describing the project at the June 27, 2023 meeting; DSHS passes federal funds through to local health departments, so both can describe the same money.
- ✓ Verified
  Councilmember Tom Scherlen; Mayor Cole Stanley: KAMR reported that Councilmember Tom Scherlen asked the department to prepare a plan for how the money would be spent and the message to the public, for the council to review in advance, and that Mayor Stanley said he expected the plan in two to four weeks. ^[19]
- ✓ Verified
  The minutes record discussion item 8.B, "Discuss Service Agreement for COVID-19 communications and marketing services funded through a grant provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services", presented by the Director of Public Health, with public comment from three speakers, two of whom the minutes identify as not from Amarillo. No council vote was taken on the item. ^[17]^[18]
Jun 27, 2023 · Related development
Council renews grant-funded public health surge staffing contract with Angel Staffing
On the consent agenda, the City Council approves a one-year renewal of Angel Staffing, Inc.'s contract for professional surge staffing for public health (registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, epidemiologists and public health specialists), not to exceed $2,481,280 per year and funded through DSHS grants. The memo says the department had grant deliverables through June 30, 2024 and that the grant budget for the item was 73% expended. The consent agenda passed 4:0.^[18]^[17]
Casie Stoughton Angel Staffing, Inc.
- ✓ Verified
  On June 27, 2023 the consent agenda approved a one-year renewal of Angel Staffing, Inc.'s professional surge staffing contract for public health, not to exceed $2,481,280 per year and funded through DSHS grants. The memo says the positions were "grant required to complete the work of the DSHS contract", that the department had grant deliverables through June 30, 2024, and that the grant budget for the item had been expended by 73%. The consent agenda passed 4:0 (Stanley, Tipps, Scherlen, Smith). ^[18]^[17]
  Not to exceed per year
  $2,481,280
  Expended
  73%
- ✓ Verified
  The check register shows 55 payments to Angel Staffing totaling $4,430,513.14 between July 11, 2022 and February 24, 2025: $558,797.48 in fiscal 2022, $2,355,741.68 in fiscal 2023, $1,184,150.30 in fiscal 2024 and $331,823.68 in fiscal 2025. The register does not tie payments to contracts or grants; the City also approved a separate $80,000 Angel Staffing contract for flood emergency staffing in June 2023. ^[14]
  Total
  $4,430,513
  Payments
  55
  Fy2022
  $558,797
  Fy2023
  $2,355,742
  Fy2024
  $1,184,150
  Fy2025
  $331,824
  See the payments in the check register →
Sep 1, 2023 · Context
Texas budget rider barring DSHS-funded entities from promoting COVID-19 vaccines takes effect
A rider in the state budget for fiscal 2024-2025 takes effect, prohibiting any entity funded by the state health department from promoting COVID-19 vaccines; local health departments may still give the vaccine and hold clinics that offer other recommended vaccines as well. The reporting does not mention Amarillo.^[20]
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that a state budget rider in effect from September 1, 2023 "prohibits any entity funded by the state health department from promoting COVID vaccines in fiscal years 2024 and 2025", while local health departments may still distribute the vaccine and hold clinics that also offer other recommended vaccines. ^[20]
- ✓ Verified
  No source located for this storyline ties the rider to the City's marketing contract, its payments or the department's COVID-19 grants. ^[20]^[19]
Jun 30, 2024 · Resolution
COVID-19 vaccine Round 4 grant period and DSHS deliverables end
The Round 4 grant term accepted in 2021 ran through June 30, 2024, the same date staff gave for the end of the department's DSHS grant deliverables. In the check register, the last of 21 identical $87,357.00 payments to the marketing firm is dated July 11, 2024 and the last payment to the firm is dated September 9, 2024; the register does not tie payments to contracts or grants.^[10]^[18]^[14]
Mary Coyne Marketing Communications, LLC (MCMC)
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  The Round 4 grant was accepted for September 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, and the June 2023 staffing memo gave June 30, 2024 as the end of the department's DSHS grant deliverables. ^[10]^[18]
- ✓ Verified
  The check register shows 21 payments of exactly $87,357.00 to MCMC-Mary Coyne Marketing Comm, the first on July 15, 2022 and the last on July 11, 2024, and its last payment of any amount to the firm on September 9, 2024 ($1,619.58). The register does not tie payments to contracts, grants or projects. ^[14]
  Recurring payment
  $87,357
  Recurring payments
  21
  Last payment
  $1,620
  See the payments in the check register →
- ✓ Verified
  No City record or news report located for this storyline announces the end of the vaccination marketing contract or the COVID-19 grant program; the end dates above come from the grant terms and payment records. ^[10]^[14]
