City presentation outlines $35 million renewal package on Feb. 10 ballot

Bartlesville city staff delivered an informational presentation to the Board of Adjustment outlining a five-part ballot package for the Feb. 10, 2026, city election that would renew three general obligation bond propositions and two sales-tax extensions to fund streets, parks, public safety, municipal buildings and economic development.

Greg Collins, the city’s Special Projects Manager, introduced the presentation and said the community development director, Larry Curtis, provided a recorded briefing because he was out of town. The presentation is informational only and “there’s no matter to be voted on this evening,” Collins said. The board did not have a quorum, and the chair announced the consent agenda would be skipped.

The recorded presentation, introduced as coming from Community Development Director Larry Curtis, said voters will see five separate propositions: three GO-bond items (public safety; streets and bridges; parks and recreation) and two sales-tax renewals (a capital-improvements or “CIP” sales tax and an economic-development sales tax). “These items are structured as renewals of existing programs, not new tax rates,” the presentation said. It added that if approved, the programs would be extended through 2031.

City materials presented the overall package as $35,000,000 including issuance costs. The slides broke that total down by category: about $18,275,000 for streets, bridges and drainage; $7,362,500 for municipal buildings and equipment; $5,362,500 for public safety equipment; and $3,500,000 for parks and recreation. The presentation said the CIP sales tax is expected to generate roughly $17,000,000 over five years for preventative street maintenance, storm-siren upgrades, facility and technology improvements and major park assets.

On streets, staff said projects will be selected by the citizen street and traffic committee using the pavement condition index (PCI) to prioritize major rehabilitation. The presentation listed specific planned work such as Lindenwood and Mistletoe reconstruction, major overlays across several street groupings, and concrete panel work on Polaris Drive and Quail Drive. Preventative street maintenance was shown as about $5,050,000 from CIP funds plus $550,000 proposed in the bond package, with an additional drainage-materials allocation of about $25,000 per year.

Parks highlights included Price Fields artificial turf ($1,200,000), park-restroom renovations ($400,000), park-safety lighting ($400,000), playground equipment replacement ($300,000), amenity upgrades across 10 parks ($300,000), and targeted items such as drip irrigation for trees ($225,000), Cooperdog Park irrigation ($25,000) and Pathfinder Parkway/bridge deck work.

Public-safety items emphasized replacing equipment at the end of its useful life: fire apparatus replacement (about $1,550,000), a phased police-vehicle replacement program (10 vehicles totaling about $1,960,000), vehicle outfitting (about $1,067,500), roughly 75 tablets for first responders, a $190,000 upgrade to the 911 CallWorks system, and updates to body-camera and less-lethal equipment.

Municipal buildings and technology items included a general-fund vehicle replacement program ($1,500,000), a storm-siren system upgrade ($800,000), community-center lighting ($800,000), core server replacement ($800,000), IT upgrades ($400,000), two dump trucks with snow equipment (~$600,000), and library elevator modernization ($300,000), plus routine facility lifecycle work.

The presentation crosswalked the project lists to ballot language: Proposition 1 would fund public safety; Proposition 2 would fund streets and bridges; Proposition 3 parks and recreation; Proposition 4 would be the economic-development sales tax; and Proposition 5 would be the CIP sales-tax extension. The economic-development item was described as a time-limited sales-tax renewal intended to support incentives that prioritize primary-job creation and site preparation; the presenter cited past local projects and company expansions that staff said contributed to job growth.

Collins closed by directing listeners to cityofbartlesville.org/election-202six for more information. After the presentation, staff and board members had no additional comments. With business concluded, a member moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded and the board voted by voice ("Aye"), and the chair declared the meeting adjourned.

The presentation was informational only; no votes on any measures were taken or recorded at this meeting. For more detail on specific projects and the full project list, the city’s presentation materials (linked by staff) should be consulted.