Citizens for McKinney
Prop. A – Shall Section 9 of McKinney City Charter be amended to provide that mayor and city council members shall have term limits consisting of three (3) consecutive, four (4) year terms beginning with the 2025 election?
Prop. B – Shall Section 16 of the McKinney City Charter be amended to provide for compensation of $750 per month for newly-elected council members and $1,000 per month for newly-elected mayor beginning October 1, 2025?
Prop. C – Shall the McKinney City Charter be amended throughout to correct nonsubstantive errors such as misspellings, punctuation, grammar and sentence structure and revise references to obsolete provisions of state law and harmonize conflicting sections and conform notice and publication requirements to state law?
Prop. D – Shall the City of McKinney Charter be amended to delete provisions, practices and policies which are no longer employed by the City of McKinney?
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IN THE LAST 7 YEARS IN MCKINNEY
Tax rate has been reduced by 29%
Average annual effective tax rate been 1.89% above effective, nearly 73% lower than the years before, and that has been during double-digit inflation
Doubled the commercial tax base
Doubled sales tax revenues
Became the first government entity in Texas to receive all five transparency stars from the State Comptroller
Increased bond rating to AAA
Closed the loophole that allowed developers to build apartments in Neighborhood Business zoning districts
Established the first road maintenance reserve account
Took the airport from requiring an annual subsidy to becoming profitable and it is now paying more than $3 Million Dollars in property and school taxes annually, reducing our residential tax burden
Secured the Byron Nelson and the NCAA Division II Football Championship, collectively producing nearly $55M in annual economic benefit to the region while showcasing our community to the world.
Named a safest city of our size in the country
Fire Department has the highest ISO safety rating possible
On the “Best Places to Live” list
Just named the hottest real estate market in the country
Been designated a cultural arts district by the Governor
Built a needed parking garage downtown
Built a new 175,000 square foot City Hall, catalyzing eastside development
Planned and secured state and federal funding for a deck park to connect the east and west sides of Hwy 5, expanding our historic downtown entertainment district
Upgraded eastside water, sewer and storm sewer lines
Widened Virginia Parkway to 6 lanes
Expanded the Courts of McKinney indoor tennis facility
Renovated Old Settlers and Gabe Nesbitt Parks
Established an industry-leading Public Private Partnership with Plug and Play
Secured over Two Hundred Million dollars in County, State and Federal funding for McKinney Right-Of-Way and utility relocation obligations on the 380 Bypass and other infrastructure needs across our city that will now NOT be financed with city bonds, paid for by McKinney residents.
DID YOU KNOW…
If you live in McKinney, the only elected positions that you would vote for who have term limits are the President of the United States, the McKinney City Council, and the Mayor of McKinney? None others.
The Mayor and City Council are responsible for periodically evaluating the city charter in a growing city like McKinney?
The compensation of the McKinney City Council and Mayor has not changed since 2002? The current pay is approximately $350 per month for City Council members and $450 per month for the Mayor.
There are spelling and punctuation errors in the current charter that need to be corrected.
There are sections that need to be removed because they are no longer relevant.