On today's StudioTulsa, we hear about Vision2, the proposal by Tulsa County to extend the Vision 2025 six-tenths-of-a-penny sales tax that is set to expire in 2017. Vision2 would extend this tax for an additional twelve years, thereby providing about $386 million to fund improvements to City of Tulsa industrial sites located at Tulsa International Airport, about $53 million as a closing fund for infrastructure improvements for companies that are considering relocating to Tulsa County, and finally about $362 million to be split between the county and each municipality within it to pay for infrastructure-related and quality-of-life improvements. The City of Tulsa held its first public meeting about Vision2 last night, and a County-wide vote for this sales-tax package has been scheduled for November 6th. Our guest on ST is County Commissioner John Smaligo, one of the leading proponents of Vision2; he's also the current Chairman of the County Commission, and he's a Republican who represents District 1, or North Tulsa County. (You can learn about this sales-tax proposal at the Vision2 website.)
Vision2: A Proposal to Extend Vision 2025 Sales Taxes for Growth and Improvement in Tulsa County
