Tagged: Vision 2025

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On today's StudioTulsa, we hear about Vision2, the proposal by Tulsa County to extend the Vision 2025 six-tenths-of-a-penny sales tax that is set to expire in 2017.

The Tulsa County Commission votes to send  an extension of the Vision 2025 sales tax back to the voters. The proposal, originally passed in the 2006, used a 0.6 percent sales tax to make Tulsa County infrastructure improvements, most notably is the arena, now called the BOK Center.

Under the whole proposal, the county would extend the tax 13-years after its currently scheduled expiration date in 2017. During that time period the tax is expected to generate over $747-million. The majority of the money would be used improvements to the city of Tulsa owned aerospace facilities.  

A plan is unveiled in Tulsa County to raise about 750-million dollars over 13 years for airport, aerospace, and other infrastructure projects. If County Commissioners say okay, you will be asked to approve extending the sixth-tenths of a penny ‘Vision 2025’ tax when it expires in December 2015.

Co-chairman of the Vision 2 campaign, Don Walker, says the improvements are needed to attract and keep jobs. County Commissioners will decide Monday whether to send the resolution to voters in November.