McKinney ISD leaders approve lowered tax rate for FY 2025-26
The McKinney ISD property tax rate will be slightly lower for fiscal year 2025-26.
The total rate approved by the board is $1.1043 per $100 valuation, a $0.0209 decrease from FY 2024-25’s rate of $1.1252 per $100 valuation. The district’s board of trustees unanimously approved the new rate at an Aug. 18 board meeting.
The overview: The new tax rate is broken down into two pieces:
The first piece is the maintenance and operations rate, which covers operational expenses such as payroll, is $0.7343 per $100 valuation.
The second piece is the interest and sinking, or I&S, rate, which pays for the district’s principal and interest on its debts, is $0.37 per $100 valuation.
What else? The district's board of trustees approved the district’s FY 2025-26 budget with a $6.9 million potential shortfall in June, but a planned budget amendment will change the district’s financial outlook.
The Brunch District offers French toast, mimosas in McKinney
🍳 The Brunch District recently opened in McKinney, General Manager Andreea Bujor said.
Whet they serve: The menu features steak and eggs, omelets, skillets, eggs Benedict, biscuits and gravy, cinnamon roll French toast and more. Health-conscious options include chia pudding, the Iron Man Scrambler and avocado toast. Beverage options include a variety of coffee drinks, mimosas, an espresso martini and more.
Medical City McKinney unveils $50M medical office building
Medical City McKinney officials held a grand opening ceremony in September for a new $50 million medical building.
Officials from the hospital and McKinney gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Sept. 4. The medical office building, which expands the hospitals overall capacity, stands five stories tall with 124,500 square feet of space that will house high-level medical specialists and services, including cardiology, orthopedics and rehabilitation.
What they’re saying: Medical City McKinney CEO Mark Deno said the new building was a culmination of years of planning. He thanked council member Ernest Lynch, formerly the CEO of Medical City McKinney, for his vision to make the hospital a destination of choice for complex care.
“I think of this building as a symbol of our commitment to really want you to have the best complex care that we can offer,” Medical City McKinney CEO Mark Deno said. “For our neighbors in the community that are here now and the thousands that are planning to move in over the next couple of years.”
Potbelly to serve sandwiches at new locations in Denton, Flower Mound, McKinney
🥪 Chicago-based sandwich chain Potbelly will open nine new restaurants in North Texas, including locations in McKinney, Flower Mound and Denton, according to a Sep. 3 company press release.
The gist: The expansion is part of a franchising agreement with father-and-son franchising partners Barry and Remington Burke, who have previously franchised five Wingstop locations, the release states. The sandwich shop offers a variety of toasted sandwiches as well as salads, soups, macaroni and cheese, milkshakes and more, according to the company's menu.
Oktoberfest, Halloween: Check out 12 fall festivals, events around Dallas-Fort Worth
🗓️ Here are 12 festivals and activities for Dallas-Fort Worth residents looking for fun ways to spend a weekend this fall.
1. Grapefest in Grapevine: Attendees can taste wine and explore Downtown Grapevine. This year’s theme is The Grape Gatsby, a nod to the 100th anniversary of the publication of the "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
2. Oktoberfest in McKinney: Enjoy authentic German food, domestic and imported beer, live music, games and more during Historic Downtown McKinney’s Oktoberfest celebration.
‘This will save lives’: New Texas laws require summer camps to remove cabins from floodplains
Two months after 25 campers and two counselors died in the historic July 4 flooding at Camp Mystic, Gov. Greg Abbott signed three new laws Sept. 5 that he said will “make youth camps safer” and ensure Texas communities are better prepared for future disasters. The flood victims' families attended the Sept. 5 bill signing ceremony in Austin.
The details: Under the two-pronged camp safety package, summer camps are required to remove existing cabins from floodplains by Jan. 1.
Camps must also develop and annually update comprehensive emergency plans, set up warning systems to notify campers if something is wrong and install ladders so campers can climb on cabin roofs during floods.
Looking ahead: Two other disaster preparedness bills, as well as legislation designed to regulate Texas’ multibillion-dollar THC industry, did not pass during the recent special legislative session, which ended around 1 a.m. Sept. 4.
When asked Sept. 5 if he planned to call a third legislative overtime to continue work on those policies, Abbott told reporters to "stay tuned."
