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Visit McKinney board approves FY 2026 operating plan; city council to consider adoption Sept. 2
Summary
The Visit McKinney board approved its fiscal year 2026 operating budget and supplemental requests, recommending an increase in marketing and modest travel and training funding. The item will proceed to the city manager and city council, which staff said is scheduled to act Sept. 2.
The Visit McKinney board voted to approve its proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budget during its Aug. 26 meeting, advancing the agency's spending plan to the city manager and city council for final consideration.
Erin Wharton, executive director of Visit McKinney, told the board the organization expects hotel-occupancy-tax (HOT) collections to remain near $3.3 million for the year and that the Visit McKinney operating budget would increase by roughly $177,000 — from about $1.55 million to about $1.72 million. "Under the state, Texas state law, it is heavily governed on how you can spend that money,"…
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