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City Schedule Will Change for Week of Independence Day
ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASE: Published 6-26-2009
City offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, July 2 - 3,
2009, for an employee holiday and the first furlough day due to
budget reductions for Fiscal Year 2010, which begins July 1. Also,
the City Council will not have its committee meetings on Tuesday,
June 30, or its regular meeting on Thursday, July 2.
Residential refuse collection will not occur on Saturday, July
4, to observe the Independence Day holiday. Customers whose trash
is picked up on Saturdays and Wednesdays may leave twice the normal
allowable amount at the curb for pickup on their next service day,
which will be Wednesday, July 8. Customers whose trash is picked up
once a week are not affected, because Saturday is not a usual
service day.
The City of Tulsa greenwaste site, 10401 East 56th Street North,
will be closed on Saturday, July 4, and Sunday, July 5, in
observance of Independence Day. It will reopen on Monday, July 6,
with normal hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The greenwaste site is open
daily, including weekends, except for designated City holidays.
The City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Shelter, 3031 North Erie
Avenue, will be open Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4. The
shelter's usual schedule is Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. and on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.
Both City golf courses - Mohawk and Page Belcher, as well as the
Tulsa Zoo and Gilcrease Museum, will be open on July 4.
Tulsa Parks recreation centers will be closed on Friday and
Saturday, July 3-4, but parks are open for July 4 fun and picnics.
Shelters must be reserved, and any keys must be picked up at the
Parks Department before July 2, which is a furlough day for Parks
offices.
Tulsa Transit buses will not be running on July 4.
