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Public health board recommends a population-based cost-sharing model for the district
Public Health Director Casie Stoughton presented the district's funding sources (grants, Amarillo Hospital District support, City General Fund contributions, limited Environmental Health fees and WIC grants) and a cost-sharing model, patterned on the Office of Emergency Management's, billing each member jurisdiction annually by population. Three phase-in options were outlined for the City Council. An example using a $350,000 need put Amarillo's share at $275,000. The board voted unanimously to recommend the model to the council. The same meeting heard that 278 permits worth more than $225,000 had been lost to new state laws and that WIC had run in the red for the first time in 38 years.[1]
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The October 16, 2025 minutes describe a cost-sharing model "modeled after the Office of Emergency Management's approach," under which "each member jurisdiction would be billed annually based on a population-based formula," with preliminary estimates in June and "final true-up billing issued between October and November." Options for the council: 100% cost sharing in year one; 50% then 100%; or 25% a year reaching 100% in year four. [1]
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An example using a total funding need of $350,000 estimated contributions of $275,000 from the City of Amarillo, just over $21,000 from Canyon, $23,000 from Potter County, $27,000 from Randall County and $290 to $944 from each smaller jurisdiction. The minutes say estimates were also modeled up to $3 million "though such high levels are not anticipated." These are illustrative estimates, not adopted amounts. [1]
- Example need
- $350,000
- Amarillo share
- $275,000
- Potter share
- $23,000
- Randall share
- $27,000
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A motion to recommend the funding model to the City Council, made by Hector Mendoza and seconded by Dr. Crossland, passed "All in favor." The minutes said the proposal would be presented to the council on November 18, 2025; the council's November 18, 2025 minutes do not list it, and the resolution's first reading was February 24, 2026. [1][2][3]
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Margaret Payton, Director of WIC: The WIC director told the board the program passed its state audit with zero findings but operates "at under 50% of normal staffing levels," that "city administrative charges (interest, IT, insurance) consume over half the grant," that "This year, for the first time in 38 years, the program ran in the red," and that SNAP-Ed defunding cost the program $130,000. [1]
