Departments
Welcome to the City of Tulsa's departments section. Here you
will find out about each department within the City of Tulsa and
its purpose.
911 Public Safety Communications
Director: Terry Baxter
Mission Statement: The 911 Public Safety Communications
department is dedicated to quickly answering citizens' emergency
calls and dispatching the most appropriate, timely and safe
response by the regional law enforcement, fire and EMS agencies
whom we serve.
911 Public Safety Communications manages the E-911 System call
handling and dispatching functions for the City, County and other
jurisdictions through highly-trained, professional
telecommunicators utilizing state-of-the-art telephone, radio and
computer technology.
Airport Operations
Director: Jeff Mulder
Mission Statement: Airport Operations provides a safe,
efficient, self-supporting airport system for Tulsa.
Tulsa International Airport is conveniently located just 10
minutes northeast of downtown Tulsa and is accessible by major
interstates and highways that lead to the airport. It is served
by 4 scheduled passenger carriers and several charter
carriers, which combined offer national and international non-stop
or connecting flights via 62 scheduled departures and arrivals
daily from a modern 22-gate terminal facility.
The airport serves more than 3 million passengers and visitors
annually, originating from an air service area that encompasses 61
counties in a four-state region. Located on the airport's
4,000-acre complex are more than 100 firms including
aerospace/aviation manufacturers, aircraft and engine maintenance
and engineering operations, passenger and cargo air carriers, air
freight facilities, aviation education training institutions,
military aviation installations, government agencies, and other
aerospace/aviation-related firms.
Tulsa International Airport is widely recognized as a major
contributor to the economic growth of northeast Oklahoma. The
airport's aerospace complex employs more than 13,500 people and
contributes over $2 billion annually to the local economy. Major
employers at the airport include the American Airlines Maintenance
and Engineering Center, Sabre System, and Spirit Aerosystems.
Richard L. Jones, Jr. (Riverside) Airport, lying southwest of the
city, serves as a general aviation airport. It primarily serves
private aircraft and also has a large flight school. Airports
Online
Communications Department
Director: Kimberly MacLeod
Mission Statement: To facilitate open and accountable access
to City government for the citizens of Tulsa and assist in
communicating the Mayor's prioritized initiatives regarding
education, public safety and economic development.
The Department of Communications consists of Community Affairs
and the Mayor's Action Center. The primary functions of the
Department include:
- Open, honest access to city government to the media and general
public. To be accountable to the media and the public for accurate
and timely information.
- Supporting and communicating the priorities of the
Administration.
- Improving external communications with the public by
facilitating a greater understanding of city government's
activities and services.
- Improving internal communications between departments and
between the City's public information officers through regular
meetings and forums of shared information and through a more
seamless communication of issues gathered by the Mayor's Action
Center.
Convention Center
Director: John Bolton (The Convention Center is
managed under contract by SMG)
Mission Statement: To provide professional management to
administer, operate, market and maintain facilities for the
presentation and enjoyment of events involving entertainment,
education, culture, sports, religion, banquets, dances and
conventions. The Tulsa Convention Center has been designed and
constructed to encourage economic development for Tulsa through the
accommodation of conventions and trade shows and to provide for
visitors and citizens of Tulsa a public assembly facility which is
operated efficiently and effectively for the presentation of a wide
range of events.
The Tulsa Convention Center (TCC), contains 227,000 square-feet of
exhibit and meeting space, a 102,600 square-foot, column-free
Exhibit Hall, an 8,900-seat Arena, 23 meeting and banquet rooms and
a 20,000 square-foot Conference Hall with walls which easily
convert to seven separate meeting rooms. The TCC is the largest
convention center in Oklahoma and hosts a number of local, regional
and national conventions, meetings and seminars. Convention Center
online
Engineering Services
Director: Paul Zachary
Mission Statement: To provide our customers dependable,
accountable, cost effective, high quality, and customer service
oriented project planning and coordination,
engineering-architectural design, and construction services in the
areas of public property and services, water, wastewater,
transportation, and stormwater.
To build a strong, positive public image.
To create and promote a safe, productive work force and work
environment by effectively using all financial, human and material
resources.
Engineering
online
Equipment Management
Director: Brent Jones
Mission Statement: To serve Tulsa's citizens by supporting all
City departments in the performance of their responsibilities with
quality and cost-effective maintenance, repair, and operational
services to ensure maximum utilization of the City's
equipment.
The Equipment Management Department (EMD) provides a centralized
maintenance program for City vehicles and equipment. This program
provides regular preventive maintenance as well as any unscheduled
repair. The department also coordinates repair work contracted to
outside commercial vendors.
