Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Mckinney, Texas, authorizing a certain Budget Amendment pertaining to the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 TIRZ 2 Annual Budget, to provide funding for the Mckinney National Airport Air Service Marketing Program
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Maximize the Development Potential of McKinney National Airport
(3.1: Implement initiatives and strategies, including public-private partnerships, to attract and expand corporate and commercial aviation including the viability of passenger service.)
MEETING DATE: April 7, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Airport
CONTACT: Kenneth Carley, A.A.E., Airport Director
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approve Ordinance
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Ordinance amends the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Budget to provide funding for the Air Service Incentive and Marketing Program.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Authorizes a one-time local match to support an application to the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) grant.
• The proposed program would support new nonstop air service through revenue guarantees for underperforming routes, airline-specific and general airport marketing, and incentives through the Air Service Incentive Program to launch or sustain year-round or seasonal service
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• This Ordinance amends the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Budget by appropriating $1,600,000 from the TIRZ 2 Fund balance and transferring it to the Airport Fund for the Air Service Incentive and Marketing Program.
o Allocates $1,000,000 for the Airport’s Air Service Incentive Program (ASIP), Year 1, to provide incentives for airlines launching or sustaining new nonstop service, including year-round or seasonal routes.
o Provides $300,000 for general airport marketing, including website development, print materials, and advertising to promote air service and the airport.
o Includes a $300,000 one-time local match to support a grant application to the Small Community Air Service Development Program; these funds would only be used if the grant is awarded.
• The TIRZ No. 2 fund balance is projected to be $4,100,000 at the end of FY25, with an additional $4,300,000 projected accrual in FY26 for a total projected balance of $8,433,818. Following approval of this resolution, the projected ending balance would be $6,833,818
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• At the March 17, 2026, Reinvestment Zone No. 2 Regular Meeting, the TIRZ 2 Board approved the $1,600,000 funding for the McKinney National Airport Air Service Marketing Program.