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STFC chair outlines police vehicle orders, grocery-project funding and park timelines
Summary
Ashley Webb, chair of Tulsa's Sales Tax Finance Committee, told the council the committee ordered police interceptors, allocated $500,000 in vision funds and $250,000 in ARPA to a grocery project, and reported on multi-million-dollar park projects with pending traffic studies and construction timelines.
Ashley Webb, chair of the city’s Sales Tax Finance Committee, presented the committee’s monthly highlights to the Tulsa City Council during the January 2026 meeting.
"We ordered 61 new Ford interceptors. 59 of those have been received," Webb said, adding that the committee has ordered 91 additional interceptors for the next fiscal year, with 43 in receipt and being outfitted. Webb said the purchases reflect the council’s allocation of sales-tax-derived resources for public-safety vehicle replacement and fleet readiness.
Webb also described local investment in a grocery-project partnership with Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, saying, "$500,000 in vision funds have been extended to that project. This council has also provided an additional $250,000 in ARPA funding." She said the staff expects a soft opening in the next month and a potential larger opening around March, pending project timelines.
On parks, Webb highlighted the Dream Keepers Park project (described as approximately a $7 million federal-funds project) and Fred Johnson Park (noted as an over $8 million project). She said advertising for Fred Johnson construction is expected this month, with realistic construction start timelines potentially in March and a completion target for the 2027 park season. Webb also requested that a previously allocated $1,000,000 for the Mingo Valley Division be held as a separate line item unless it is explicitly folded into a new public-safety center project.
Webb said the STFC is awaiting a traffic study for what she called the Main Street Spur (also referred to by others as Boulder Park Drive) and that documentation for the study had been requested and was expected to be provided to the council this month.
The report drew no substantive public challenge in the meeting transcript; councilors thanked Webb for the update and the council moved on to other agenda items.
