Tulsa meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Tulsa agendas: public safety oversight ordinance, $6M sewer transfer and $1.5M courts appropriation on the table

No minutes have been published for any Tulsa meeting held in the past two weeks, so nothing described below has been confirmed as decided. Every item is drawn from published agendas, and each entry is a proposal or scheduled discussion, not an outcome. Several bodies listed the same or nearly identical agendas on two dates — the Planning Commission on Oct. 5 and Oct. 7, the Board of Adjustment on Oct. 8 and Oct. 13, and the Council committees and Regular Council Meeting on Oct. 12 and Oct. 14.

Public safety oversight proposal

An ordinance numbered 26-734-7 would create the Office of Independent Review and Oversight of Public Safety and a civilian oversight board. It appeared on the Council Urban & Economic Development Committee agendas for Oct. 12 and Oct. 14, and on the Regular Council Meeting agendas for the same two dates.

The committee agendas also list discussions with Animal Services, Code Enforcement, City Security, Fire, Police and Emergency Management on implementing oversight; with the Public Safety Commissioner on coordination and data sharing systems; and with the Terence Crutcher Foundation regarding the Community Safety Coalition.

Money items

Two budget measures appear on the Public Works Committee and Regular Council agendas:

• A transfer of $6,044,000.00 for the Spunky Creek East Branch Interceptor project.
• A supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000.00 for Municipal Courts and Lockup.

Both are listed as proposed transfers and appropriations. The agendas do not state whether either was taken up.

Human remains ordinance

Committees and the full Council were scheduled to consider an ordinance establishing procedures for the protection and reinterment of human remains and cultural artifacts connected to racial violence.

Land, flood maps and a hospital easement

The Public Works Committee agenda also lists a resolution adopting the August 2026 City of Tulsa Regulatory Floodplain Maps, and the closing of a storm sewer easement at 10507 E. 91st St. for Saint Francis Hospital South expansion. The Oct. 12 Public Works agenda additionally lists a declaration of a 10-acre parcel at 2020 N. Mingo Rd. as surplus property for sale.

Zoning and development

The Planning Commission agenda lists four Planned Unit Development amendments: PUD-647-A-1, to permit more than one manufactured dwelling unit per lot south of I-244; PUD-190-A-41, to establish lot size and setbacks for duplexes at E 72nd St S and S Irvington Ave; PUD-638-2, to allow household living uses at E 32nd Place and S Jamestown Ave; and PUD-117-7, to reduce required parking spaces east of S Lewis Ave and E 88th St S. A preliminary plat for Shadow Creek of Tulsa at E 101st St S and S Florence Ave was also listed, along with review of the Peak of the Parkway Economic Development Project Plan for conformance with the Tulsa Comprehensive Plan. The Oct. 7 agenda adds proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan.

The Board of Adjustment agenda lists five requests: BOA-24105, a special exception and variance for a duplex at 1009 East Apache Street North; BOA-24108, personal vehicle sales and outdoor storage at 3017 South 129th East Avenue; BOA-24110, a market- or community-supported farm at 4467 North Rockford Avenue; BOA-24114, a vinyl record press at 317 South Trenton Avenue; and BOA-24115, Parks and Recreation use north of East 36th Street North. The agenda headlines describe 10 requests, but only five items are listed in the summaries provided.

Special events

The Regular Council agendas list special event applications for Tulsa Pride, Zeeco Oktoberfest and the Garth Brooks Street Party.

Coming up

The data provided lists no upcoming meetings for the next 14 days, so there is nothing to preview. Readers should check the City of Tulsa's official meeting calendar and posted agendas for schedules and any published minutes.

Tulsa agendas: $6.04M creek project transfer, $1.5M courts appropriation, public safety oversight proposal

Tulsa city committees and the City Council scheduled a run of budget transfers, a proposed public safety oversight office, a new cable franchise and several zoning requests across late September and early October.

One note before the details: every summary in this week's record is marked "agenda only (minutes not yet published)." That means no votes, approvals or outcomes are established by the material available. The items below are what was placed on agendas for consideration, not what was decided.

Money and budget items

The Council Public Works Committee's Oct. 12 agenda lists a transfer of $6,044,000.00 for the Spunky Creek East Branch Interceptor project and a supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000.00 for Municipal Courts and Lockup. The same two figures appear on the Oct. 12 Regular Council Meeting agenda as budget amendments.

The Sept. 30 Regular Council Meeting agenda included a first-reading ordinance for $249,354.44 in supplemental appropriations from 911 Management Authority grant revenues for Next Generation 911, and a second-reading ordinance moving $750,000.00 within the 2023 Temporary Sales Tax Fund for the River Parks Maintenance Building.

Public safety oversight proposal

Committees took up an ordinance that would adopt a new Title 16 of the Tulsa Revised Ordinances, titled "Independent Review and Oversight of Public Safety." As described in the agendas, it would create an Office of Independent Review and Oversight of Public Safety, a Director position and a civilian oversight board, and would provide for review of certain public safety investigations and confidentiality of certain records. The Sept. 30 Urban & Economic Development Committee version is listed as Ordinance 26-734-5, sponsored by Hall-Harper and Decter Wright; the Oct. 12 version is listed as 26-734-7.

The Sept. 30 agenda lists a referral path: PW 9/16/26, CC 9/16/26, BUD/SP 9/23/26, CC 9/23/26, UED 9/30/26 and CC 10/14/26. The Oct. 12 committee agenda lists discussions with Animal Services, Code Enforcement, City Security, Fire, Police and Emergency Management, with the Public Safety Commissioner, and with the Terence Crutcher Foundation regarding the Community Safety Coalition.

