Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 11-21-2017
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Office of the City Manager
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Consideration, discussion, and possible approval of and authorization to execute Resolution No. 1068, a Resolution of support for the Tulsa Regional Chamber 2018 OneVoice Legislative Priorities
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Background:
In 2008, the Tulsa Metro Chamber created the OneVoice agenda to represent the Tulsa Metropolitan area at the State Capitol and at the U.S. Capitol as one unified voice. The City of Broken Arrow participated in the development of the OneVoice Agenda. This was accomplished by Staff's attendance at the sub-committee meeting and the Tulsa Regional Business Summit, which was designed to better define the OneVoice agenda.
The OneVoice Agenda is attached for the Council's review. The priorities for State legislation include:
1. Improving the ability of Oklahoma's K-12 public schools to attract and retain effective teachers
2. creating and fulfilling a comprehensive budget plan to meet current and future growing needs of education
3. Addressing current and future health care workforce needs in urban and rural Oklahoma
4. Protecting health insurance coverage under SoonerCare and Insure Oklahoma programs using all available federal and state funds
5. Expanding behavioral health and substance abuse services that improve workforce efficiency, boost public safety, create efficiencies in state spending and help additional Oklahomans suffering from behavioral health issues
6. Redirecting existing workforce development funding within Oklahoma's TANF allocation to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act-funded workforce boards, mirroring the Texas model for allocating these federal welfare resources
7. Continuing to improve Oklahoma's roads and bridges, and return streets and highways to a state of good repair by fully funding the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's eight-year plan and the County Improvement for Roads and Bridges five-y...
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