MAPS 3: The elections

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Published: November 8, 2009

CANADIAN COUNTY

City of Piedmont

Proposition 1: Changing the city charter to move the filing date for candidates for all city offices to February.

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Proposition 2: A 1-cent city sales tax increase to hire full-time firefighters.

CARTER COUNTY

Fox Schools

Proposition: $250,000 to pay off lease-purchase agreement on high school’s new metal roof.

CREEK COUNTY

City of Bristow

Proposition 1: Extension of a half-cent sales tax and addition of another half-cent sales tax to pay for street repairs and water and sewer improvements.

Proposition 2: A 1-cent sales tax increase to finance a new municipal hospital.

Mounds Schools

Proposition 1: $2.5 million for asphalting parking areas, add heating and air conditioning units to school buildings, buy cafeteria equipment, replace roofs, buy band equipment, build new bleachers, a concession stand and rest rooms, purchase new computers and upgrade technology.

Proposition 2: $280,000 to buy at least three buses.

GRADY COUNTY

Amber-Pocasset Schools

Proposition 1: $600,000 to renovate and repair the high school in Pocasset and the elementary school in Amber. Money will fund upgrades and repairs and will add heating and air conditioning units.

LOVE COUNTY

Thackerville Schools

Proposition: $5.3 million for a new elementary school and gymnasium and buy 15.3 acres of land.

OKLAHOMA COUNTY

Edmond Schools

Proposition 1: $35.3 million for the construction of new classrooms at seven schools, improvements to athletic facilities at all secondary schools, buy new computers, textbooks and security upgrades.

Proposition 2: $800,000 for buses.

Putnam City Schools

Proposition 1: $78 million for 100 projects, including the construction of a new Arbor Grove Elementary, new athletic facilities at all three high schools.

Proposition 2: $2.6 million for new buses, including six activity buses.

PITTSBURG COUNTY

Haywood Schools

Proposition 1: $380,000 for new roofs and heating and air conditioning systems at the elementary school and gymnasium.

Proposition 2: $220,000 for two buses.

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY

Shawnee Schools

Proposition: $3 million for replacement of lockers and improvements to the high school roof, rest rooms, lights, electrical systems and heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. Construction of concession areas and rest rooms at athletic facilities.

TULSA COUNTY

City of Tulsa

Mayor: Dewey Follett Bartlett Jr., Republican; Tom Adelson, Democrat; Mark Bradley Perkins, independent; Lawrence F. Kirkpatrick, independent.

Auditor: Preston Lee Doerflinger, Republican; Phil Wood, Democrat.

City Council District 3: Karl William Hulcher, Republican; Roscoe H. Turner Sr., Democrat; David Edward Patrick, independent.

City Council District 4: Jason Eric Gomez, Republican; Maria Veliz Barnes, Democrat.

City Council District 6: James S. Mautino, Republican; Dennis Kurt Troyer, Democrat.

City Council District 9: G.T. Bynum, Republican; Roger D. Lowry, Democrat.

Proposition 1: Requiring any candidate for city auditor to be a certified public accountant or certified internal auditor.

Proposition 2: Extending city council terms from two years to three years. The terms would be staggered, so that no more than three of the nine council districts would have an election in any one year.

Proposition 3: Requiring settlements of lawsuits or claims of $1 million or more to be approved by both the mayor and city council.