Amarillo, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Local government=== In 1913, Amarillo became the first Texas city and the fifth in United States to use the [[council-manager government|council-manager]] form of municipal government, with all governmental powers resting in a [[legislative body]], called a council (before 2014, it was called a commission).<ref>{{Handbook of Texas|id=moc02|name=Council-Manager Form of City Government}}. Retrieved on January 25, 2007.</ref><ref>Hammond, pg. 31.</ref> Amarillo's commission is composed of five elected commissioners, one of whom is the mayor of the city. The mayor and each commissioner serves a two-year term. The role of the commission is to pass ordinances and resolutions, adopt regulations, and appoint city officials, including the [[city manager]]. While the mayor serves as a presiding officer of the commission, the city manager is the administrative head of the municipal government and is responsible for the administration of all departments. The city commission holds its regular meetings on Tuesday of each week.<ref>{{cite web |author= City of Amarillo / Municode |url= http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=11818&sid=43 |title= Municipal Code City of Amarillo |access-date= May 4, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060320205158/http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=11818&sid=43 |archive-date=March 20, 2006 |url-status= live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;" |+'''2023 Commission members''' |- As of May 16, 2023 |'''Mayor''' | Cole Stanley |- |'''Council Place 1''' | Josh Craft |- |'''Council Place 2''' | Don Tipps |- |'''Council Place 3''' | Tom Scherlen |- |'''Council Place 4''' | Les Simpson |} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;" |+'''City administration''' |- |'''City Manager''' |- | Jared Miller (Since February 2017) |- |'''Deputy City Manager''' |- |Andrew Freeman |- |'''Assistant City Manager''' |- | Rich Gagnon - CIO |- | Floyd Hartman - Development Services |- | Laura Storrs - CFO |} {{Hidden begin |title = List of mayors of Amarillo, Texas |titlestyle = background:#F8F8FF;width:60% }} * W. W. Wetsel, 1892β1894<ref name=CityOfficials>{{cite web |url=http://amarillo.gov/?page_id=110 |title= History of Amarillo City Officials |publisher=City of Amarillo |access-date= April 8, 2017}}</ref> * R. L. Stringfellow, 1899β1902 * S. Lightburne, 1902β1906 * Will A. Miller, Jr., 1906β1908 * Lon D. Marrs, 1908β1910 and 1917β1922 * James N. Patton, 1910β1912 * W. E. Gee, 1912β1913 * J. N. Beasley, 1913β1916 * Eugene S. Blasdel, 1923β1924 * Lee Bivins, 1925β1928 * [[Ernest O. Thompson]], 1929β1932 * Ross D. Rogers, 1932β1941 * Joe A. Jenkins, 1941β1947 * L. R. Hagy, 1947β1949 * E. H. Klein, 1949β1953 * S. T. Curtis, 1953β1955 * R. C. Jordan, 1955β1957 * J. R. Armstrong, 1957β1959 * A. F. Madison, 1959β1961 * Jack Seale, 1961β1963 * F. V. Wallace, 1963β1967 * J. Ernest Stroud, 1967β1971 * L. Ray Vahue, 1971β1975 * John C. Drummond, 1975β1977 * Jerry H. Hodge, 1977β1981 * R. P. (Rick) Klein, 1981β1987 * Glen Parkey, 1987β1989 * Keith Adams, 1989β1993 * [[Kel Seliger]], 1993β2001 * [[Trent Sisemore]], 2001β2005 * Debra McCartt, 2005β2011 * [[Paul Harpole]], 2011β2017 * Ginger Nelson, 2017β2023 * Cole Stanley, 2023βPresent {{Hidden end}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page