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McKinney council fills city boards under new nomination process
In a special meeting, McKinney's council named 2026-27 board members one-by-one and removed at least one member over poor attendance.
The McKinney City Council spent a special meeting on August 25 filling seats on the city’s boards and commissions for 2026-27, using a new, name-by-name nomination process.
If you have applied to serve, or care who helps run planning, parks, the library and other boards, this meeting set who gets those seats for the coming term. It also showed council members leaning harder on attendance.
Under the new process, each council member puts forward a nominee and the rest of the council votes on that person, instead of approving a full slate at once. “Each council member will have a nomination to put forth, and then the rest of the council will vote on that nominee,” the mayor said. For the two development corporations, the mayor nominated the alternates, which also required a second and a vote.
Staff explained a scoring “workbook” used to rank candidates. Each time a council member listed a candidate, that person got a point, and candidates with at least four points were given priority in the recommendations. Staff stressed the workbook itself did not appoint anyone.
Attendance came up repeatedly. Council member Michael Jones said, “I think we have a problem across all of the boards with this,” and asked board leaders to remind members of attendance rules. Council members flagged several members with low attendance rates, including figures they cited as 37.5%, 28.6% and one at 37%.
The council voted unanimously, on a motion by council member Geré Feltus, to remove Kimberly Wolfe from the Historic Preservation Advisory Board; Feltus cited a 37% attendance rate. The council reshuffled that board to keep required professional representation for its certified local government status.
The council also appointed Planning and Zoning Commission member Jesserend Conrad to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One board, a district that uses future property tax growth to pay for improvements in a set area.
One seat was left open: an alternate spot on the Visit McKinney board. The council also initially held the Library Advisory Board, then filled its three seats after an executive session the same afternoon.
The council scheduled the remaining Visit McKinney alternate seat for its September 15 regular meeting. Meeting details are posted via the Legistar calendar.
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