TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols is set to hold his first State of the City at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12.
Another first for the event, this is the first time it will be free and open to the public in recent history.
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"The state of Tulsa, it’s the people," John Dickerson, an attendee, said.
Before this year, the event is typically a luncheon-style event where guests pay for a seat at a table in order to attend. Nichols will still have an event in this style this year. The Nov. 12 event is on top of what it normally done.
The event drew at least 200 members of the public inside the PAC.
The attendance, though, was not the only unique factor.
Just hours before the speech, city councilors rejected a proposal, by Nichols, to put a possible tax increase on the ballot.
"I wish I could’ve said that we were moving forward with the February date, to put, a package in font of people to invest in law enforcement, to invest in young people, to end homelessness," Nichols said.
Councilors expressed a desire for more time to consider the proposal.
Nichols has been in office since December 2024. He discussed, his efforts on homelessness, public safety and youth outreach.
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