Public official
Cole Stanley
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Offices
| City Councilmember (Place 1), City of Amarillo Left the seat when sworn in as Mayor. | May 11, 2021 – May 16, 2023 |
| Mayor, City of Amarillo The May 16, 2023 minutes list the oath of office; ABC7 reported he was sworn in that day. Re-sworn May 13, 2025. | May 16, 2023 – present |
| Audit Committee member, City of Amarillo Appointed Jul 11, 2023 through Dec 31, 2025; reappointed Nov 18, 2025 "to another term". | Jul 11, 2023 – present |
Events
- Council lists a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance" for an executive session with the City Attorney
- Council votes 4-1 to publish notice of intent for up to $35 million in certificates of obligation
- Council hires Garfield Public/Private for Civic Center pre-development services, up to $494,200, 5-0
- Council votes 4-1 to hire Sims Architects to design City Hall, fees up to $2 million
- Council proposes $0.48404 rate, above the voter-approval rate, triggering an election
- FY2021/22 budget adopted 4-1; election set for Nov 2
- Council approves $8,572,024 COVID-19 vaccine Round 4 grant, 3-1
- Council grants GoBrands Texas a variance to the 300-foot school distance rule, 4-1, on first reading
- Council adopts the GoBrands Texas variance (Ordinance No. 7938) on second reading, 3-1
- Council approves City Hall funding plan that includes about $11 million in federal recovery funds
- Council votes 4-1 to publish notice of up to $7 million in certificates of obligation after a park-lighting discussion
- Council awards COVID-19 vaccination marketing contract of up to $2,446,000, 4-1
- City Council approves $1 million AEDC job-creation agreement with Caviness Beef Packers, 5-0
- Council approves four utility-relocation contracts for the City Hall site, each 4-1
- Council awards $139,700 contract to demolish three warehouses at the City Hall site, 4-1
- Council votes 4-1 to approve $260 million in tax anticipation notes for the Civic Center
- City Council approves AEDC incentive and land agreements with Producer Owned Beef and CVMR (Texas)
- City Council approves hydraulic hose plant incentive with 20.7 acres in the South Georgia park area, 4-0
- City Council approves $8 million AEDC incentive and 30-acre conveyance for Albers Aerospace, 4-0
- Council adopts Ordinance 8003 authorizing $7.345 million in Series 2022B tax notes, 4-1
- FY2022/23 rate set at $0.40628 (4-0)
- Council awards $116,003 contract to remove railroad tracks and paving for City Hall utility work, 4-1
- Council votes 4-1 to buy 501, 509 and 517 S. Grant Street for $1.3 million
- Council awards $7.55 million LED field lighting contract for seven parks to Musco Sports Lighting, 4-0
- Council selects Western Builders as construction manager at risk for City Hall, up to $28 million, 3-1
- Council awards $600,000 in ARPA senior-support funds to four nonprofits
- Council authorizes Drainage Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2023
- Council approves 5-0 a $525,000 Populous contract for Hodgetown renovation design
- City Council approves $3.75 million AEDC incentive and 400-acre conveyance for Plant AS, 5-0
- Council approves an amended employment agreement for City Manager Jared Miller, 4-1
- Council narrows the downtown open-container rule (Ordinance No. 8056), 5-0
- Playa lake flooding; council continues disaster declaration and rents a Greenways pump
- Council discusses the COVID-19 communications and marketing service agreement
- Council awards Dell Technologies up to $582,948.89 to develop a website "digital human"
- Seventh Court of Appeals affirms the judgment against the City
- LGC board recommends selling the garage retail space to Llano Group
- Council fires City Manager Jared Miller without cause (5-0)
- Council approves 5-0 the $1.9 million sale of the garage's commercial space to Llano Group
- Council approves $147,150 for 40 license plate readers for the Regional Crime Center
- Council approves the AEDC's FY2023/24 budget 4-1; motion to restore $200,000 to the Enterprize Challenge dies
- Council approves the TIRZ #1 FY2023/24 budget 4-1
- FY2023/24 rate set at $0.39195 (5-0)
- Council awards Western Builders the $4,595,000 Hodgetown upgrade contract "under duress," 4-1
