Laura Bellis
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- Meetings spoken in
- 81
- Total speaking time
- 8:13:34
- Avg per meeting
- 6:06
- Segments
- 7020
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Top issues during term (20)
Civilian oversight of public safety
Unresolved; a 2019 version was front-loaded with $500,000.
Online Human Rights Commission complaint form
Likely no additional taxpayer cost — the city is reusing software it already has.
Human remains protection ordinance
Work stoppages and archaeological reviews could add costs and time to development projects in the Greenwood area.
Tulsa Public Schools Challenges
The bond package funds school improvements across four propositions, though bond dollars can't pay for staff — TPS is cutting $7 million from district office positions.
Eviction prevention and legal representation program
Backed by a PY 26 HUD allocation plus private United Way funding through the SEMR Institute partnership since 2023.
Updated floodplain maps and resident notification
Owners newly mapped into the floodplain could face mandatory flood insurance costs; notification letters go out next month.
Florence Park Neighborhood Character Overlay
The owner avoids demolishing a small concrete section that could otherwise be replaced with even more paving.
2026-2027 budget amendments and GO Bond spending
Sets city spending and services for the coming fiscal year.
Rezoning CO-23: 275-unit apartment proposal at 71st & Union
Corridor improvements like the 81st Street diverging diamond interchange are already in the works; costs weren't detailed.
Saint Francis Hospital South expansion
No direct city cost identified; supports private hospital expansion in south Tulsa.
Flock surveillance and privacy policy
Mattress disposal rises to $20 each starting October 1, still well below private landfill costs.
Dreamkeepers Park renovation design
Grant money from the National Park Conservation Fund could cover signage the original park grant didn't.
Philcade building TIF split into Districts J and K
Redirects future tax increment; the Cathedral District alone has roughly $500 million in identified redevelopment needs.
Dissolution of the joint city-county planning commission
Staff said splitting saves resources since the two bodies already operate separately after the city planning office moved three years ago.
Opioid settlement funds for mental health crisis response
About $400,000 in year one from opioid settlement dollars, proposed via a future budget amendment.
New Tulsa Animal Services facility nearing completion
The project has been funded with about $13.8 million from various sources over the years, plus a Bernstein Foundation gift covering two extra kennel pods.
Transparency of judgment and settlement payments
$284,850.45 total, repaid to the Sinking Fund via a three-year property tax levy.
Greenwood Legacy Corporation capacity building and conveyance agreements
Omaha's model drew roughly $500 million in state investment; Tulsa's plan could unlock similar funding and keep more of the $2.15 billion flowing into Black Tulsa households circulating locally.
Z-7871: AG-R rezoning near 101st & 74th East Ave.
Safe Move Tulsa homelessness reporting and funding pace
Uses proceeds of the existing 2017 temporary sales tax — no new tax, but tens of millions redirected toward homelessness services.
