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Tulsa Council approves consent items, hears STOC report on public‑safety center and parks
Summary
The council approved minutes, an appointment to the municipal employee retirement board, consent items and several rezoning and ordinance actions; Kathy Siebert presented the Sales Tax Overview Committee's status report, including updates on the public safety center and park projects.
The Tulsa City Council approved consent agenda items including the receipt and filing of minutes, the reappointment of Pat Connolly to the municipal employee retirement board (term through Dec. 31, 2028), multiple administrative items (4b–4n) and rezoning matters on the consent calendar.
Kathy Siebert presented the monthly Sales Tax Overview Committee (STOC) report, briefing the council on the public safety center planning and need to phase construction based on available funding. STOC members emphasized that if the Uniform Division East is not included in phase 1 its relocation to a later phase must be fully funded. Siebert also reported outstanding items including a Dream Keepers Park traffic‑count study (completed in September but results still pending), gate repairs at Zinc Lake's low‑water dam, cost estimates for the South Tulsa Jinx Lake project and redevelopment items for Fred Johnson Park and Hicks Park parking resurfacing.
Siebert noted the Gilcrease Museum is scheduled to begin moving its collection back mid‑February 2026 as part of a reopening phase and announced a ribbon‑cutting and tour for the Case Family Safety Center on Feb. 15. Councilors asked follow‑ups about traffic‑study availability and phasing of the public safety center; STOC said it will continue to seek detailed information.
Other procedural actions included approval of rezoning and PUD abandonment items for properties at West 71st Street and South Union Avenue (items 5b–5c), passage of second‑reading ordinances (items 7a–7b, with an emergency clause applied to 7a), and approval of travel authorizations for councilors to attend a Chamber One Voice day at the state Capitol (items 8e–8g). The televised portion of the meeting concluded with no new business.
