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McKinney outlines citywide data program and demonstrates Snowflake AI tools

McKinney City Council · February 17, 2026
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City staff showed a new data governance program and a live Snowflake Intelligence demo that pulled building-inspection results and linked to back-end records; officials said about 185 city data sources will migrate over a phased two-year rollout with key datasets prioritized this year.

Brandon Opiello, who led McKinney's data program update at the Feb. 17 work session, told the City Council the effort will centralize roughly 185 enterprise data sources and bring governance, security and analytic tools to city operations.

Opiello said the program rests on six pillars'strategy, governance, literacy, metrics, continuous improvement and implementation'and that a governance council and a leadership team are now in place. "Data is one of the most powerful assets," he said, arguing that better-managed data will enable faster, data-informed decisions across departments.

The presentation emphasized practical steps and timelines:…

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