2026-09-29 - City Council Special Meeting

Summary

Built from the posted agenda, which was read. Minutes are not yet posted, so outcomes are not confirmed.

Public hearing on the FY26/27 budget, which the notice says raises $2,063,963 (2.58 percent) more property tax revenue than last year, $1,295,675 of it from new property.
Public hearing on a tax increase. The agenda text quotes a tax rate of $0.43070, an effective increase of 2.9 percent or about $9.00 on a $100,000 home. That figure equals the current rate, while the August workshop showed a proposed rate of $0.44728, so the sources conflict and the rate on this agenda is uncertain.
Ordinances 8270 (adopt the budget, second reading) and 8271, a separate tax rate ratification vote under Tex. Local Gov't Code 102.007(c), and Resolutions 09-22-26-2 and 3 (TIRZ budgets). Whether these passed is not known. See FY2026-27 Budget and Tax Rate.

Agenda posted on the city's CivicClerk portal; see Sources.

Meeting page (agenda, packet, minutes): https://amarillotx.portal.civicclerk.com/event/3166/files
Agenda: https://amarillotx.portal.civicclerk.com/event/3166/files/agenda/7918
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEnB-uqYVg (City of Amarillo YouTube channel; titled "Amarillo City Council Special Meeting 9/29/26"; the date comes from the title, not the upload date)