Apr 7, 2025 · Context
Single audits report COVID-19 public health grant spending for fiscal 2020-2024, with no findings on those programs
With the fiscal 2024 single audit accepted on April 7, 2025, the City's single audits for fiscal 2020 through 2024 list COVID-19-labeled public health grant expenditures totaling $14,240,280, most of it COVID-19 immunization funds ($12,223,589 over fiscal 2021-2024). None of the audits reports a finding on these public health programs; the COVID-19 immunization program was tested as a major program in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2024.^[3]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
- ✓ Verified
  The City's single audits list COVID-19-labeled public health grant expenditures of $638,081 in fiscal 2020, $1,409,686 in fiscal 2021, $5,060,863 in fiscal 2022, $4,607,359 in fiscal 2023 and $2,524,291 in fiscal 2024, a sum of $14,240,280. The lines are the COVID-19 immunization award (ALN 93.268), the CPS/public health workforce contract (93.354, including the fiscal 2020 emergency response line) and the DSHS IDCU COVID line (93.323). The fiscal 2024 workforce line ($350,574) is not labeled COVID-19 and is not included. ^[3]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
  Total
  $14,240,280
  Fy2020
  $638,081
  Fy2021
  $1,409,686
  Fy2022
  $5,060,863
  Fy2023
  $4,607,359
  Fy2024
  $2,524,291
- ✓ Verified
  COVID-19 immunization expenditures (ALN 93.268, "COVID-19 DSHS-LIDS-IMM") were $1,234,074 in fiscal 2021, $4,453,440 in fiscal 2022, $4,063,560 in fiscal 2023 and $2,472,515 in fiscal 2024, a sum of $12,223,589. ^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
  Total
  $12,223,589
  Fy2021
  $1,234,074
  Fy2022
  $4,453,440
  Fy2023
  $4,063,560
  Fy2024
  $2,472,515
- ✓ Verified
  None of the fiscal 2020-2024 single audits reports a finding on the Public Health Department's COVID-19 programs. The immunization program (ALN 93.268) was audited as a major program in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2024, and the COVID-19 emergency response program (93.354) in fiscal 2020. ^[3]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Apr 9, 2025 · Context
Texas Tribune reports ended pandemic-era public health grants could cost Texas up to $700 million
The Texas Tribune reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified states it was ending public health grants made during the pandemic, that Texas could lose more than $700 million (DSHS said it may be closer to $550 million) and that about $147 million of that was the estimated cost to local public health agencies. The article does not mention Amarillo.^[25]
- Federal & state funds
- Public health
- ✓ Verified
  The Texas Tribune reported that HHS notified states it was ending pandemic-era public health grants, that Texas "could face more than $700 million in public health funding cuts" (a DSHS spokesperson said it "may be closer to $550 million"), and that about $147 million was the estimated cost to local public health agencies. ^[25]
  Texas estimate
  $700,000,000
  Dshs estimate
  $550,000,000
  Local agencies
  $147,000,000
- ✓ Verified
  No source located for this storyline reports whether the 2025 federal grant terminations affected the City of Amarillo's public health grants. ^[25]
Jun 30, 2026 · Resolution
Fiscal 2025 single audit lists no COVID-19-labeled public health programs
The City's fiscal 2025 single audit, accepted June 30, 2026, lists no public health program labeled COVID-19. It reports $40,331 under Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity, $55,561 under the CDC's state, tribal, local and territorial health department support program (ALN 93.391), and $266,635 under ALN 93.967, the program the fiscal 2024 audit listed as "PHIG". The check register shows its last payment to Angel Staffing on February 24, 2025.^[26]^[14]
Angel Staffing, Inc.
- ✓ Verified
  The fiscal 2025 single audit lists no public health program labeled COVID-19. It lists $40,331 under Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ALN 93.323), $55,561 under ALN 93.391 and $266,635 under ALN 93.967, and its nine findings concern housing voucher, airport, SAFER fire staffing grant and subaward-reporting requirements, not public health programs. ^[26]
  Elc
  $40,331
  Aln 93 391
  $55,561
  Aln 93 967
  $266,635

Sources

1.Amarillo City Council regular meeting agenda and packet, April 14, 2020 — City of Amarillo, Apr 14, 2020 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredDate is the meeting date. Item 3D and its transmittal memo state: "DSHS grant award to the City of Amarillo in the amount of $304,813.00" for "support of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) response in alignment with the Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." The attached contract (No. HHS000770900001) cites funding opportunity CDC-RFA-TP18-1802. Packet text is a scanned layer; figures quoted are legible.