- October 2023 discharges lead to a $44,625 TCEQ penalty
- Council discusses state abortion law and possible local ordinances; 49 people speak
- Council authorizes TxDOT agreements for Flock cameras and a second 40-camera purchase
- Residents speak on the proposed ordinance during public comment; council sets a work session
- Council work session reviews three draft abortion ordinances; no vote
- Council votes 5-0 to publish notices of up to $13.5 million in street COs and $3.25 million in taxable airport-hangar COs
- Council authorizes up to about $43 million in drainage revenue bonds (Series 2024)
- Council adopts the airport-hangar COs 5-0; no action taken on the $13.5 million street COs
- Council designates Reinvestment Zone No. 24 in the South Georgia Business Park on first reading, 3-2
- Council lists a possible charter amendment election as a discussion item
- Council finalizes Reinvestment Zone No. 24 and approves Sage Oil Vac incentive and tax abatement
- Council awards a $49,975 charter consulting agreement to Baker Tilly
- City Secretary certifies the initiative petition as valid
- Council adds $4.97 million Grant Street drainage work to the City Hall construction contract, 5-0
- Petition presented to council and tabled 5-0; mayor presents an alternative ordinance
- Council approves a $118,036.01 change order on the Hodgetown upgrade contract, bringing it to $4,731,666.08
- Council votes 5-0 to sell the Grant Street property to JM Conkling, LLC for $1.3 million
- Council rejects the committee's amended and original ordinances, each 4-1
- Initiating committee certifies that it wants the ordinance put to voters
- Charter committee presents four proposed amendments; council takes no vote
- Council revises and passes on first reading the ordinance calling the charter election
- ARPA funds shown offsetting $277,000 for five library digital literacy coordinators
- Council orders the charter election with Propositions B-E, 3-2
- Council orders a vote on a citizen-initiated abortion ordinance as Proposition A, 4-1
- Council orders the Proposition A election, 4-1, after changing "establishing a criminal offense" in the ballot text
- Council approves a second Baker Tilly addendum, bringing the contract to $87,218.57
- Council shortens the Proposition D ballot language and rewrites Proposition A's
- Council condenses the Proposition A ballot text at the counties' request, 5-0
- Council tables AEDC budget and directs an internal audit of three years of AEDC finances
- FY2024/25 rate set at $0.38723 (4-0)
- Mayor Stanley characterizes the transfer as 'unlawful' but 'not illegal'
- Council approves an AEDC FY2024/25 budget limited to salaries, contractual obligations and operating expenses
- City publishes AEDC audit; Mayor seeks board and CEO resignations
- Council approves $1.52 million furniture, fixtures and equipment purchase for the new City Hall, 5-0
- Council appoints a temporary AEDC board, 5-0
- Council canvasses the November 5 special election results
- Council approves more than $10 million to replace aging Hollywood Road equipment
- Council approves 20 subscription license plate readers near interstates ($105,400)
- Council renews Dell's hosted digital-human agreement for $553,052
- Council grants S.E.A. Market a school-distance variance for beer and wine sales, 5-0
- Council tables, then grants, Cafe Moonwater a variance near a private school, 5-0
- Council adopts Ordinance 8174 codifying Proposition E
- Council approves amended and restated AEDC articles of incorporation, 4-1
- Council grants the Big Texan RV Ranch a school-distance variance for beer and wine sales
- Council approves COs for parks and vehicles; $15.435 million issued
- Specific use permit for alcohol service at a Bell Street barbershop, capped at 50 percent of sales
- Council approves revised AEDC policies and appoints board members in split votes
- Spay/neuter voucher pilot goes to the City Council as a discussion item
- Council passes 4-1 on first reading the owner-requested annexation of 477.36 acres near I-27 and Sundown Lane
- Council awards the City's auditing services agreement to CliftonLarsonAllen, 5-0
- Council adopts the 477.36-acre annexation (Ordinance No. 8200) on second reading, 5-0
- Council approves Civic Center temporary staffing contract funded by event revenue and hotel tax
