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Mayor Renee Nichols submits $1.117 billion fiscal 2026 budget focused on core services, housing and public safety
Summary
Mayor Renee Nichols presented a $1.117 billion proposed fiscal year 2026 city budget that emphasizes maintaining core services, targeted investments in housing and homelessness, public safety training classes, and infrastructure while limiting new personnel and restoring reserves.
Mayor Renee Nichols presented the City of Tulsa's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget to the City Council, describing a $1.117 billion plan that prioritizes essential services, housing and homelessness initiatives, public safety and infrastructure.
In his presentation, Nichols said the budget "is not flashy" and does not add extensive new personnel, but seeks to "protect the personnel we have" and invest where the city will get measurable outcomes. He told the council the proposal is intended to bring the city's spending closer to revenue projections after several years of deficit spending.
The mayor said sales-tax receipts have come in lower than expected, that the city has added 267…
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