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Sep 15, 2020 · Related development

FY2020/21 budget (Ordinance 7883) adopted and ratified; first reading 4-0, final votes 5-0

Ordinance No. 7883 adopted the City budget for October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. It passed first reading 4-0 on September 8, 2020, with Councilmember Elaine Hays absent, and second reading 5-0 on September 15; the separate ratification vote required when a budget raises more property-tax revenue than the year before also passed 5-0. At the September 8 hearing the budget was put at $386.6 million, $8.9 million less than the current budget, and was said to raise $1,931,428 (3.89%) more from property taxes, $528,990 of it from new property.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ginger Nelson Elaine Hays Freda Powell Eddy Sauer Howard Smith Laura Storrs

What the sources say

✓ Verified
Ordinance No. 7883, the FY2020/21 budget, passed first reading 4-0 at a September 8, 2020 special meeting (motion Powell, second Smith; Councilmember Hays absent) and second and final reading 5-0 on September 15, 2020. The same day the council voted 5-0, on a motion by Councilmember Powell seconded by Councilmember Sauer, to ratify the budget and tax rate under Local Government Code 102.007(c), "recognizing such budget will require more revenue from property taxes than did the budget adopted last year." ^[1]^[2]
For
5
Against
0
✓ Verified
At the September 8, 2020 hearing the budget was described as raising $1,931,428 (3.89%) more from property taxes than the year before, $528,990 of it from new property. Assistant City Manager Laura Storrs put the proposed budget at $386.6 million, $8.9 million less than the current budget, with revenues down $2.9 million, and said there was no decrease in funding for police or fire. ^[1]
Amount
$386,600,000
Levy change
$1,931,428
Levy change
3.89%

Sources

1.Amarillo City Council Special Meeting Minutes, 2020-09-08 — City of Amarillo, Sep 8, 2020 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. Items 1A-1D. States: "The proposed 2020/2021 proposed budget would be $386.6 million" and, for Ordinance No. 7883 on first reading, "the motion carried by a 4:0 vote of the Council." Councilmember Hays absent.
2.City Council minutes, special meeting of September 15, 2020 — City of Amarillo, Sep 15, 2020 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes (read visually). Item 1A, second and final reading of Ordinance No. 7883.
3.City of Amarillo Annual Budget, Fiscal Year 2020-2021 — City of Amarillo, Oct 1, 2020 · retrieved Oct 9, 2026primarySubject-authoredIncludes the Local Government Code 102.007 cover notice (levy change, record vote, rate table).