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McKinney building inspections earn ISO score of 2 for both residential and commercial enforcement
Summary
City staff announced the McKinney Building Inspections Department received Insurance Services Office scores of 2 in both residential and commercial enforcement, a marked improvement from prior assessments; council members recognized staff and leadership.
A building inspections staff member told the McKinney City Council that the McKinney Building Inspections Department received Insurance Services Office (ISO) scores of 2 for both residential and commercial building code enforcement.
The announcement matters because ISO’s Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS) influences property insurance rates and is widely used to compare municipal building-department rigor. The staff member said the residential score of 2 places McKinney in the top 1% of Texas building departments and the commercial score of 2 places the city in the top 2% statewide; the speaker contrasted those results with state averages of 6 in both categories.
The staff member explained that ISO’s assessment evaluates about 50 aspects of code enforcement and that the city’s recent scores reflect personnel qualifications, training and enforcement standards. “Our ISO scores are now even better,” the staff member said. The speaker reminded the council that a 2024 revision pushed residential from a 3 to a 2, and that the department’s last full assessment in 2019 had been a 5 in residential and a 4 in commercial. “A multi point increase is virtually unheard of,” the staff member said, adding that the department’s people “truly deserve the credit for this accomplishment.”
Council members congratulated the inspections team and singled out leadership. One councilmember credited Suzanne Arnold for providing direction and support that helped staff achieve the scores. The staff member also noted the department’s recent reaccreditation by the International Accreditation Service (IAS), saying that combined results show the department has been vetted to national standards.
Council discussion at the meeting focused on recognizing the inspections staff and the potential community benefits of higher ISO scores, including possible impacts on insurance rates. The staff member and council did not provide estimates of dollar savings to homeowners or businesses; that information was not specified during the discussion.
The council recognized the inspections team at the meeting; the staff member asked the team to stand so members could be acknowledged.
