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Tulsa City Council approves minutes, appointments, multiple ordinances and rezoning measures
Summary
At its January 2026 meeting the Tulsa City Council approved minutes, several appointments, mayoral items (4b–4n) including an emergency clause on 4b, rezoning Z-7841, and items 7a–7g; the sales-tax committee delivered a monthly report and public commenters raised housing and inclusion concerns.
The Tulsa City Council on January 2026 approved minutes, multiple appointments and a slate of mayoral and council items following a series of roll-call votes.
The council approved Items 1a–1d (receipt and filing of minutes) after a motion and second were recorded and the roll call returned affirmative responses. The council then considered appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions (Item 2), including an appointment to the Asian Affairs Commission and reappointments to the municipal employee retirement board and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust; those appointments were moved, seconded and approved.
Chair read that mayoral items 4b through 4n would not be read aloud but would accept public comment. After public comment, the council moved, seconded and approved Items 4b–4n, applying an emergency clause to Item 4b. Among the mayoral items was a change order (Item 4d) that, according to a public commenter, adds nearly $55,000 and 43 calendar days to the Woodward Park improvements contract, and a resolution (Item 4g) to adopt Tulsa’s 2023 Low Impact Development Reference Guide and companion inspection and maintenance manual. The council also approved Rezoning application Z-7841 (Item 5b) — rezoning from RS-2 to RM-2 for property at the southwest corner of East 19th Street South and South 85th East Avenue — after no public speakers came forward on that item.
Later in the meeting the council approved Items 7a–7g, which were moved and seconded and carried on roll-call votes. Several ordinance and budget-amendment items were listed for first or second reading and will be forwarded or processed according to the council’s standard procedures.
Public commenters addressed several agenda items during the meeting. John Huffines spoke during appointments and again on mayoral items, calling attention to the Woodward Park change order and the LID guide; James Alexander spoke during public comment on Item 7a to urge greater community engagement in North Tulsa development and said he was concerned that new housing "does not include black people." The council took no separate substantive action on those public comments beyond recording them and proceeding with the scheduled votes.
The meeting concluded with council announcements about winter-weather preparedness, shelter needs and a notice of a Jan. 27 town hall on a proposed West-Side housing project.
Votes recorded in the meeting were announced by roll call; the minutes and official roll-call records held by the city clerk provide the formal tally for each item.