Finance Department
Director: Mike Kier
Mission Statement: To provide centralized public financial
services in accordance with established financial
policies.
The Department of Finance provides centralized public financial
functions for the City of Tulsa through six divisions;
Administration, Budget and Planning, Treasury, Purchasing,
Accounting and City Clerk. Budget and Reports online Grants
Fire Department
Director:
Mission Statement: To protect community, life, health,
property and the environment by delivering quality life and fire
safety services.
The Tulsa Fire Department, under the leadership of Chief Allen
LaCroix, strives to emphasize fire prevention and public education
as the first point of a comprehensive community fire safety
program. The second goal is to minimize the impact of fires when
they do occur. The department's third goal is to reduce as much as
possible the impact of environmental and emergency medical
incidents, along with other calls for service from the
community. Fire
Department online
Gilcrease Museum
The museum is managed through a public-private partnership with
the University of Tulsa
Mission Statement: To educate the public through programs and
exhibitions of the museum's collection of artifacts, documents, and
works of art representing the cultures of the Americas.
The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, better
known as the Gilcrease Museum, was sold to the City of Tulsa in
1954 by Thomas Gilcrease. The mission of the museum is to preserve,
interpret, and exhibit his collection of art, artifacts, documents
and books. This Collection which contains more than 400,000 items,
includes such objects as paintings and bronzes by Charles M.
Russell and Frederic Remington, a letter dated 1512 from
Christopher Columbus to his superiors in Spain, and the Bedford
Mound beaver pipe which dates back to 200 A.D. NOTE:
Gilcrease Museum is now operated through a public-private
partnership with the University of Tulsa. Gilcrease Museum
online
Human Resources
Director: Erica Felix-Warwick
Mission Statement: To provide well-qualified and trained
employees who meet work force requirements and are selected and
treated in a fair and consistent manner, incorporating Equal
Employment Opportunity practices, equitable compensation and
benefits, and a safe and healthy work environment.
The Human Resources Department's major areas of responsibility
include: employment, employee insurance, retirement, workers'
compensation, medical services, employee relations, citywide
training and safety programs, affirmative action, and grievance
administration. Jobs
online
Human Rights
Director: Dr. Lana Turner-Addison
Mission Statement: To promote and protect the equal
opportunity and human rights of persons in Tulsa against
discrimination due to their race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, age, disability, marital status, or familial status through
advisory, monitoring, and enforcement services.
The Human Rights Department has three divisions to administer its
programs: Administration, which coordinates the activities of the
department, monitors its budget and provides policy guidance;
Compliance-Investigations, which is responsible for the
coordination and investigation of alleged violation of
discrimination laws; and the Voluntary Programs division which is
charged with informing elected officials, the Human Rights
Commission, and the public about human rights issues. Human Rights
online
Information Technology
Director: Tom Golliver
Mission Statement: Develop an enterprise-focused department to
consolidate, interface, and unify the various software systems and
hardware platforms, working with teams from the private and public
sectors to analyze the City's business processes, present/implement
recommendations that will improve communications between citizens
and the City, and streamline City services/processes by using
Information Technology best practices and standards.
Services provided by Information Technology include: Public Safety
Communications, which manages the E-911 system, serving the City,
Tulsa County, and other jurisdictions with call handling and
dispatching functions; Network Services, which is responsible for
all voice systems, the Citywide Network, Local Area Networks,
E-Mail, and personal computer support and office automation; Radio
Services which supports all radio communications throughout the
City and County, maintains all vehicular electronic equipment and
emergency warning systems, and manages all radio and frequency
issues; and Information Services, which provides applications
development, mainframe/co-located computer operations, systems
integration, disaster recovery, consulting, various technical
services, and all citywide office services, including reproduction,
mail, supplies and records management.
Internal Auditing
Director: Ron Maxwell
Mission Statement: The official duties of the City's elected
officials are stated in the City Charter. The City Auditor is
responsible for reviewing and commenting on all aspects of city
operations.
The City Auditor is responsible for examining the City's financial
activities and administering an internal auditing program. The City
Auditor's staff prepares an audit plan for each calendar year. Internal Auditing
Online
Legal Department
David O'Meilia
Mission Statement: To provide ethical, trustworthy, competent,
and cost-effective legal services to the City of Tulsa and its
elected officials, officers, employees, agencies, boards and
authorities.
The City of Tulsa is represented by its City Attorney and the
Legal Department for all necessary municipal legal services,
including the litigation to which it is a party and in all claims
and controversies affecting the City. The department prepares
ordinances, resolutions, executive orders and contracts, and
reviews bonds, certificates of insurance and other legal documents
of legal significance to the City. Ordinances and City Charter online
Mayor's Office
Mayor: Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr.
