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Council unanimously adopts FY2026–27 budget, Visit McMinnville plan and airport fee schedule
Summary
After the work session, the council adopted multiple routine and budget items unanimously including Visit McMinnville's annual plan, airport rates and fees (Resolution 2026‑32), and the city’s fiscal year 2026–27 budget (Resolution 2026‑37), and approved supplemental transfers (Resolution 2026‑36).
Following the work session the council moved through regular meeting business and a series of unanimous votes on budget and administrative matters.
The council opened two public hearings (building fee schedule and McMinnville Municipal Airport rates and fees). The airport hearing included a presentation from Airport Manager John Pascal, who described the first formal airport rates and fees schedule the city has proposed to align charges with regional peers and improve cost recovery by introducing transient landing and overnight parking fees while holding base tenant rents steady. No public testimony was offered and the council later adopted Resolution 2026‑32 on the airport rates and fees.
On the consent and deliberative calendars the council voted unanimously to approve the Visit McMinnville annual plan and budget (motion made from the dais), with direction to present annual recommendations to the council and to document how additional room‑tax revenue would be applied toward tourism‑related projects.
Finance Director Katie Henry presented a supplemental budget (Resolution 2026‑36) that included transfers of vacancy savings to cover police vehicle replacements, internal services charges for new equipment, a small grant for cybersecurity software and housekeeping adjustments to capital lines; the council approved the supplemental budget unanimously. The council then adopted the fiscal year 2026–27 budget (Resolution 2026‑37) in the total amount of $137,484,517 with appropriations of $80,860,774 and an adopted permanent property tax rate of $5.02 per $1,000 assessed value for general operations plus $2,990,528 for debt service. Councilor Chenoweth recorded remarks in support of the adopted budget as a responsible increase focused on deferred maintenance and contingency increases.
Votes recorded in the meeting packet and on the record show 5–0 or unanimous approval on the items listed above; any Scrivener errors noted in the minutes were corrected and recorded by the city recorder.
