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Public official

Freda Powell

This page lists only public roles and public actions, each with its source. Why.

Offices

City Councilmember (Place 2), City of Amarillo

Re-sworn in 2019 and 2021. Term ended when the successor was sworn in.

May 16, 2017 – May 16, 2023
Mayor Pro Tem, City of Amarillo

Not continuous: Howard Smith was listed as Mayor Pro Tem on May 11, 2021.

May 14, 2019 – end not yet sourced
Audit Committee member, City of Amarillo

Reappointed Nov 9, 2021 for three years from Jan 1, 2022.

Jun 22, 2021 – end not yet sourced

Events

  1. KVII reports camera inconsistencies at Amarillo's eight red-light camera intersections
  2. Council approves $110,000 Advanced Metering Infrastructure consulting contract with SL-serco
  3. Council authorizes $29.5 million Texas Water Development Board loan application for AMI
  4. City Council approves the AEDC's $3,517,405 land purchase at South Georgia Street and Loop 335
  5. Council adopts FY2019/20 budget ordinance amending water and sewer rates, 4-1
  6. FY2019/20 budget ordinance raises the landfill fee from $30.00 to $32.00 per ton
  7. Council approves $617,620 DSHS contract for the COVID-19 public health response
  8. FY2020/21 budget ordinance raises the landfill fee from $32.00 to $33.50 per ton
  9. City Council adopts Ordinance No. 7898 rezoning the 110.39 acres
  10. Council creates Reinvestment Zone No. 12 and approves Amazon tax abatement and incentive agreement, each 4-1
  11. City Council approves Cacique tax abatement and AEDC location incentive agreement, 5-0
  12. Council lists a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance" for an executive session with the City Attorney
  13. Council hires Garfield Public/Private for Civic Center pre-development services, up to $494,200, 5-0
  14. Council votes 4-1 to hire Sims Architects to design City Hall, fees up to $2 million
  15. Council approves $8,572,024 COVID-19 vaccine Round 4 grant, 3-1
  16. Council grants GoBrands Texas a variance to the 300-foot school distance rule, 4-1, on first reading
  17. Council adopts the GoBrands Texas variance (Ordinance No. 7938) on second reading, 3-1
  18. Council votes 4-1 to publish notice of up to $7 million in certificates of obligation after a park-lighting discussion
  19. Council awards COVID-19 vaccination marketing contract of up to $2,446,000, 4-1
  20. City Council approves $1 million AEDC job-creation agreement with Caviness Beef Packers, 5-0
  21. Council approves four utility-relocation contracts for the City Hall site, each 4-1
  22. Council awards $139,700 contract to demolish three warehouses at the City Hall site, 4-1
  23. City Council approves AEDC incentive and land agreements with Producer Owned Beef and CVMR (Texas)
  24. City Council approves hydraulic hose plant incentive with 20.7 acres in the South Georgia park area, 4-0
  25. City Council approves $8 million AEDC incentive and 30-acre conveyance for Albers Aerospace, 4-0
  26. Council adopts Ordinance 8003 authorizing $7.345 million in Series 2022B tax notes, 4-1
  27. Council awards $116,003 contract to remove railroad tracks and paving for City Hall utility work, 4-1
  28. Council votes 4-1 to buy 501, 509 and 517 S. Grant Street for $1.3 million
  29. Council awards four ERP contracts, including an $18.1M, 15-year Workday subscription
  30. Council selects Western Builders as construction manager at risk for City Hall, up to $28 million, 3-1
  31. Council extends TIRZ #1 to 2056 with City participation falling to 50% after 2036 (Ordinance No. 8032)
  32. Council approves 5-0 a $525,000 Populous contract for Hodgetown renovation design
  33. City Council approves $3.75 million AEDC incentive and 400-acre conveyance for Plant AS, 5-0
  34. Council approves an amended employment agreement for City Manager Jared Miller, 4-1
  35. Council narrows the downtown open-container rule (Ordinance No. 8056), 5-0

Council votes

Roll calls recorded in the City Council's minutes, May 11, 2021 – Aug 25, 2026. All members' votes · How these are counted

PeriodVotesAyeNayLone nayAbstainAbsentWith majority
May 2021 – May 20234584283002799.8%
May 2023 – May 2025110000100%

By topic

Decisions where Freda Powell did not vote aye

  1. Motion to table the North Heights neighborhood rezoning (432.90 acres)

    Aye = table the item · Passed 3-2

    Minutes

  2. Motion to reconsider postponing two agenda items

    Aye = reconsider the postponement · Failed 2-3

    Minutes · roll call partly illegible in the scan; members not listed were not legible

  3. Motion to table discussion of a council member's conduct under the council's code of conduct

    Aye = table the discussion · Failed 2-3

    Minutes