McKinney council approves revised Collin County animal shelter interlocal agreement with spending cap

Councilman Cloutier moved to approve a revised animal shelter interlocal agreement between the City of McKinney and Collin County, with conditions and a capped annual participation amount for the upcoming fiscal year. Council carried the motion at the July 15 meeting.

The motion specified that McKinney’s participation in the new interlocal agreement be capped and included conditions that the agreement be returned to council for further consideration if other cities identified in the agreement do not approve and execute the same. Councilman Cloutier stated an annual cap amount of $546,693 for fiscal year 25‑26 during his repeated motion; an earlier version referenced a cap of $623,918 in the event the new agreement was not approved by participating entities and the city remained under the existing interlocal arrangement.

Trevor Minyard, assistant city manager, told council that the updated agreement includes 10 to 15 other entities and that funding levels are estimated pro rata. He said if other entities choose not to participate, staff would return an amended interlocal agreement to council and that the city would remain under the current interlocal agreement if insufficient participation occurred.

The motion was seconded and carried; the council then approved the remainder of the consent agenda. The council did not provide a roll‑call vote tally in the public record of the transcript excerpt.

Ending: Council directed staff to proceed with the revised interlocal agreement under the conditions stated in the motion and to return to council if the set participation thresholds are not met.