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Amarillo Ledger

Public official

Ginger Nelson

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Offices

Mayor, City of Amarillo

Sworn in May 16, 2017; re-sworn May 14, 2019 and May 25, 2021 (after a recount of the May 1, 2021 election). Term ended when her successor was sworn in.

May 16, 2017 – May 16, 2023

Events

  1. KVII reports camera inconsistencies at Amarillo's eight red-light camera intersections
  2. City Council approves amendment allowing AEDC funding of up to $69 million
  3. Council approves $110,000 Advanced Metering Infrastructure consulting contract with SL-serco
  4. Council authorizes $29.5 million Texas Water Development Board loan application for AMI
  5. Council approves emergency replacement of three failed filters at the Osage plant
  6. FY2019/20 rate set at $0.38851; budget adopted 4-1
  7. Council adopts FY2019/20 budget ordinance amending water and sewer rates, 4-1
  8. FY2019/20 budget ordinance raises the landfill fee from $30.00 to $32.00 per ton
  9. FY2019/20 budget includes a 7% water and sewer rate increase, 4% of it for automated metering
  10. Council approves $617,620 DSHS contract for the COVID-19 public health response
  11. FY2020/21 rate set at $0.39681; budget adopted 5-0
  12. Council approves contract to buy warehouse-district property for a possible new City Hall
  13. FY2020/21 budget ordinance raises the landfill fee from $32.00 to $33.50 per ton
  14. Voters reject Proposition A, the $275 million civic center bond
  15. Voters reject Proposition A, the $275 million Civic Center bond
  16. City Council adopts Ordinance No. 7898 rezoning the 110.39 acres
  17. Council creates Reinvestment Zone No. 12 and approves Amazon tax abatement and incentive agreement, each 4-1
  18. Contractor Wiley Hicks, Jr., Inc. reports the pool about 30 percent complete
  19. City Council approves Cacique tax abatement and AEDC location incentive agreement, 5-0
  20. City holds a Community Solutions session on American Rescue Plan priorities
  21. Council lists a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance" for an executive session with the City Attorney
  22. Council votes 4-1 to publish notice of intent for up to $35 million in certificates of obligation
  23. Council hires Garfield Public/Private for Civic Center pre-development services, up to $494,200, 5-0
  24. Council votes 4-1 to hire Sims Architects to design City Hall, fees up to $2 million
  25. Council proposes $0.48404 rate, above the voter-approval rate, triggering an election
  26. FY2021/22 budget adopted 4-1; election set for Nov 2
  27. Council approves $8,572,024 COVID-19 vaccine Round 4 grant, 3-1
  28. Council grants GoBrands Texas a variance to the 300-foot school distance rule, 4-1, on first reading
  29. Council adopts the GoBrands Texas variance (Ordinance No. 7938) on second reading, 3-1
  30. Council votes 4-1 to publish notice of up to $7 million in certificates of obligation after a park-lighting discussion
  31. Council awards COVID-19 vaccination marketing contract of up to $2,446,000, 4-1
  32. City Council approves $1 million AEDC job-creation agreement with Caviness Beef Packers, 5-0
  33. Council approves four utility-relocation contracts for the City Hall site, each 4-1
  34. Council awards $139,700 contract to demolish three warehouses at the City Hall site, 4-1
  35. Council votes 4-1 to approve $260 million in tax anticipation notes for the Civic Center
  36. Council approves a two-year, $270,700.08 interlocal agreement for MyGovernmentOnline software
  37. City Council approves AEDC incentive and land agreements with Producer Owned Beef and CVMR (Texas)
  38. Demolition of three downtown buildings begins for the City Hall parking lot
  39. Council unanimously approves $24 million fiber partnership with AT&T, with $2 million in ARPA funds
  40. Council adopts Ordinance 8003 authorizing $7.345 million in Series 2022B tax notes, 4-1
  41. FY2022/23 rate set at $0.40628 (4-0)
  42. Council awards $116,003 contract to remove railroad tracks and paving for City Hall utility work, 4-1
  43. Council votes 4-1 to buy 501, 509 and 517 S. Grant Street for $1.3 million
  44. Council awards four ERP contracts, including an $18.1M, 15-year Workday subscription
  45. Council awards $7.55 million LED field lighting contract for seven parks to Musco Sports Lighting, 4-0
  46. Council selects Western Builders as construction manager at risk for City Hall, up to $28 million, 3-1
  47. City files notice of appeal to the Seventh Court of Appeals
  48. Council extends TIRZ #1 to 2056 with City participation falling to 50% after 2036 (Ordinance No. 8032)
  49. Council authorizes Drainage Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2023
  50. Council approves 5-0 a $525,000 Populous contract for Hodgetown renovation design
  51. Texas Tribune reports on the AT&T fiber plan for El Barrio
  52. City Council approves $3.75 million AEDC incentive and 400-acre conveyance for Plant AS, 5-0
  53. Council approves an amended employment agreement for City Manager Jared Miller, 4-1
  54. 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 202343842520011100%
May 2023 – May 2025110000100%

By topic

Decisions where Ginger Nelson did not vote aye

  1. 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

  2. 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