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Council Unanimously Approves Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget and Tax Rate

Amarillo City Council unanimously approved Tuesday the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 budget and tax rate to fund the services and operations provided by the City of Amarillo (COA), including the Amarillo Police Department and the Amarillo Fire Department, as well as libraries, parks, streets, public health, water and sewer utilities, drainage, airport operations, etc. The City […]

Quick Fix for Amarillo: Repair Cafe is Back Saturday

Got a hole in that favorite pair of jeans? The City of Amarillo (COA) Repair Café may be able to save this valued piece of your wardrobe, among other cherished household items. Jeans are one of the many items that can be repaired at the (COA) Repair Cafe – a free repair service for all […]

Work Continues on North Heights Water Main Replacement Project

The North Heights Water Main Replacement Project (NHWMRP) moves into new locations beginning Monday (September 15). The new locations are alleyways between N.W. 10th Ave. and N.W. 11th Ave. and between N.W. 12th Ave. and N.W. 13th Ave. Impacted alleyways extend from North Travis Street to North Ong Street. The following alleyways are under various stages of the NHWMRP: For more details on locations and the NHWMRP, please visit the project website at: www.amarillo.gov/capital-projects-and-development/water-utilities-projects/ The project, awarded earlier this summer, will replace existing two-inch water mains with new six-inch water mains in select locations to […]

City Council Sets Special Meeting for Tuesday

Amarillo City Council has scheduled a special meeting Tuesday (September 16) for a second and final reading of an ordinance adopting the City of Amarillo budget for the 2025/2026 fiscal year and an ordinance for the City of Amarillo tax rate. The special meeting will be at 3 p.m. in council chambers in Room 3400 of city hall. The public […]

Want to Serve? Apply Now for a COA Board Commission

Those who want to help serve the Amarillo community can apply for a position on a City of Amarillo (COA) board/commission. The city has more than 25 boards/commissions with 65 open positions. Important dates: October 9: Applications close. October 15: Application packets presented to city council. November 18 and December 9: Applicants appointed to boards/commissions […]

Amarillo’s Anniversary of Answering the Call for Hurricane Katrina

Bo Fowlkes was an Event Supervisor at the Amarillo Civic Center in 2005 when civic center staff received a call unlike any in the past. This was not about a band or celebrity appearing at the civic center and needing special accommodations. This was not an organization wanting to book a date for a convention. […]

North Heights Water Main Replacement Project Continues Monday

The North Heights Water Main Replacement Project will continue Monday (September 8) with a replacement project in the alley between the 1200 block of N. Harrison Street and Tyler Street. The project will continue south towards the 1000 block of N. Harrison/Tyler Streets.  The project, which was awarded earlier this summer, will replace existing two-inch […]

Addressing Amarillo’s Aging Infrastructure: Wastewater Treatment Plants

In the 1920s, Amarillo was booming – thanks in part to the discovery of natural resources such as helium. Amarillo’s population practically doubled during the decade, reaching more than 43,000 by the end of the 1920s. During this period of rapid growth, the City of Amarillo (COA) built the River Road Wastewater Treatment Plant (RRWTP) […]

AAMW’s Clear the Shelters Campaign Surpasses Goal

Thanks to an impressive array of volunteers, the staff at the City of Amarillo (COA) Animal Management and Welfare Department (AAMW) and the support of the Amarillo community, 346 animals now have a new home. AAMW wrapped up its annual “Clear the Shelters” campaign at the end of August – culminating a monthlong effort. Clear […]

COA Chief Financial Officer StorrsAnnounces Upcoming Retirement

After more than 20 years of service to the City of Amarillo (COA), Chief Financial Officer Laura Storrs has announced her retirement, effective February 2026. Storrs, an Amarillo native who began her COA career in 2003 as intern while attending West Texas A&M, has held numerous positions with the COA, most recently as CFO since […]

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City of Amarillo: Property Taxes Rebated Per Year by Agreement Type 

Overview 

The chart shows the dollar amounts of property taxes rebated per year over the last five fiscal years, broken down by agreement type. There were no Chapter 380 property tax rebates in the first two years listed. The total amount increased slightly each year, with a more significant increase in the most recent year. 