2.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2020-04-14 — City of Amarillo, Apr 14, 2020 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. States: "Mr. Miller stated the amount has increased to $617,620.00" and "Motion was made that this item be approved by Councilmember Powell in the amount of $617,620.00 and seconded by Councilmember Smith"; "the motion carried by a 5:0 vote of the Council."
3.Single audit summary, City of Amarillo, fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 (report 2020-09-CENSUS-0000172814) — Federal Audit Clearinghouse (GSA), Mar 10, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primaryIndependentFAC acceptance date March 10, 2021. Program amounts and finding counts read from the FAC summary workbook for this report ID (app.fac.gov/dissemination/summary-report/xlsx/2020-09-CENSUS-0000172814).
4.Amarillo City Council regular meeting agenda and packet, June 23, 2020 — City of Amarillo, Jun 23, 2020 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredDate is the meeting date. Consent item 2C: "Grantor: Texas Department of State Health Services - $249,478.00 ... from August 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2022 to sustain public health programming for response to COVID-19." Consent item 2B: laboratory agreement with Physicians Preferred Laboratory for local COVID-19 PCR testing.
5.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2020-06-23 — City of Amarillo, Jun 23, 2020 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. States: "CONSIDER AWARD - COVID-19 CONTRACT ... Grantor: Texas Department of State Health Services -- $249,478.00"; the consent agenda vote reads "Voting AYE were Mayor Nelson, Councilmembers Hays, Powell, Sauer and Smith; voting NO were none; the motion carried by a 5:0 vote".
6.Rider 32 - Federal Public Health Funding to Local Health Entities — Texas Department of State Health Services, Sep 30, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primaryIndependentPDF creation date September 30, 2021 (modified November 22, 2021). A table of contract amounts by local health entity and CFDA number; the "Amarillo Department of Public Health (City of Amarillo)" rows are on page 1. The report does not state the period each contract covers.
7.City Council Regular Meeting minutes, January 26, 2021 — City of Amarillo, Jan 26, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned signed minutes (8 pages, read as images) from the City's CivicClerk archive (event 769); 'published' set to the meeting date. Items 3N (Ordinance No. 7901), 3O (tax abatement) and 3P (location incentive agreement).
8.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2021-04-27 — City of Amarillo, Apr 27, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. States: "CONSIDER AWARD - IMMUNIZATION GRANT COVID ... Grant Amount -- $4,186,684 ... from April 2021 thru August 31, 2024 to fund COVID-19 vaccination efforts." Consent agenda passed 5:0.
9.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2021-08-10 — City of Amarillo, Aug 10, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. States: "CONSIDER AWARD — IDCU COVID-19 CONTACT SUPPLEMENT ... Grant Amount: $311,847", "CONSIDER AWARD — PHWF WORKFORCE ... Grant Amount: $1,000,000" and "CONSIDER AWARD — HEALTH EQUITY ... Grant Amount: $500,000", each from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The consent agenda (except Item F) passed 5:0.
10.Amarillo City Council regular meeting agenda and packet, September 28, 2021 — City of Amarillo, Sep 28, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredDate is the meeting date. Item 2P and its transmittal memo state: "This item accepts the award from the Texas Department of State Health Services from September 1, 2021 thru June 30, 2024 to fund COVID-19 vaccination efforts" and "To date, Amarillo Public Health has given over 135,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the mass vaccination clinic model."
11.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2021-09-28 — City of Amarillo, Sep 28, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredStates: "motion was made to approve the COVID Vaccine Round 4 grant funding in the amount of $8,572,024 by Mayor Pro Tem Powell, seconded by Councilmember Sauer"; "voting NO was Councilmember Stanley. The motion carried by a 3-1 vote." Lists "Absent was Mayor Ginger Nelson."
12.Amarillo City Council regular meeting agenda and packet, February 8, 2022 — City of Amarillo, Feb 8, 2022 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredDate is the meeting date. Item 3M and its transmittal memo: award of RFP 04-22 Communications & Marketing Services to Support Vaccination Program to MCMC-Mary Coyne Marketing Communications, LLC, $2,446,000.00, "to plan and manage a comprehensive campaign providing education and opportunity for COVID-19 vaccination for the community"; "Funding for this project is through Amarillo Public Health via grant provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services."
