Mayor Honors City Employees for Outstanding Service

Last week Mayor Dewey Bartlett recognized four City of Tulsa employees for their exemplary service to the city of Tulsa through its Tulsa Blue Employee Recognition Program.

"Our city is truly blessed to have amazing and talented employees who are not only committed to serving our citizens, but are great role models for their coworkers. Valerie Gerhart, Jane Dale, Gerald Bender and Frank Gallagher are all shining examples of public service. Their dedication in going above and beyond the call of duty to help their coworkers and improve life for the citizens of Tulsa is what it means to be a true public servant," Mayor Bartlett said.

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Mayor, Panel Select Tulsa Police Chief

Last week Mayor Dewey Bartlett announced Chuck Jordan was selected for the permanent, civil service slot as Tulsa Police Chief.

Chief Jordan was one of seven external applicants who were screened, following an internal process to certify and interview two internal candidates for the post. 
A panel of interviewers, including the mayor, Personnel Director Erica Felix-Warwick, Economic Development Director Mike Bunney, Tulsa Crime Commission Executive Director Carol Bush and civic leader Rev. Weldon Tisdale, made the selection and were present at the news conference.

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Chris Benge Joins Mayor's Management Team

Mayor Dewey Bartlett welcomes outgoing Speaker of the Oklahoma House, Chris Benge to his management team in Tulsa.

Benge will serve the Mayor's Office as Director of Intergovernmental and Enterprise Development.

His duties will be comprehensive across the Mayor's spectrum of initiatives. From planning and implementation of the city's transition to Compressed Natural Gas for the City's transportation fleet to River Development.

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City of Tulsa, A Gold Fit-Friendly Company

On Nov. 10, the City of Tulsa was recognized by the National Center of the American Heart Association (AHA) as a Start! Fit-Friendly Company and awarded a Gold Achievement certificate at the Start! Heart Walk CEO Breakfast.

AHA's Start! program calls on businesses and their employees to create a culture of physical activity and health to live longer, heart-healthy lives.

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Be Safe, Check Your Heating Equipment

As winter approaches, it is important to review the critical safety information related to carbon monoxide (CO). Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless, and toxic gas that is often called the "invisible killer".

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Mayor Is On Social Media

You can now follow Dewey F. Bartlett Jr., the 39th mayor of Tulsa on Facebook and Twitter @deweybartlettjr. Additional links to other city departments for Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and Flickr are available online.

Fryer Grease Collection Event On Nov. 28

The City of Tulsa, in partnership with the Metropolitan Environmental Trust (The M.E.T.), will collect used turkey fryer oil following the Thanksgiving holiday.

The event will be held Sunday, November 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The M.E.T. Recycling Center, 3495 South Sheridan Road. Giveaways will be handed out to participants who drop off any type of used cooking oil on that day.

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Mayor Dewey Bartlett

Greetings,

On Monday this week I had the great pleasure of meeting with a group of local film-makers at Joe Momma's for our first Community Table, a series designed to provide a forum where I can meet one-on-one with Tulsans throughout the city at locally owned restaurants. We share a table, break bread and talk about issues facing Tulsa. In this case, Blake Ewing, the owner of Joe Momma's, chose the topic: the local film industry.

The group shared with me their concerns and touched on what city government can do to help make it easier to film in Tulsa, and we discussed how we might carve out a niche in Tulsa, concentrating on a segment of the film industry. Hopefully we will be able to form a Tulsa Film and Music Commission to enable the Mayor's Office to better address the great potential of this industry in Tulsa.

I was greatly impressed with this bright group of creative entrepreneurs and will rely on their advice in the future as we look to create new opportunities for Tulsa's film and music industry. For more on the Community Table, visit by Facebook page (link)

The local focus also folds into the re-energized Shop Tulsa campaign. Blake Ewing and a group of entrepreneurs and business people and merchants are now working hand-in-hand to take the Shop Tulsa campaign to a new level. Be sure to check out Shoptulsa.org and come to a Black Friday celebration to wrap up a day of post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping.

Best regards,
Dewey Bartlett
Mayor of Tulsa

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