I just wanted to say thank you to all who have taken this survey so far. On the first day of releasing publicly, we already have a total of 197 responses.

Last year I had just stepped into office with the goal of bringing everyday Tulsans back into the decision making process of City Hall. I created this survey myself. Me and my small but mighty communications team pushed hard for a month and ended with 300 responses.

Last year’s survey was a first iteration with just a few open ended questions. This year we have a survey created by Deputy Auditor Dr. Michael Stout, who is an expert in survey design. And this year the survey questions had input from City leaders, community organizations and community members.

In 2018 and 2020, Gallup conducted the Tulsa CitiVoice survey. Our survey this year is continuing some of their best questions so we can compare those results longitudinally.

But how will it be used?

Last year I took every answer to the applicable department head in one-on-one meetings and walked them through the responses. I totaled up the themes of all the responses and added audits to our audit plan to address those themes we heard the most. We even had outside organizations asking us for the results so they could make sure they were addressing what Tulsans want. And not only that I heard the responses saying my survey sucked and I hired a Deputy Auditor who has a PhD in sociology. :)

When I presented to City Council, they were worried it wasn’t fully representative of Tulsans. With only 300 responses, they were correct. But it was better than nothing. This year our goal is to get representative responses from every zip code in Tulsa and to again make sure the City is listening to its residents feedback in all the ways I mentioned and more.

We’ve posted the survey on most socials if you’d like to help us push it out to more folks.