Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Council Votes topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Tulsa City Council actions and outcomes
Summary
The council approved procedural minutes and multiple agenda items, confirmed appointments, adopted a major airport trust bond resolution with an emergency clause, approved several administrative and special event items and continued a contested rezoning to April 30.
The Tulsa City Council conducted a range of routine and substantive votes at its April meeting. Key outcomes included minutes approval, appointments, administrative items and a major bond resolution. Below are summarized results and next steps.
• Minutes and routine records: Council approved receipt and filing of minutes for regular meetings (items 1a and 1b). Motion carried on roll call.
• Appointments: The council approved appointments and reappointments including Louis Napoleon to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust and Joshua Walker to the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (items 2a and 2b). Motion carried on roll call.
• Airport financing (item 4b): Council approved a resolution authorizing the Tulsa Municipal Airport Trust to issue up to $500,000,000 in revenue bonds, approved a second amendment to the trust’s amended and restated sublease with American Airlines Inc., and approved a waiver of competitive bidding. The council also approved the resolution’s emergency clause by separate roll‑call vote. Outcome: approved.
• Consent/administrative items (items 4c–4p): The council approved a slate of mayoral items and administrative actions (special event applications, donations, travel donations and other routine matters) by roll call.
• Vacation (item 5b): The council approved a vacation for a plat in Brookside (25 lots in 4 blocks on ~2 acres) and an associated motion passed by roll call.
• Rezoning (item 5c / Z7799): The council continued consideration of rezoning case Z7799 to 5 p.m. on April 30, 2025, to allow additional neighborhood and developer review of optional development plan materials. Outcome: continued to April 30, 2025.
• Ordinances (item 7a–b): The council approved second‑reading ordinances amending solid waste management rates (including commercial green waste fees) and a public‑way closing for a retaining wall; council approved the emergency clause on item 7a. Outcome: approved with emergency clause on 7a.
Roll calls: For votes where roll calls were recorded in the transcript, members present voted yes; those roll‑call lists are part of the public record in the minutes. Items continued or remanded are listed above with the next scheduled hearing where applicable.