Decisions during term (534)
Recorded while Bellis was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Adoption of Tulsa Asia Fest transfer proposal
Approval of October meeting minutes
Motion to adjourn
Receipt and filing of minutes (1.a and 1.b)
Appointments and reappointments (2.a–2.d)
Mayor's items 4.b through 4.m (surplus property, donations, special events)
Items 5.a through 5.e (AACC seat, Comprehensive Plan amendment, three rezonings)
Rezoning CO-23 — 71st & Union corridor development plan
Sewer capital fund budget transfer (6.a) — forwarded
Budget ordinances 7.a–7.d and 7.f–7.g (grants, GO bonds, opioid funds, TIF districts)
GO Bond Issue 6 appropriation, $39,340,000 (7.e)
Human Remains and Cultural Artifacts ordinance (7.h) with emergency clause
Minutes of Regular Meeting held at 4:00 PM on September 30, 2026. [CC 10/28/26] 26‐917‐1
Minutes of Regular Meeting held at 5:00 PM on September 30, 2026. [CC 10/28/26] 26‐917‐2
Consideration and possible approval, adoption, denial, amendment or revision of a transportation (one‐way flight) donation from Williams Companies in the estimated amount of nine hundred ninety‐two dollars ($992.00) for Mayor Nichols to…
Consideration and possible approval, adoption, denial, amendment or revision of a transportation (one‐way flight) donation from Williams Companies in the estimated amount of nine hundred ninety‐two dollars ($992.00) for Mayor Nichols to…
Consideration and possible approval, adoption, denial, amendment or revision of a travel donation from Harlem Children's Zone in the amount of three thousand, eight hundred ten dollars ($3,810.00) for Mayor Nichols to travel to New York,…
Consideration and possible approval, adoption, denial, amendment or revision of a travel donation from Harlem Children's Zone in the amount of three thousand, two hundred thirty‐five dollars ($3,235.00) for Deputy Mayor Reyes to travel to…
Consideration and possible approval, adoption, denial, amendment or revision of a travel donation from Cities for Action in the amount of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) for Tabitha (Dorcas) Addom to travel to Chicago, IL on November…
Consideration and possible approval, adoption, denial, amendment or revision of a travel donation from Tulsa Police Foundation in the amount of eleven thousand, four hundred dollars ($11,400.00) for Captain Michelle Armentrout to travel to…
Voting record (136)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
Receipt and filing of minutes (1.a and 1.b)
Mayor's items 4.b through 4.m (surplus property, donations, special events)
Items 5.a through 5.e (AACC seat, Comprehensive Plan amendment, three rezonings)
Rezoning CO-23 — 71st & Union corridor development plan
The city cannot afford to pass up intentional workforce housing.
Budget ordinances 7.a–7.d and 7.f–7.g (grants, GO bonds, opioid funds, TIF districts)
Receipt and filing of September 23, 2026 meeting minutes
Appointments: Maureena Summers (Ethics Advisory Committee) and Jordan Dora (Greater Tulsa Area African-American Affairs Commission)
Mayor's items 4.B through 4.K, excluding pulled item 4.E
Downtown youth curfew extension (Item 7.A)
Second-reading budget ordinances 7.C through 7.H
Travel authorization for Councilor Hall-Harper (Item 8.B)
Receipt and filing of September 16, 2026 minutes (1.a–1.c)
Reappointments: Larissa McNeil and Michelle Lara (2.a, 2.b)
Mayor's items 4.b–4.k: donations and six special events
Ordinance 7.b — street closure at 1419 N. 67th E. Ave.
Ordinance 7.c — Office of Independent Review and Oversight of Public Safety
Argued the policy affects all 400,000 residents and that formal structures sustain transparency
Resolution 8.b — F-35A squadron for the 138th Fighter Wing
Item 8.c — $799 registration donation for Councilor Hall-Harper (Aspen Ideas: Economy)
Item 8.d — $1,983.33 transportation donation for Councilor Gilbert
Mayor's Items 4.b.–4.q. (omnibus approval)
Ordinances 7.a.–7.c. (second reading)
Registration donations for Aspen Ideas conference (Items 8.b., 8.c.)
Minutes of September 2, 2026 meetings
Mayor's items 4.b through 4.q (consent block)
Final Plat for 36N
Ordinances 7.a through 7.g (second reading)
Ordinance 7.h — Office of Independent Review and Oversight of Public Safety
Receipt and filing of minutes
Appointments and reappointments (2.a–2.c)
Mayor's items 4.b through 4.n
Florence Park Neighborhood Character Overlay 2 (SA-9)
TSET North Tulsa Wellness Initiative appropriation (6.a)
General Obligation Bonds Series 2026A (7.a)
CoxCom franchise and ZCA-40 (7.b–7.c)
Eviction prevention and legal representation resolution (8.b)
Travel authorization for Councilor Hall-Harper (8.c)
Resolution 8.b — eviction prevention program (pulled)
Data center moratorium exception — T20 Mining Group (10.a)
The moratorium targets hyperscale impacts; this same-site trade-out does not conflict with its goals.