TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Voters in Tulsa may get to decide two major funding packages in 2015.
The Arkansas River Infrastructure Task Force is expected to recommend a funding package for low-water dams and dam rehabilitation. Taxpayers would be asked for hundreds of millions of dollars to keep water in the river.
The other funding package is a dedicated public safety tax proposed by Mayor Dewey Bartlett. Jarred Brejcha, Bartlett's chief of staff, is helping develop the proposal, which envisions asking voters for a 0.2 percent sales tax that would be directed toward police, fire and streets.
The tax would begin as Vision 2025's 0.6 percent sales tax ends in 2016 and would generate about $15 million per year.
City officials are pushing both proposals toward November votes.