Sapulpa voters passed all six of the 2020 General Obligation Bond proposals on Tuesday, January 14th.
As the polling places closed at 7:00 p.m., the numbers began rolling in. Some were better than others. In particular, Propositions 4 and 5, for the economic development fund, and the construction of a new Booker T. Washington Recreation Center respectively, looked like they might not pass, voting yes at a narrow margin of about 55% for the majority of the evening. It finally finished with a winning margin of just under ten points.
County Election Board Secretary Joy Naifeh said she was pleased to see a larger-than-average voter turnout for a January election. “We were only expecting about a thousand,” she told Sapulpa Times on Tuesday evening.
Get familiar with the proposals in this Bond Election here.
The next step is for the city to fulfill the recently approved Bond Oversight & Advisory Committee to begin the process of moving these Bonds along.
There were a total of 1,411 voters, and here’s how they voted:
PROPOSITION 1: Repairing Streets and Bridges
Yes: 1,017 (72.18%)
No: 392 (27.82%)
Total Votes: 1,411
PROPOSITION 2: Public Safety Buildings
Yes: 944 (66.9%)
No: 467 (33.1%)
Total Votes: 1,411
PROPOSITION 3: Park Improvements
Yes: 898 (63.69%)
No: 512 (36.31%)
Total Votes: 1,410
PROPOSITION 4: Economic Growth
Yes: 810 (58.74%)
No: 569 (41.26%)
Total Votes: 1,379
PROPOSITION 5: Booker T. Washington Rec Center
Yes: 750 (54.07%)
No: 637 (45.93%)
Total Votes: 1,387
PROPOSITION 6: Sapulpa’s Youth Sports Complex
Yes: 858 (62.08%)
No: 524 (37.92%)
Total Votes: 1,382
