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Tulsa staff proposes three-step increase in special-events staffing fee to reach inflation-adjusted rate
Summary
City staff and councilors discussed a proposal to raise the special-events staffing fee from $50 an hour (set in 2007) in three $9-a-year steps to reach roughly $77 an hour, plus an annual finance review to keep rates current. Councilors asked staff to explore tiering, rebates tied to economic impact and other mitigations before a second reading.
City staff on Tuesday presented a proposed amendment to Tulsa’s traffic code (Title 37) that would increase the police and fire staffing rate charged for special events in three annual steps, beginning about six months after passage, rather than a single large jump.
The current special-events fee — “what we charge for special event organizers to have a variety of personnel on the ground for a special event,” according to Deputy City Administrator James Wagner — was set at $50 per hour in 2007. Staff said adjusting that figure for inflation from 2007 to today would put the recovery rate near $77 per hour.
Wagner said the working group, which included…
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