Duke City Council elects Corey Brock as mayor, advances committee assignments and holds executive session on outlet-mall parcel

At its April 8, 2025 meeting, the Duke City Council elected Corey Brock as mayor, accepted nominations for vice mayor and moved into an executive session to discuss an economic development proposal related to a parcel at the Tulsa Premium Outlet Mall.

Council members opened the meeting’s business by taking nominations for mayor. Mr. Murray nominated Corey Brock. No other nominations were put forward during the three-call process described at the dais, and the council proceeded to vote; the transcript does not specify a roll-call tally. The council likewise received two nominations for vice mayor — John Brown and Kevin Short — and proceeded to a roll-call vote; the transcript does not record the outcome or vote tally for the vice mayor election.

Following the mayoral and vice mayoral nominations, council members described committee assignments and roles they expect to prioritize over the next two years. The assignments announced during the meeting included Kevin Short taking on a committee chair role (referred to as the "Comte de All Committee" in the record), Greg receiving an assignment, Mr. Abel accepting a role, Tom Feldman and Craig continuing with public safety oversight, Adam taking responsibility for communication and engagement (with possible oversight of transparency work), and Matt leading infrastructure and major projects. The council framed these as direction and internal organization rather than adopted ordinances or formal resolutions.

The council then voted to enter an executive session "for the purpose of conferring matters pertaining to economic development, including the creation of a proposal to entice a business to locate" in the municipality. The transcript identifies the subject of that closed discussion as a parcel at the Tulsa Premium Outlet Mall (the record describes it as "an Aliparcel at the Tulsa Premium Outlet Mall"). A motion to move into executive session was made and seconded and the council voted to retire to closed session; the transcript does not include a public roll-call tally for that vote. Council members later returned from the executive session; the record states, "Counsel has returned from executive session. No notes from CAST," and no reportable action or formal decision from the closed session was announced during the public meeting.

The meeting also included ceremonial elements earlier in the agenda (a swearing-in and invocation) and brief staff or member remarks welcoming newly sworn officials; those items are not covered here because they were ceremonial.

Votes and formal actions recorded in the public transcript are limited in detail. Where the transcript omits vote tallies or final outcomes, this article reports that those specifics were not specified in the public record provided.