Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Appointing Members to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One Board; and Designating a TIRZ1 Board Chair for the Remainder of Calendar Year 2025
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
MEETING DATE: June 17, 2025
DEPARTMENT: City Secretary
CONTACT: Empress Drane, City Secretary
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
1. Approve new members to the TIRZ1 Board, and
2. Designate a TIRZ1 Board Chairperson with a term effective this date until December 31, 2025.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• In accordance with the TIRZ1 Bylaws, most recently amended by the adoption of City Council Ordinance No. 2022-07-073, the board shall consist of nine (9) members, with at least eight (8) appointed by the City Council, and one member may be appointed by Collin County.
• Each year the City Council shall annually designate one (1) member of the board to serve as chairman for a one (1)-year term than begins on January 1 of the following year. The Board of Directors shall elect from its members a vice chairman to preside in the absence of the chairman or when there is a vacancy in the office of chairman. The Board of Directors may elect other officers as it considers appropriate.
o On December 3, 2024, the City Council designated (former City Council member) Charlie Philips to serve as TIRZ1 Chair for the calendar year 2025.
o The most recently elected TIRZ1 Vice Chair is Rick Franklin.
• Proposed TIRZ1 Board Members, effective upon approval:
Member Name
o Mayor Bill Cox,
replacing George Fuller
o Mayor Pro Tem Geré Feltus
City Council, District 3
o Justin Beller
City Council, District 1
o Ernest Lynch,
City Council, At-Large #1, replacing Charlie Philips
o Patrick Cloutier
City Council, District 2
o Rick Franklin
City Council, District 4
o Michael Jones
City Council, At-Large #2
o Steve Lebo
McKinney Planning & Zoning Commission
o Commissioner Darrell Hale
Collin County Commissioners Court, Precinct No. 3
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: none