Election
BY SHELBIE HAMILTON
McKinney voters oppose increasing Council term limits, pay
McKinney voters have rejected two of four propositions on the November ballot, including measures that would have increased compen- sation and consecutive term limits allowed for McKinney City Council members. Over 88,000 McKinney residents cast a vote towards one or more of the propositions, repre- senting nearly 68% of registered voters in the city, according to the Collin County Elections Office. The gist • Proposition A asked voters to cast a vote for or against increasing term limits for council members from two consecutive, four-year terms to three consecutive, four-year terms. This proposition failed, with 42,176 votes against, representing 51.16% of votes cast. • Proposition B asked voters to increase the compensation of council members to $750 per month for newly elected council members and $1,000 per month for newly elected mayors. This proposition failed, with 44,962 votes against, representing 55.88% of votes cast. • Proposition C asked voters to allow city staff to make corrections to “errors” in the charter, such as misspellings and grammar issues, as well as revise references to state laws as needed. This proposition passed, earning 59,276 votes in favor, representing 74.19% of votes cast. • Proposition D asked voters to allow the charter be amended to remove provisions, practices and policies the city no longer uses. This proposition passed, receiving 58,321 votes in favor, repre- senting 72.78% of votes cast. Election results were certified by city officials at
Results breakdown
Winner
Proposition A
Proposition B
Shall Section 9 of the 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?
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 a newly-elected mayor beginning October 1, 2025?
48.84% For 51.16% Against
44.12% For 55.88% Against
Proposition C
Proposition D
Shall the McKinney City Charter be amended throughout to correct non-substantive errors such as misspellings, punctuations, 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?
Shall the McKinney City Charter be amended to delete provisions, practices and policies which are no longer employed by the City of McKinney?
72.28% For 27.22% Against
74.19% For 25.81% Against
SOURCE: COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Sally Riche, president of the Citizens for McKin- ney PAC which supported passing all four proposi- tions, thanked McKinney voters in a statement. “We are grateful for everyone who came out to vote and have their voices heard,” she said in an emailed statement. “It was an extremely close race, and we believe as people continued to learn more about the propositions, they began to vote in favor, as can be seen by the numbers on Election Day, where we won nearly 60% of the vote.”
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Tom Michero, president of the Keep McKinney Unique PAC that opposed Proposition A, said the failure of Proposition A will result in more citizen participation in McKinney’s local government. “Four seats on the City Council will become available in May of 2025,” Michero said in an emailed statement. “I encourage everyone to get involved in keeping McKinney unique.”
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