About Tulsa Recovery and Reinvestment
The passage of the $790
billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides an
unprecedented avenue to obtain funding to provide new and expanded
programs, street reconstruction and maintenance, water and sewer
improvements, and in the process create jobs for Tulsans.
We are working hard to ensure Tulsa receives substantial and
direct benefits from grant funds available through the Act. Along
with this tremendous opportunity comes a great deal of
responsibility.
These
web pages are designed to report our City's process and the
progress on our funding appropriations to the public, to answer
your questions as they arise and give you the opportunity to let us
know what you think. On these pages, we will provide updates on the
rapidly changing processes for grant applications, awards and
projects, timelines and status of expenditures. We will add new
information to this website whenever it is available.
Our goal is to strive for a high degree of transparency, so
Tulsans know how the money is coming in, how it is being spent and
how it will benefit Tulsans.
I have convened an American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
Coordinating Council, which consists of departments groups that
will apply for formula grants coming to Oklahoma and competing for
grants available nationwide. This group will meet on a regular
basis to coordinate their activities, deadlines, share information
and we will post information from those meetings.
In addition, I have appointed a member of the City's management
team to watch over Recovery Act applications, process, expenditures
and reporting, so we can achieve the highest degree of
accountability and transparency with our citizens. Cathy Criswell,
Chief Risk Officer for the City of Tulsa's, will lead the ARRA
Coordinating Council. Ms. Criswell is a Certified Internal Auditor
and Certified Public Accountant.
Through the Recovery Act, there are formula grants which are
allocated to cities based on certain criteria, however, cities must
still apply for those grants. Secondly, we can compete with other
entities for grants. Our team is in place to help ensure our city
receives a share of those benefits as well.
The appropriations for the various formula grants available
through the ARRA are being announced. Each grant has its own
timeline and each federal agency has its own set of criteria. New
information on grants is being delivered by the federal and state
agencies weekly. We will use this site to link to resources, to
other government websites and keep Tulsans up to date.
Kathy Taylor
Mayor