Franchise, property and facilities

The Sept. 30 council agenda included an ordinance granting CoxCom, LLC a 10-year non-exclusive cable franchise to use public rights-of-way, with an emergency clause and a scrivener's error correction to Ordinance 25874.

Property items include a resolution declaring 9415 S. Yale Ave. surplus and requesting the Asset Management Department to sell it (CD-8), and a declaration of a 10-acre parcel at 2020 N. Mingo Rd. as surplus property for sale. A public hearing was set for Sept. 30 on closing a street at 1419 N. 67th E. Ave. between E. Oklahoma St. and E. Oklahoma Pl., requested by Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church and School for campus safety improvements (CD-3). The Oct. 12 Public Works agenda lists closing a storm sewer easement at 10507 E. 91st St. for Saint Francis Hospital South expansion, and adoption of the August 2026 City of Tulsa Regulatory Floodplain Maps.

Zoning and planning

The Planning Commission met Oct. 5 and Oct. 7 on PUD-647-A-1 (manufactured dwelling units south of I-244), PUD-190-A-41 (duplex lot size and setbacks at E 72nd St S and S Irvington Ave), PUD-638-2 (household living uses at E 32nd Place and S Jamestown Ave), PUD-117-7 (reduced parking east of S Lewis Ave and E 88th St S), and a preliminary plat for Shadow Creek of Tulsa at E 101st St S and S Florence Ave. Both agendas list review of the Peak of the Parkway Economic Development Project Plan for conformance with the Tulsa Comprehensive Plan.

A rezoning application, CO-23, from AG to CO with a Corridor Development Plan for properties south and east of the SE/c of W. 71st St. S. and S. Union Ave., was on the Sept. 30 Public Works agenda; the Planning Commission voted 5-1-1 to recommend approval. The Board of Adjustment's Oct. 8 agenda listed ten variance and special exception requests, including BOA-24105 (duplex, 1009 East Apache Street North), BOA-24108 (personal vehicle sales, 3017 South 129th East Avenue), BOA-24110 (farm, 4467 North Rockford Avenue), BOA-24114 (vinyl record press, 317 South Trenton Avenue) and BOA-24115 (parks and recreation, north of East 36th Street North).

Other items

Agendas also list a resolution urging the Secretary of the Air Force to select the 138th Fighter Wing in Tulsa as home of the next Air National Guard F-35A Squadron; an ordinance establishing procedures for protection and reinterment of human remains connected to racial violence; the reappointment of Larissa McNeil to the Human Rights Commission, term expiring July 1, 2027 (CD-9); the reappointment of Michelle Lara to the HUD Community Development Committee, term expiring June 30, 2027 (CD-3); and special event applications for Tulsa Pride, Zeeco Oktoberfest and a Garth Brooks Street Party.

Coming up

The supplied data lists no upcoming meetings for the next 14 days, so there is nothing to preview. The only forward date in the record is a council referral listed for CC 10/14/26 on the public safety oversight ordinance.

Tulsa land-use and community development boards met in early July; meeting outcomes not yet published

Three Tulsa government bodies convened in the first week of July to weigh rezoning requests, federal community-development funding priorities, and zoning variances. However, minutes have not yet been published for any of the meetings, so no decisions, votes, or outcomes are confirmed in the available record. What follows reflects the agendas as scheduled.

Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission — July 1, 2026

The Planning Commission was set to hold public hearings on several rezoning requests, a comprehensive plan amendment, and two plats. According to the agenda, all items except two county cases were scheduled for action at this meeting.

Agenda items included:

• **Z-7863:** Rezoning west of the northwest corner of East 11th Street South and South Garnett Road from RS-3, CS, and RT66 to CG and RT66.
• **Z-7864:** Rezoning west of the northwest corner of East 46th Street North and North Peoria Avenue from RS-3 to RM-3.
• **Z-7867:** Rezoning the northeast corner of West 37th Place South and South Galveston Avenue from RS-3 to IM (industrial).
• **CPA-132:** Changing the land use designation from Multiple Use to Neighborhood at the southeast corner of East 101st Street South and South Florence Avenue, related to Z-7866.
• **Tulsa Classical Academy minor plat** at north of the northeast corner of South Sheridan Road and East 101st Street South.

Two county cases — CZ-595 and PUD-881, both at 2808 E. 151st St. S. — were continued to August 19, 2026.

Because minutes are not yet published, the commission's actions on the remaining items are not available.

HUD Community Development Committee — July 2, 2026

The committee's agenda called for electing new officers and approving minutes from its March 31, 2026 meeting. Members were also scheduled to receive a needs assessment presentation before opening and closing a public hearing on PY27 Priority Needs, which typically frames funding allocations for community development projects.

No vote tallies, officer names, or funding figures are included in the available agenda. The record does not indicate which projects were discussed or recommended.

Board of Adjustment — July 2, 2026

The Board of Adjustment was scheduled to hear six requests for variances or special exceptions to the Tulsa zoning code. The agenda listed the following:

• **BOA-24065:** Special exception for a duplex at 320 South 42nd West Avenue.
• **BOA-24069:** Variance for a fence in a street right-of-way at 8621 South Memorial Drive.
• **BOA-24070:** Special exception for commercial vehicle repair at 16416 East Admiral Place South.
• **BOA-24071:** Special exception for an accessory dwelling unit at 7713 South 26th West Avenue.
• **BOA-24066:** Special exception to increase fence height in a street setback at 11819 East 41st Street South.

The board may approve, deny, or defer each item, but outcomes are not yet recorded.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings are listed for the next 14 days, according to the available schedule. Residents seeking confirmed outcomes from the July 1 and July 2 sessions should watch for published minutes from the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, the HUD Community Development Committee, and the Board of Adjustment.