- Council renews Flock Safety ALPR service for $164,818.44
- City Council approves $700,000 AEDC job incentive and tax abatement for International Aerospace Coatings, 5-0
- Council fills the AEDC board seat vacated by Alex Fairly; first nomination fails 2-0 with three abstentions
- CRMWA general manager briefs the Amarillo City Council on water supply and the planned 70-mile pipeline
- Council renews the digital-human agreement with Dell for $252,489.97 in ARPA funds
- FY2025/26 rate set at $0.43070 (5-0)
- FY2025/26 budget ordinance raises the landfill fee from $38.34 to $39.49 per ton
- Council approves enQuesta change order moving go-live from November 3, 2025 to March 30, 2026
- Council approves the Fermi water supply agreement on first reading
- Council approves transfer of the Courtyard by Marriott's TIRZ #1 incentive to the hotel's buyer, 4-1
- Council approves the Fermi water supply agreement 4-1 on second reading
- Council approves a Chapter 380 agreement with Herring Hotel Partners, 4-0
- Council awards $386,500 for shelter walkway and drainage improvements
- City publishes notice of up to $30.31 million in Series 2026A COs
- Council renews Flock Safety ALPR system for one more year at $255,000
- City Council approves Amendment No. 2 to the AEDC-Texas Tech incentive agreement, 5-0
- Director updates the council on the spay/neuter voucher program
- Council approves Specific Use Permit 208 for the Netplex, 3-2, on first reading
- $30.31 million streets CO withdrawn without a vote; council approves fire apparatus and water-sewer debt
- $30.31 million street certificate of obligation withdrawn without a vote while the annual audit is under way
- Council adopts the Netplex alcohol permit (Ordinance No. 8234) on second reading, 3-2
- Council approves Series 2026A COs for streets and a Colonies park
- Council approves the street certificates of obligation
- Council tables filing of the fiscal 2025 annual financial report, 5-0
- At a special meeting, council files the draft fiscal 2025 annual financial report, 3-0
- Rate consultant projects Amarillo's CRMWA cost rising to about $39.5 million by FY2036 as CRMWA II is phased in
- Council adopts Resolution No. 04-14-26-2 directing a study of shelter fees and repeat-impound penalties
- Staff present a proposed sewer extension near Osage Street and 58th Avenue for a planned development
- Council approves 18 Verkada intersection cameras after public comment
- City says landfill superintendent no longer employed; mayor and councilmember hold news conference
- $14.26 million guaranteed maximum price for the Lawrence Lake pump station and force main
- City reports TCEQ air monitoring found no harmful compounds
- Council tables acceptance of the fiscal 2025 annual financial report to June 23, 5-0
- Council approves 4-1 a $246,000 Kimley-Horn amendment to design the 58th Avenue sanitary sewer extension
- FY2025 ACFR filed; public commenters ask for a forensic audit
- Amarillo City Council approves the non-binding CRMWA II memorandum of understanding, 4-0
- Council discusses a forensic audit and directs the audit committee to vet third-party firms
- Mayor lists ARPA monies among suggested areas for a forensic audit
- Phase Two engineering agreements for Hollywood Road II and River Road II go to council
- Council passes 4-1 on first reading a specific use permit for an asphalt batching plant near Triangle Drive (Ordinance No. 8252)
- City issues a forensic-audit request for quotations; staff describe software-report errors and an ACFR footnote correction
- Council takes no action on 29 Verkada traffic cameras and two traffic-signal purchases
- Council adopts the asphalt batching plant permit (Ordinance No. 8252) on second reading, 4-1
- Staff propose a $0.44728 voter-approval rate for FY2026/27; NNR is $0.42170
- Police chief presents camera policy changes to council; ALPR retention cut to 7 days
- Rates recalculated after errors in figures sent to tax offices; ceiling set at $0.4307
- Council holds a long closed session on Path's employment; resignation letter submitted
- Council receives billing update ahead of the audit report
- Council accepts Path's resignation (4-1); Freeman named acting manager
- Utility Billing director reports 38-minute average wait times and explains the 311 routing
