Council votes by topic
City Hall in the Amarillo Hardware building, the Civic Center, the ballpark (Hodgetown), and the Fermi water agreement.
Counts are of decisions, not readings: an ordinance's two readings are one decision. "Mixed" means the member voted differently on different readings of the same decision. Members served different spans, so totals are not comparable across people without the dates below.
Minutes cited above 1. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2021-06-08 — City of Amarillo, Jun 8, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes; roll calls were read with OCR (see Methodology). 2. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2021-06-22 — City of Amarillo, Jun 22, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes (OCR). States: "Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Powell to enter into a Pre-Development Services Agreement with Garfield Public/Private LCC for professional services related to the Amarillo Civic Center Complex for a cost not to exceed $494,200.00, seconded by Councilmember Sauer." ... "the motion carried by a 5:0 vote of the Council." 3. Amarillo City Council Special Meeting Minutes, 2021-06-29 — City of Amarillo, Jun 29, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored States: "Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Powell to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and enter into an agreement with Sims Architects ... regarding the design of City Hall with said fees not to exceed $2,000,000.00" ... "voting NO was Councilmember Stanley, the motion carried by a 4:1 vote" 4. City Council minutes, regular meeting of December 14, 2021 — City of Amarillo, Dec 14, 2021 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes; Items 3C and 3F (Ordinance No. 7944). Outcomes of items 3D and 3E are not recorded on the pages reviewed. 5. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2022-03-22 — City of Amarillo, Mar 22, 2022 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes (OCR). States: "Councilmember Stanley requested Agenda Items No. 2-F, 2-G, 2-H and 2-I be removed for separate consideration" and, for each, "voting NO was Councilmember Stanley; absent were none; the motion passed by a 4-1 vote." Item 3F records Ordinance No. 7972 (Certificates of Obligation, Series 2022, park lighting) passed 3-1, Mayor Nelson absent. 6. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2022-04-12 — City of Amarillo, Apr 12, 2022 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes (OCR). Item 2Y: "a motion was made to approve award of a contract for demolition of the three warehouses at the old Amarillo Hardware Building in the proposed New City Hall location at 600 S. Grant ... in the amount of $139,700.00" ... "voting NO was Councilmember Stanley ... the motion passed by a 4-1 vote." 7. Amarillo City Council Minutes, May 24, 2022 Regular Meeting — City of Amarillo, Mar 17, 2023 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned PDF (no text layer); consent action read from the page image. 8. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2022-09-13 — City of Amarillo, Sep 13, 2022 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes (OCR). Item 2EE: "demolition of railroad tracks, ties, and paving ... to allow for utility updates for the remodel of the new City Hall. A motion was made to award the contract to Howell Sand in the amount of $116,003.00" ... "the motion passed by a 4-1 vote." 9. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2022-10-25 — City of Amarillo, Oct 25, 2022 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes (OCR). Item 3D: "A motion was made to approve Western Builders, Inc as Construction Manager at Risk for the renovation of the Amarillo Hardware Building for the new City Hall ... with a price not to exceed $28,000,000.00" ... "absent was Councilmember Smith; the motion passed by a 3-1 vote." 10. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2023-01-31 — City of Amarillo, Jan 31, 2023 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes (read with OCR). Item 3D states: "A motion was made to approve a contract for architectural and engineering services related to renovations at Hodgetown to Populous for an amount of $525,000.00" 11. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2023-09-26 — City of Amarillo, Sep 26, 2023 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored Scanned minutes (read with OCR). Item 10.E states: "Motion to award a contract for $4,595,000 under duress by Tom Scherlen, second by Les Simpson; Motion passed with a 4:1 vote." 12. Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2024-10-22 — City of Amarillo, Oct 22, 2024 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026 primary Subject-authored States: "Motion to approve $83,512.50 in expenditures for aedc by Tom Scherlen, second by Josh Craft; Motion passed with a 5:0 vote." On item 10.F (gateway signs): "Councilmember Simpson withdrew his second and Councilmember Scherlen withdrew his motion." Item 10.H: "CONSIDER PURCHASE - FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT FOR CITY HALL ... Amount: $1,521,635.83" ... "Motion to approve item 10.H as presented in the agenda by Tom Scherlen, second by Josh Craft; Motion passed with a 5:0 vote." 13. City Council minutes, regular meeting of July 8, 2025 — City of Amarillo, Jul 8, 2025 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026 primary Subject-authored From the City's CivicClerk meeting portal; date is the meeting date. Item 9.B. 14. Amarillo City Council Minutes, September 23, 2025 Regular Meeting — City of Amarillo, Dec 12, 2025 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026 primary Subject-authored 15. Amarillo City Council Minutes, October 14, 2025 Regular Meeting — City of Amarillo, Oct 14, 2025 · retrieved Oct 11, 2026 primary Subject-authored From the City's CivicClerk meeting portal; date is the meeting date. Items 9.C and 10.B. 16. City Council minutes, regular meeting of October 28, 2025 — City of Amarillo, Oct 28, 2025 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026 primary Subject-authored From the City's CivicClerk meeting portal; date is the meeting date. Consent item 8.K. 17. City Council minutes, regular meeting of July 28, 2026 — City of Amarillo, Jul 28, 2026 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026 primary Subject-authored From the City's CivicClerk meeting portal; date is the meeting date. Items 7.5 and 7.6. 