On January 13, 2010, Mayor Bartlett released a proposal for cutting over $10 million from the general fund budget for the remainder of FY 2010, which ends on June 30. Budget reductions are necessary to accommodate a shortfall in retail sales tax collections, the result of the economic recession.

The proposals involve layoffs, not filling positions that are currently vacant, and cuts to salaries and benefits.

For departments other than police and fire, the Bartlett administration proposes a 5.178% salary reduction (in lieu of laying off 65 employees), cutting 79 vacant positions, cutting overtime, among other cuts, for a total reduction of $4,443,625.

For the Fire Department, the Bartlett administration proposed an 8.5895% salary reduction and cuts to incentive pay in lieu of a layoff of 130 positions, for a savings of $2,531,000.

For the Police Department, the Bartlett administration proposed a 7.5061% salary reduction and cuts to incentive pay, plus limiting the take-home vehicle benefit to officers living within Tulsa city limits, for a total savings of $3,460,792, in lieu of cutting 135 positions from the force.

Click the following links to download Mayor Bartlett's budget reduction proposals (in PDF format):

City of Tulsa FY 2010 budget reductions analysis -- summary

City of Tulsa FY 2010 budget reductions analysis -- details by department, with plan and impact

City of Tulsa FY 2010 proposed position cuts

City of Tulsa FY 2010 budget reductions -- proposed alternatives to police and fire layoffs