This week's meetings include special sessions by Amarillo and Canyon ISD, city council

Amarillo Globe-News
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Monday

Amarillo Independent School District

3 p.m.: Board Room, Rod Schroder Education Support Center, 7200 Interstate 40 West

Special meeting: Consider taking action to provide Administration with direction regarding next steps in pursuing possible options to address declining enrollment; including a tax ratification election, bond election, school closures/consolidation, program/position consolidation, public-private partnerships, and advocating for legislative action to provide additional funding for public schools.

Tuesday

Amarillo City Council

12 p.m.: First Bank Southwest - Conference Room, 2401 S. Georgia

Work session/executive session: receive reports on or discuss appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee: Andrew Freeman, Interim City Manager.

Bushland Independent School District

6:05 p.m.: Bushland Intermediate School/Room 101, 2400 Wells St.

Regular meeting: Employees of the Month; updates from various campuses; consideration and action on an Amended and Restated Pipeline and Aboveground Facilities Easement to replace the one dated Aug. 15, 2023, related to an area for aboveground facilities and an underground pipeline from the District to Atmos Energy Corporation; 2024-2025 Academic Calendar; resolution to Comply with Senate Bill 763: Chaplains in Schools; Instructional Resources, Instructional Materials, Library Materials; Financial Report; Administrator Contracts; Superintendent Report.

Wednesday

Amarillo Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund Board of Trustees

10 a.m.: City Hall, Room 306, 601 S Buchanan St.

Appointment of civilian trustee as board member and Oath of Office; consider approval of the Fund’s investment transactions from the previous month as presented by city staff; summary of the Fund’s Revenue and Expenditures from the previous month; Fund’s investment counselor will present a review of the Fund’s Investment performance from the previous quarter; Fund’s investment counselor will present a Fee Review; Blue Owl to make a presentation on private debt management and their fund; consider payment to the Fund’s custodial agent;consider a proposal for an experience study by the Fund’s actuary; consider the finalized version of the Disability Policy updated by the Fund’s Lawyers; consider update of beneficiary for active firefighter, application for a refund of retirement contributions, termination of retirement benefit and disbursement of the lump sum death benefit; consider various retirement benefits; discuss items for the next actuarial study.

Amarillo Local Government Corporation

11:30 a.m.: City Hall, Room 306, 601 S. Buchanan

Agenda not yet available.

Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting

3 p.m., City Hall, Council Chamber, Third Floor, 601 S. Buchanan

Consideration of Hollywood Addition Unit No. 20, an addition to the City of Amarillo, being an unplatted tract of land, in Section 4, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Randall County, vicinity: Bell Street & Hollywood Road/Loop 335, applicant: JPH Land Surveying, Inc. for JTD Properties, L.P. and Vaquero Bell Street Partners, L.P. Public hearing and consideration of the following: McCormick Estates Unit No. 16, a suburban subdivision to the City of Amarillo, being a replat of the south half of Lot 6, Block 3, McCormick Estates, in Section 15, Block 6, I&GN R.R. CO. Survey, Randall County, vicinity: MacArthur Trail & Four Sixes Trail, applicant: Furman Land Surveyors Inc. for Brooke Moore and David Locke; Hollywood Park Unit No. 3, an addition to the City of Amarillo, being a replat of a portion of Tracts 8, 9, & 12, C.R. Austin’s Subdivision, in Section 4, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Randall County, vicinity: Carmel Avenue & Lamount Drive, applicant: Furman Land Surveyors, Inc. for B&M Equities, LLC and Barry Christy; Homestead Unit No. 3, an addition to the City of Amarillo, being a replat of Lot 4, Block 5, Homestead Unit 1 and unplatted land, all in Section 61, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Randall County, vicinity: SW 34th Avenue & Soncy Road, applicant: Furman Land Surveyors, Inc. for Betenbough Homes, LLC; consideration of Canode-Com Park Unit No. 51, an addition to the city of Amarillo, being a replat of a portion of Lot 5, Block 2, Canode-Com Park Unit No. 38, in Section 42, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Potter County, vicinity: Interstate 40 and Soncy Road, applicant: OJD Engineering, LLC for Hospitality Route 66 Amarillo, LLC.

Canyon Library Board

4 p.m.: Hull Room, Canyon Area Library, 1501 3rd Ave., Canyon

Monthly reports; Friends of the Library presentation; annual report summary; meeting room policy update; community service policy update; Interlibrary Loan Policy update; new library fees; staffing updates.

Canyon Independent School District

5:30 p.m.: Canyon ISD District Support Center, 3301 N 23rd St., Canyon

Planning workshop – board members will discuss a Community Conversation meeting.

Thursday

Canyon Independent School District

5:30 p.m.: Canyon ISD District Support Center, 3301 N 23rd St., Canyon

Board members will participate in a required training; planning workshop - board members will discuss a Community Conversation meeting.

This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: Amarillo area public meetings for the week of Feb. 19, 2024