Collinsville
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Feb. 6, 2014 Tulsa County Update |
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2014
Collinsville Chamber of Commerce Officers: President -- Teresa Brown (American Bank) President-Elect -- Scott Reeves (Quik Trip) Vice President -- Christa Lambert (Too Blonde Salon) Secretery/Treasurer -- Cynthia Reed (Cyn-Pro Graphics) |
2014
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors: |
2014-2016: Jim Dolton -- Collinsville Dolton Funeral Home Don Hutchinson -- VVEC Christine Wilson -- Hometown Insurance |
2012-2014: Ron Evans -- Collinsville Education Foundation / Nifty50s Jackie Stephens --Stephens Properties James Roderick -- James Roderick & Associates |
2013-2015: Stacy Brown -- CastleRock Financial Advisors Sherry Campbell -- Custom Dental Kent Smalygo -- Kent's Custom Cars & Trucks |
President-appointed
One Year Directors: Jason Ervin -- St. John Owasso Stacy Ryle -- American Bank of Oklahoma Leigh Erickson -- Dividing Bread Ministries Marilyn Hardacre -- Keller-Williams Real Estate Beth Ann Langston -- Home Town Real Estate |
Honorary: 2013 President -- DR. Susan Babbitt City Manager -- Pam Polk Cherokee Nation -- Cara Cowan Watts County Commissioner -- John Smaligo, Jr. Mayor -- Herb Weaver School Superintendent -- Terry Due State Representative -- Earl Sears State Senator -- Rick Brinkley |
Commissioner Smaligo discussed the following 5 main topics: |
Tulsa
State Fair -- * 1.1 million visitors attended in 11 days (2013) -- twice as many as attend BOK in full year * Award winning fair has netted a profit for past 6 years (after mostly losses in 6 years prior to that) * Profits help maintain facilities |
Cherokee
Nation Road Project Partnerships -- * Chart showed many projects back to 2007 and Broadway Bridge for example * Partnership doubles the amount of asphalt possible * Work on 156st St. N. is planned |
Macys
(Distribution Center) Project -- * Local incentives lured Macys to Owasso (over 150 potential sites in 4 states) * ~1000 equivalent jobs promised (many part time & seasonal) * ~75 trucks per day to 76th St. N. & Sheridan (by Cherokee Industrial Park) from Highway 75 * Tulsa Chamber estimates $800 million economic impact (over a decade) |
County
Swimming Pools -- * Yearly repairs & operation expensive * Low usage might lead to closure(s) ... considering splash pad alternatives * LaFortune (most used), Chander Park, O'Brien Park, Park near Glenpool |
Tulsa
County Jails -- * Over crowded for years * Tulsa County voters will decide April 1st on new juvenile center and jail expansion * .067 (less than a penny) sales tax increase ... partial replace expiring 4-fix-county tax * Smaligo not in favor of tax increase but agreed to let voters decide |
John
Smaligo
Tulsa County Commissioner |
* Local government
agencies have provided incentives to bring Macy (jobs) here -- Over a Million $'s from state -- Half million each from City of Owasso, Cherokee Nation, and ODOT * And pending property tax abatements (Note the facility is not in the Collinsville School district so we won't lose school taxes directly (like Owasso) but at the county level instead) * Public No-Show at $8.7 Million Property Tax Incentive Meet -- Tulsa World Feb. 4, 2014 |
* The current Tulsa
County jail was completed in 1999 * Many factors drive Tulsa County jail occupancy over limits (including federal non-enforcement of immigration laws, mental health patients not handled elsewhere, ... for example) * "boat-like" temporary beds are used when they run out of fixed beds * Tulsa County jail vote called Tulsa World Jan. 30, 2014 |
Tulsa
County jail vote called Tulsa
World Jan. 30, 2014
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