Tulsa Inauguration Ceremony Plans Announced

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TULSA, OK -- The city of Tulsa is gearing up for a change in mayor next Monday. 

Inauguration ceremonies for the 2009-2011 Tulsa Mayor, Council and City Auditor will be held Monday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m. in the new Tulsa Ballroom of Tulsa Civic Center. 

All city of Tulsa elected officials will be sworn in: Dewey Bartlett as Mayor, and City Councilors-elect Jack Henderson (District 1), Rick Westcott (District 2), Roscoe Turner (District 3),  Maria Barnes (District 4), Chris Trail (District 5), James Mautino (District 6), John Eagleton (District 7), Bill Christiansen (District 8), and G.T. Bynum (District 9) will take their respective seats on the Tulsa City Council.  

Preston Doerflinger will also be sworn in as Tulsa's City Auditor.

The public is invited. 

The first meeting of the 2009-2011 Tulsa City Council will be held immediately after the ceremonies in the Greenwood Room, located west of the Tulsa Ballroom inside the Convention Center.

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This will be the first event held in the newly remodeled Tulsa Convention Center.