Tulsa City Council approves large package of ordinances and budget adjustments, including $48 million fertilizer program appropriation

The Tulsa City Council approved a broad package of mayoral items, ordinances and budget adjustments at its March meeting, adopting emergency clauses on select items and approving multiple appropriations.

The council moved and voted to approve items 4 b through 4 m with the emergency clause applied to items 4 b and 4 c. Those items had been taken together because the mayor was not present and were not read in full on the floor; public comments had been accepted on the items prior to the vote.

Later, council considered second-reading ordinances listed as items 7 a through 7 r. The list included a new ordinance amending Title 37 to define and prohibit racing (7 a, emergency clause applied), amendments to animal licensing (commercial animal establishment type C), multiple rezoning petitions, and several budget and appropriation changes. Notable budget items read into the record included a supplemental appropriation of $48,000,000 for the fertilizer product expansion program, described as $9,000,630 in grant revenues from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a $38,400,000 local match from the RMUA Capital Projects Fund. The council also recorded smaller appropriations and transfers across detention, flood mitigation, TMUA subfunds and other capital projects.

Clerk roll calls recorded affirmative votes from the council for the grouped approvals. The chair announced that items 7 a through 7 r were approved with the emergency clause on 7 a and 7 b and amended backup on 7 j.

The packaged approvals included routine and project-specific appropriations and several rezoning items; councilors expressed general support and appreciation for staff work and for stakeholder collaboration in the ordinance amendment process. The approvals conclude the council’s formal consideration of the listed second-reading ordinances for this meeting.