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Tulsa Council approves TMUA bonds, budget amendments, agreements and travel authorizations
Summary
The Tulsa City Council voted to authorize up to $39,885,000 in TMUA utility revenue bonds and approved multiple budget amendments, mayoral agreements, and travel authorizations during its evening meeting. Several agenda items were approved by roll call with emergency clauses where noted.
The Tulsa City Council on its regular evening agenda approved a resolution authorizing the Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority (TMUA) to issue utility revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $39,885,000 and adopted the measure’s emergency clause.
The bond resolution, described at the meeting as the TMUA utility revenue bond series 2025A and series 2025B, passed by roll call vote after council discussion produced no public speakers on the item.
Councilors also approved several mayoral items, including a shared-use agreement with Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc. for the Howard Park parking lot and a donation from the OSU Fire Service Training program to support a “train the trainer” emergency response workshop for Tulsa Fire Department staff. The group voted to approve items 4C through 4G with the emergency clause applied to item 4G.
On ordinances and budget actions, the council approved a package of second-reading ordinances that included: a rezoning (Z-7,805) and several fiscal-year 2024–25 budget amendments. Those budget items included a $527,476 supplemental appropriation for the Public Works non-federal grant subfund (Turkey Mountain), transfers and supplemental appropriations among stormwater and TMUA capital project subfunds, a $116,374.53 appropriation for public works vehicle replacement, a $1,990,000 supplemental appropriation for a U.S. Department of Justice Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiatives grant, and a $115,000 appropriation relating to the Office of Children, Youth and Families. The ordinances listed in the agenda (7A–7G) were approved on second reading by roll call.
The council also approved initiation of zoning code amendments to allow roof signs in the central business district overlay and to add provisions for farmers’ markets. The body approved travel authorizations (items 8D–8F) allowing three councilors to attend the Tulsa Chamber’s “1 Voice” Washington, D.C., fly-in, noting that Councilors Archie, Bridal and Bush recused themselves from the related items as announced earlier on the agenda.
Votes at a glance - Item 4B (TMUA utility revenue bond series 2025A and 2025B; aggregate not to exceed $39,885,000): approved; emergency clause approved. - Items 4C–4G (mayoral agreements including Goodwill shared-use agreement and OSU donation for fire training): approved; emergency clause on 4G approved. - Ordinances 7A–7G (second reading budget and project amendments, rezoning Z-7,805): approved on second reading. - Items 8B–8C (initiate zoning code amendments for downtown roof signs and farmers markets): approved to initiate. - Items 8D–8F (travel authorizations for 1 Voice Washington, D.C. fly-in; $3,365 per traveler stated on the agenda): approved; recusal noted for Archie, Bridal and Bush on 8D–8F. - Items 1A–1B (receipt and filing of minutes for February 12 regular meetings): approved. - Items 2B–2G (appointments and reappointments to boards/committees): approved.
The council took these votes during a meeting that also included public comment on other agenda items and a monthly status report from the Sales Tax Overview Committee (STOC). Several public speakers addressed appointments, park and zoo improvements, and the upcoming 1 Voice trip to Washington, D.C. No formal challenges or motions to table these voted items were recorded during the roll calls.
