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Council reviews several budget ordinances: park grants, small donation, police equitable-sharing funds and pandemic/opioid transfers
Summary
Councilors heard staff explanations for a string of ordinances: $45,000 in park grants (Dick’s Sporting Goods and Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust), a $1,000 Tulsa Community Foundation donation, $231,500 from equitable-sharing funds for police equipment, and budget transfers within opioid-settlement and pandemic-relief funds.
On Aug. 20 Tulsa City Councilors considered multiple budget ordinances and committee updates during their UED meeting.
Jared Moore of the budget office described a supplemental appropriation of $45,000 for the parks department, consisting of $5,000 from the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation and $40,000 from the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust. Moore said the funds will be used to purchase sports equipment and support community activities; Councilor Hall Harper asked whether the equipment will be dedicated to a specific park, and staff said the awards appear to be for the city as a whole with some items likely…
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