The Oklahoma City Council meets at 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays on the third floor of City Hall, 200 N Walker Ave. Live broadcasts are available on Cox Channel 20 and YouTube. A recording of each meeting is then added to the City's YouTube channel. Check out the meeting calendar for agendas and schedules.

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Event Permits

The Council approved permits Tuesday for:

• Market Space's "OKC Night Bazaar," June 18.
• Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children's "Miles 4 Smiles," June 18.
• Slide the City's "Slide the City," July 30-31.

View all permitted public events on the special event calendar.

Council approves FY 2017 budget

The Oklahoma City Council voted Tuesday to approve a $1.26 billion budget for fiscal year 2017, which begins July 1. The General Fund, which funds most day-to-day operations at the City, makes up about $414.2 million of the total. The budget is about 1 percent smaller than the amended FY 2016 budget, and the General Fund is about 5 percent smaller. A decline in sales tax revenue led to the reduction. The proposed budget was introduced May 10, and two more Finance Committee meetings followed on May 24 and June 7.

• Read a full news release about the budget. 
• Download the overview presentation from May 10.
• Watch the overview presentation from May 10.
• Download the budget book.
• See coverage from the May 10 Finance Committee meeting.
• See coverage from the May 24 Finance Committee meeting.
• See coverage from the June 7 Finance Committee meeting.

Municipal Court policy goals aim to provide more flexibility 

The Council also voted Tuesday to adopt new policy goals for the Municipal Court with the goal of giving the Court and people involved with cases additional reasonable options in the legal process. Some of the policy goals will help speed up the process for the poorest defendants to have their cases heard, and another change allows for more court dates in the evening for people who work during the day.

• Read the agenda item.
• Download the presentation.
• Watch the presentation.

Strong Neighborhoods Initiative update shows progress in focus areas

The City of OKC's Strong Neighborhoods Initiative has built 24 new homes, renovated 24 other homes, planted 158 trees, built 34 blocks of sidewalks and helped 400 STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) students in its first three years, according to an update provided Tuesday to the Council. The initiative, which focuses on the Classen Ten Penn, Classen's North Highland Parked and Culbertson's East Highland areas, has helped bring in more than $7 million in private investment to complement about $3.5 million in City funding to turn the neighborhoods around and invest in their future.

• Download the presentation.
• Watch the presentation.

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Other recent City of OKC news

• Report code violations through the new OKC Connect smartphone app
•  Bridge repair to affect traffic on Northwest Expressway and May Avenue
•  Budget reductions to affect EMBARK
• Public invited to Ward 3 park improvement discussion
• News Releases archive
• Council Meeting Notes archive