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Abilene City Council

City council, Taylor County, Texas. Made the deciding public vote or order on data center projects listed below.

Official name: Abilene City Council

Projects

Data center projectStargate Abilene (Lancium Clean Campus)Approved Tax abatement agreements (Phases 1/2 through 8) with Lancium LLC and the Abilene DC entities, plus amendments to the 2025 restated abatement agreements (Resolution No. 171-2025), Aug. 28, 2025

Official contact

Website
https://abilenetx.gov/526/City-Council
Mailing address
PO Box 60, Abilene, TX 79604 (City Hall: 555 Walnut Street, Abilene, TX 79601)
Phone
325-676-6200
Email or form
council@abilenetx.gov
Meetings and agendas
https://abilenetx.gov/714/Agendas-Minutes
From the government’s own site: source page; checked Oct. 17, 2026.

Current members

MemberRoleOfficial contact
Weldon HurtMayorOffice page · weldon.hurt@abilenetx.gov
Shane PriceCouncil Member, Place 1shane.price@abilenetx.gov
Lynn BeardCouncil Member, Place 2lynn.beard@abilenetx.gov
Jay PattersonCouncil Member, Place 3jay.patterson@abilenetx.gov
Benjamin BaileyCouncil Member, Place 4benjamin.bailey@abilenetx.gov
Miguel EspinozaCouncil Member, Place 5miguel.espinoza@abilenetx.gov
Travis CraverCouncil Member, Place 6travis.craver@abilenetx.gov

Members as listed on the government’s site (source, checked Oct. 17, 2026). Today’s roster may differ from the members who voted on a given project; votes are described on each project’s page.

All members serve at large. Mayor Weldon Hurt signed Resolution No. 171-2025. The city's executed abatement agreements are listed at https://abilenetx.gov/2476/Tax-Abatements.