Values 

Numerical values presented on the image: 

 

Fiscal Year 2020/2021 

Fiscal Year 2021/2022 

Fiscal Year 2022/2023 

Fiscal Year 2023/2024 

Fiscal Year 2024/2025 

Chapter 311 

$533,080 

$547,426 

$574,947 

$591,249 

$821,350 

Chapter 380 

$0 

$0 

$37,387 

$39,172 

$61,013 

Presentation 

The bar chart shows the amount of property taxes rebated in the past five fiscal years, broken down by agreement type. The horizontal axis shows each of the past five fiscal years and the vertical axis shows the dollar amount rebated. For each fiscal year there is vertical column, comprised of two stacked columns, each of which representing the different agreement types. 

City of Amarillo: Number of Tax Abatements Granted Per Year 

Overview 

The chart shows the number of businesses that received a tax abatement from the City of Amarillo in the past five fiscal years. The 2020/21 and 2021/22 fiscal years each had four active abatements, 2022/23 had five, and 2023/24 and 2024/25 each had seven. 

Values 

Numerical values presented on the image: 

 

Fiscal Year 2020/2021 

Fiscal Year 2021/2022 

Fiscal Year 2022/2023 

Fiscal Year 2023/2024 

Fiscal Year 2024/2025 

Active Abatements Per Year 

4 

4 

5 

7 

7 

Presentation 

The bar chart shows the number of businesses that received a tax abatement from the City of Amarillo in the past five fiscal years. The horizontal axis shows each of the past five fiscal years and the vertical axis shows the number of active abatements each year. Each year has one column, with the height indicating number of active abatements in that year.

Amount of Taxes Abated Per Year 

Overview 

The chart shows the dollar amounts abated over the past five fiscal years from Chapter 312 tax abatement agreements. Each fiscal year shows a larger dollar amount abated, with minor growth over the first three years, a higher increase in the fourth year, and minor growth again in the fifth year. 

Values 

Numerical values presented on the image: 

 

Fiscal Year 2020/2021 

Fiscal Year 2021/2022 

Fiscal Year 2022/2023 

Fiscal Year 2023/2024 

Fiscal Year 2024/2025 

Taxes Abated by City of Amarillo 

$510,061 

$623,017 

$679,849 

$965,261 

$1,143,899 

Total Abated by All Entities Including City of Amarillo 

$1,569,512 

$1,926,332 

$2,103,099 

$2,884,936 

$2,959,496 

Presentation 

The bar chart represents the amount of taxes abated over the past five fiscal years. The horizontal axis shows each of the past five fiscal years and the vertical axis shows the dollar amount abated. The bar representing taxes abated by the City of Amarillo is sightly offset to the side of the bar representing the amount abated by all participating tax entities for each fiscal year. This shows that the amount abated by the City of Amarillo is a part of the total amount abated by all entities.

City of Amarillo: Taxes Rebated Per Year by Type 

Overview 

This chart shows the dollar amounts rebated by the City of Amarillo from economic development incentive agreements over the past five fiscal years. Each year is broken down by rebate type, including property tax rebates, hotel occupancy tax rebates, and sales tax rebates. Each fiscal year shows a slight increase in total dollars rebated, with a more drastic increase in the most recent fiscal year. 

Values 

Numerical values presented on the image: 

 

Fiscal Year 2020/2021 

Fiscal Year 2021/2022 

Fiscal Year 2022/2023 

Fiscal Year 2023/2024 

Fiscal Year 2024/2025 

Property Tax Rebates 

$533,080 

$547,426 

$612,334 

$630,421 

$882,363 

Hotel Occupancy Tax Rebates 

$686,747 

$753,112 

$794,828 

$871,423 

$808,348 

Sales Tax Rebates 

$0 

$21,046 

$55,528 

$45,881 

$368,716 

 

Presentation 

The bar chart represents the amount rebated by the City of Amarillo for each type of tax rebate over the past five fiscal years. The horizontal axis shows each of the past five fiscal years and the vertical axis shows the dollar amount rebated. The different rebate types are stacked vertically in each fiscal year, with the height representing the total dollar amount rebated.