Mission Statement: The official duties of the City's elected
officials are stated in the City Charter. The Mayor is responsible
for the administration of all City departments.
The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the
City. In this capacity, the Mayor has all executive and
administrative powers conferred on the City by the State
Constitution and the laws of Oklahoma. The Mayor is not a member of
the City Council. Office of the Mayor
Municipal Courts
Director: Tony Cellino
Mission Statement: To provide justice to the public through
fair, responsive and courteous services as defined by
law.
The Municipal Court of Tulsa is one of two municipal courts of
record in Oklahoma. The Court handles city ordinance violations,
traffic cases, and misdemeanor offenses, and provides probation
services. The Municipal Court has five divisions; Administrative,
Court Operations, Public Defender, Court Services, and Dispute
Resolution Services through Early Settlement. Courts
online
Office of the City Council
Director: Drew Rees
Mission Statement: The City Council is vested with all
legislative powers of the City of Tulsa, except for the rights of
initiative and referendum which are reserved to the people of
Tulsa. In addition, the City Council shall exercise such other
powers as delegated by the amended City Charter or delegated by the
Constitution or the laws of Oklahoma.
The duties and responsibilities of the Tulsa City Council are
detailed in the City Charter. They include: the enactment of
ordinances; the approval of the City's annual operating and capital
budgets; setting City policy; City Charter review; approval of most
mayoral appointments to authorities, boards and commissions; and
investigations as to the efficiency, economy and effectiveness of
administrative practices, methods, systems and controls.
The City Council normally meets weekly on Thursday, at 6 p.m. in
the Council Chambers at City Hall, 175 East 2nd Street, 2nd floor.
In addition, the City Council holds standing committee meetings
most Tuesdays on the fourth floor of City Hall. For meeting agendas
and other information, visit the City Council online.
Parks & Recreation
Director: Lucy Dolman
Mission Statement: To provide services and facilities viewed
by the citizens as highly valued investments in their daily lives.
To improve quality of life, we will provide Tulsa citizens and the
surrounding region the highest level of measured customer
satisfaction by meeting their recreational, educational, and
cultural needs and desires.
The Park and Recreation Department, with oversight from the Park
Board, manages 5,987 acres of land, which includes 128 parks, 20
community centers, 23 swimming pools, 23 spray pools, four golf
courses, the Oxley Nature Center, the Redbud Valley Nature Center,
the Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum and maintains the Greenwood
Cultural Center. Tulsa Parks online
Performing Arts Center
Director: John Scott
Mission Statement: To provide professional management to
administer, operate, market, and maintain the Tulsa Performing Arts
Center for the presentation and enjoyment of entertainment,
educational, and cultural events.
Opened in 1977, the Performing Arts Center (PAC) was designed with
a special emphasis on staging, lighting, and acoustic conductivity.
The PAC is known as the cultural apex of Tulsa. It houses four
separate performance areas in one building; a 2,367-seat music hall
with orchestra, mezzanine, and balcony levels, a 437-seat
proscenium theatre and two studio theaters. the Tulsa Symphony
Orchestra, Tulsa Opera, Tulsa Ballet, American Theatre Company,
Theatre Tulsa, Theatre North, and Tulsa Town Hall all call the
Performing Arts Center home. National touring companies and other
local community groups use the facilities. PAC
online
Planning and Economic Development Department
Director: Dawn Warrick
Mission Statement: To assist Tulsans in improving their lives,
neighborhoods and community by planning efficient and sustainable
development, stimulating economic vitality, and providing
high-quality customer service throughout the development
process.
Police Department
Director: Chief Chuck Jordan
Mission Statement: To create an atmosphere of safety
and security in the community by providing a continuation of
proactive police service to all citizens.
The Tulsa Police department has 766 uniformed officers and 167
civilian positions. Most personnel are organized into four bureaus;
Operations, Investigations, Management and Administrative.
The Operations Bureau comprises the Uniform Division East, Uniform
Division North, Uniform Division Southwest, and the areas of
Support and the Special Operations Units. The patrol junctions are
assigned to this bureau.
The Police Department also operates several specialized units,
such as the bomb squad, the dive team, special operations team, the
canine and mounted patrol unit, and the Tulsa Police Reserve. In
addition they operate several investigative task forces. Tulsa Police online
Streets and Stormwater Department
Director: Dan Crossland
Water and Sewer Department
Director: Clayton Edwards
Working in Neighborhoods
Director: Dwain Midget
Mission Statement: The mission for the Department of Working
in Neighborhoods is to promote community education, develop and
sustain private-public partnerships that enhance public safety and
healthy-living within neighborhood environments while improving the
quality of life in the City of Tulsa. Neighborhoods
online
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