13.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."
14.City of Amarillo check registers (pooled funds), consolidated — City of Amarillo (monthly check registers); consolidated by Khaotic Digital · download · coverage 2022-07 .. 2026-05 · retrieved Oct 9, 2026datasetPublished download replaces private individuals with their role (see Methodology).
15.Two years in, this public health leader remains focused on pandemic protections in Amarillo — UNT Health Science Center, Mar 22, 2022 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026newsIndependentUniversity newsroom profile of the Amarillo Director of Public Health, by Sally Crocker.
16.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2023-02-14 — City of Amarillo, Feb 14, 2023 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. States: "CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE — PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT ... Grant Amount: $1,300,589.00 ... from execution thru December 31, 2027 to make strategic investments in public health infrastructure created during the COVID-19 pandemic." The consent agenda passed 5-0.
17.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2023-06-27 — City of Amarillo, Jun 27, 2023 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredStates: "Mayor Stanley and Emeritus Mayor Pro Tem Freda Powell recognized Councilmember Smith's service to the community and presented him with a crystal plaque and a street sign. Councilmember Smith shared his outgoing remarks."
18.Amarillo City Council agenda packet, June 27, 2023 — City of Amarillo, Jun 27, 2023 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredDate is the meeting date. Discussion item 8.B ("Discuss Service Agreement for COVID-19 communications and marketing services funded through a grant provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services") and consent item 9.I memo: "Amarillo Public Health has grant deliverables through June 30, 2024 with DSHS. The grant budget for this item has been expended by 73%."
19.Amarillo City Council discusses Public Health Department COVID-19 messaging — KAMR (MyHighPlains.com), Jul 17, 2023 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026newsIndependentBy Jack Kessler. The live myhighplains.com page returns HTTP 403; read from the Internet Archive snapshot of July 19, 2023.
20.Doctors outraged after Texas bans health departments from promoting COVID vaccines — Fort Worth Star-Telegram (reposted by the office of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett), Mar 21, 2024 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026newsIndependentBy Ciara McCarthy; repost dated April 8, 2024. The article does not mention Amarillo.
21.Single audit summary, City of Amarillo, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021 (report 2021-09-CENSUS-0000172814) — Federal Audit Clearinghouse (GSA), Feb 28, 2022 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primaryIndependentFAC acceptance date February 28, 2022. Program amounts and finding counts read from the FAC summary workbook for this report ID (app.fac.gov/dissemination/summary-report/xlsx/2021-09-CENSUS-0000172814).
22.Single audit summary, City of Amarillo, fiscal year ended September 30, 2022 (report 2022-09-CENSUS-0000172814) — Federal Audit Clearinghouse (GSA), Mar 6, 2023 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primaryIndependentFAC acceptance date March 6, 2023; auditor CMMS CPAs & Advisors PLLC. Program amounts and findings read from the FAC public API (api.fac.gov federal_awards and findings tables) for this report ID.
23.Single audit summary, City of Amarillo, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 (report 2023-09-GSAFAC-0000017808) — Federal Audit Clearinghouse (GSA), Mar 8, 2024 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primaryIndependentFAC acceptance date March 8, 2024; auditor CMMS CPAs & Advisors PLLC. Program amounts and findings read from the FAC public API for this report ID.
24.Single audit summary, City of Amarillo, fiscal year ended September 30, 2024 (report 2024-09-GSAFAC-0000363421) — Federal Audit Clearinghouse (GSA), Apr 7, 2025 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primaryIndependentFAC acceptance date April 7, 2025; auditor CMMS CPAs & Advisors PLLC. Program amounts, finding 2024-002 and its text read from the FAC public API (federal_awards, findings, findings_text) for this report ID.
25.Federal public health cuts could cost Texas $700 million — The Texas Tribune, Apr 9, 2025 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026newsIndependentBy Terri Langford. The article does not mention Amarillo.
26.Single audit summary, City of Amarillo, fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (report 2025-09-GSAFAC-0000422027) — Federal Audit Clearinghouse (GSA), Jun 30, 2026 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primaryIndependentFAC acceptance date June 30, 2026; auditor CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. Summary page lists 81 federal awards, 9 findings, 9 corrective action plans and total federal expenditure of $43,197,490. Program amounts and finding texts read from the FAC public API for this report ID.