The Tulsa City Council met on May 13, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. for its regular meeting. The meeting opened with employee recognitions for Ursula Jones (IT, 25 years) and Cheryl Wilson (Water and Sewer, 25 years). The primary agenda included a public hearing (Item 3A) and a second-reading ordinance (Item 7B) concerning a proposed amendment to the Improve Our Tulsa 3 expenditure policy that would reallocate $5 million in voter-approved funds for the Kirkpatrick Heights Greenwood Master Plan. After extensive public testimony and council debate, the council voted 9-0 to approve the amendment, which allows the Tulsa Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) to serve as the financial steward for the funds while prioritizing implementation of the master plan.
All right, good evening, and welcome to the 5 p.m. Tulsa City Council meeting. You can view this meeting on our Facebook page or YouTube channel, Cox Channel 24, or at Tgovonline.org. Assisting the council tonight are Jack Blair, Lori Doring, and Brandon Worley Council staff. If you wish to speak on an agenda item, please see Brandon to complete a request to speak card prior to that item being read. You will not be allowed to speak on any item that has already been read. Please join us in pledging allegiance to our flag of our country and remain standing for a moment of silence. All right, awesome. We have our cheerleaders here tonight. We're ready to do this. The woo-woo group, right? All right. The city of Tulsa has an incredible team of over 3,500 public servants dedicated to making all aspects of city government run smoothly. Each month the city council is pleased to recognize some of these exceptional public servants who have committed decades of their lives in their career with the city. And both of them read whereas these employees have dedicated years of service to the city of Tulsa, its officials, and its citizens, and therefore we uh Mayor Monroe Nichols and the Tulsa City Council do hereby express our sincerest appreciation for these employees' years of hard work, dedication, and continued service to the City of Tulsa and its citizens. And in witness thereof, we hereby set our hands on this 13th day of May 2026. And without these employees, we would not have a city. So we are greatly appreciative of them. So when I call your name, please come forward to receive your recognition. Um Ursula Jones. Ah, there she is. All right, Ursula is from uh the IT department, and she has put in 25 years of service. Oh, yeah. Okay, congratulations. Yeah, thank you so much for your service. We're gonna go down here for a quick root. Whatever you want to do. Congratulations. All right, thank you so much. Um, our next employee is Cheryl Wilson, water and sewer, twenty-five years. All right. Thank you so much. We're gonna go on down here. All right, I hope you guys have this on for next month on your calendar. All right. We have every month on our calendar. There we go. All right, the continued growth of the city of Tulsa is a direct result of the valued employees that serve our city twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. They are a true representation of service, excellence, loyalty, and commitment. Their work does not go unnoticed, and their many sacrifices are truly appreciated. So, are you starting? All right, um, announcements. People wishing to speak on an agenda items are listed to five minutes. Uh total per meeting public input is a time for members of the public to provide insight on the agenda item. Due to the meeting format, public input is not a time for question and answer period. All comments should be relevant to the agenda item and directed to the council. We are using an electronic timing system in front of the speaker at the microphone. There is a timer that will count down the time used. A green light will let you know when your time has started, yellow light will let you know you have 30 seconds left, and red light will let you know when your time has concluded. We ask that you stay within your limits, time limits.