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 Tulsa
 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix 1989. AMENDED CHARTER
 Article III. THE MAYOR

  § 1.4. Executive and administrative powers and duties.  

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  • The Mayor shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the city and shall:

    A.

    Identify the needs and establish the objectives and priorities of the city and make recommendations to the Council for meeting the needs and achieving the objectives;

    B.

    Prepare and file with the Council annually, on or before the 1st day of May, except in the year 1990, a plan of organization for all boards, commissions, authorities, agencies, divisions, and departments created by this amended Charter, ordinance, agreement, executive order, or pursuant to law; in the year 1990 the plan of organization shall be filed with the Council on or before the 1st day of September;

    C.

    Prepare and submit to the Council annually, on or before the first day of May, an operating budget, a capital program, and a capital budget; submit recommendations for amending adopted budgets, provided, that no revenue derived from the 2017 Public Safety Sales Tax, as set forth in detail in Title 43-I Tulsa Revised Ordinances, shall ever be budgeted, spent or used for any purpose other than public safety as described therein.

    D.

    Expend as provided by law the funds of the city in accord with the adopted operating and capital budgets of the city;

    E.

    Preserve the peace and enforce the provisions of this amended Charter and all ordinances, rules, and regulations;

    F.

    Appoint, supervise, and remove all officers and employees of the city, except the employees of the City Auditor, who shall be appointed, supervised, and may be removed by the City Auditor, and the employees of the Council, who shall be appointed, supervised, and may be removed by the Council, all subject to the provisions of Articles X and XI of this amended Charter;

    G.

    Appoint, subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council, the members of all boards, commissions, authorities, and agencies created by this amended Charter, ordinance, agreement, or pursuant to law, and exercise general control and supervision thereof, provided, all appointees shall, as a condition of their appointment and continued service, be qualified electors and maintain their principal residence within the city limits of the City of Tulsa;

    H.

    Establish standards of administration and coordinate all administrative services;

    I.

    Adopt and implement classification plans, pay plans and agreements, pension plans, and rules and regulations for vacation, sick and other leaves for the different classes, ranks, and grades of officers and employees in the classified and unclassified service; pay plans and agreements, and pension plans shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the Council;

    J.

    Administer and enforce the terms and conditions of all contracts;

    K.

    Collect, deposit, invest, and maintain accounts of all revenues, fines, licenses, fees, and funds of the city;

    L.

    Establish and supervise a system of general and cost accounting and maintain inventories of the property of the city.

    M.

    Purchase equipment, materials, supplies, and services and construct, operate, maintain, and repair public improvements, buildings, and facilities;

    N.

    Establish, construct, and maintain streets, sidewalks, alleys, public ways, waterworks, sanitary sewers, sewage disposal systems, storm sewers, storm water drainage systems, waterports, airports, solid waste management systems, transportation systems, and other public improvements and facilities;

    O.

    Provide, administer, maintain, and operate all police, fire protection, civil defense, and emergency services and functions;

    P.

    Employ, subject to the approval of the Council, independent auditors which are required by law; and

    Q.

    Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as prescribed by this amended Charter, by ordinance, or by law.

    NOTE: This section was amended to read as above by an amendment voted November 14, 2017. There were 6,602 votes in favor of the amendment and 3,640 votes against the amendment. The title to this amendment read:

    Shall the City Charter of the City of Tulsa, Article II, "The Council" Section 7.1, "Budgets" and Article III, "The Mayor," Section 1.4, "Executive and Administrative Powers and Duties", Sub-Section C, be amended to prohibit any revenues derived from the 2017 Public Safety Sales Tax from ever being used for any purpose other than public safety as described therein, and to revoke the ability to amend any portion of Title 43-I Tulsa Revised Ordinances which could permit such other use?

    Prior to this amendment, subsection C. read as follows:

    C.   Prepare and submit to the Council annually, on or before the first day of May, an operating budget, a capital program, and a capital budget; submit recommendations for amending adopted budgets;

    NOTE: Subsection G of this section was amended to read as above by an amendment voted April 4, 2006, and approved by the Governor on June 6, 2006. There were 61,864 votes in favor of the amendment and 11,757 votes against the amendment. The title to this amendment read:

    Shall the Charter of the City of Tulsa be amended to provide members of city boards, commissions, authorities, and agencies shall be residents and qualified electors of the City of Tulsa?

    Prior to this amendment, subsection G read as follows:

    G.   Appoint, subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council, the members of all boards, commissions, authorities, and agencies created by this amended Charter, ordinance, agreement, or pursuant to law, and exercise general control and supervision thereof;