- Budget and $0.43070 tax-rate ordinances pass first reading 4-1
- City Council votes 5-0 on AEDC purchase of 51.45 acres from Cooper Crouse-Hinds for $1,080,000
- MH Civil Constructors awarded Phase II settling basin repairs ($3,071,000)
- TCEQ adopts a $330,260 agreed order over 2022-2023 Hollywood Road violations
- FY2026/27 budget book raises the City's CRMWA payment line to $14.2 million
- Audit committee splits the forensic audit into water/sewer and community-improvement components
- Audit committee splits the forensic audit into water/sewer and community improvement components
- FY2026/27 rate adopted at $0.43070 (4-1)
- FY2026/27 budget adopted with an 11% water and sewer fee increase
- Fermi agreement raised at the FY2026/27 budget hearing on water and sewer fees
- State Fire Marshal's Office classifies the landfill fire cause as undetermined
- Council discusses the microchipping recommendation; no vote, draft ordinance requested
- City Council passes the 355.40-acre Light Industrial rezoning (Ordinance No. 8277) on first reading
- Council passes four residential rezonings and a Town Square alcohol-use change on first reading
- Council passes a Town Square alcohol-use change (Ordinance No. 8273), 3-2, on first reading
- Consultant's water and sewer rate study expected back at an October 2026 council meeting
- Audit committee expected to recommend forensic-audit scope and firms
- Draft microchipping ordinance expected to return to the council
Council votes
Roll calls recorded in the City Council's minutes, May 11, 2021 – Aug 25, 2026. All members' votes · How these are counted
| Period | Votes | Aye | Nay | Lone nay | Abstain | Absent | With majority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 – May 2023 | 456 | 422 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 92.7% |
| May 2023 – May 2025 | 478 | 468 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 100% |
| May 2025 – present | 314 | 307 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 98.1% |
By topic
- Debt & taxes25 aye · 9 nay
- Development incentives61 aye · 1 nay · 1 absent
- Major projects8 aye · 8 nay
- Audits & financial reports8 aye · 1 nay
Decisions where Cole Stanley did not vote aye
Notice of intent to issue up to $35 million in certificates of obligation for City Hall
Aye = publish the notice of intent · Passed 4-1 · Debt & taxes · Major projects
City Hall architectural and engineering contract with Sims Architects (up to $2 million)
Aye = authorize the contract · Passed 4-1 · Major projects
Proposed FY2021/22 tax rate of $0.48404, above the voter-approval rate
Aye = propose the rate · Passed 4-1 · Debt & taxes
Tax and revenue notes, Series 2022 (Ord. 7944), financing the City Hall move
Aye = authorize the notes · Passed 3-1 · Debt & taxes · Major projects
$7 million in certificates of obligation for park lighting (notice of intent, then Ord. 7972)
Aye = authorize the debt · Passed 4-1, 3-1 (2 votes) · Debt & taxes
Four contracts to relocate gas, power, communication and fiber lines for City Hall ($663,606.52)
Aye = award the contracts · Passed 4-1, 4-1, 4-1, 4-1 (4 votes) · Major projects
Demolition of three warehouses at the City Hall site ($139,700)
Aye = award the contract · Passed 4-1 · Major projects
Tax notes, Series 2022A (Ord. 7985), for the Civic Center plan
Aye = authorize the notes · Passed 4-1 · Debt & taxes · Major projects
Tax notes, Series 2022B (Ord. 8003)
Aye = authorize the notes · Passed 4-1 · Debt & taxes
Removal of railroad tracks and paving for City Hall utility work ($116,003)
Aye = award the contract · Passed 4-1 · Major projects
Western Builders as construction manager at risk for the City Hall renovation
Aye = approve the selection · Passed 3-1 · Major projects
Rezoning of 7.56 acres near Western Street and Dunn Ranch Road (Ord. 8154, both readings)
Aye = approve the rezoning · Passed 4-0, 3-0 (2 votes)
The minutes record that Mayor Stanley recused himself and the mayor pro tem presided.
Assignment of the downtown Courtyard by Marriott's TIRZ #1 incentive agreement to a new owner
Aye = approve the assignment · Passed 4-1 · Development incentives
Accept the FY2025 annual comprehensive financial report as presented
Aye = accept the report · Failed 2-2 · Audits & financial reports