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VV`HEREAS, the Owasso City Council actively supports all economic development efforts
intended to provide greater employment opportunities for Owasso's citizenry; and
WHEREAS, the City • Owasso, Owasso Economic Development Authority, State •
Oklahoma, City of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Owasso Chamber • Commerce, Public Service
Company of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Natural Gas Company and many other entities and
organizations, both public and private, have worked diligently to attract the Whirlpool
Corporation to the Tulsa metropolitan area; and
1THE-WIRAS, the Whirlpool Corporation has responded positively and has agreed to locate
a manufacturing facility in the Cherokee Expressway Industrial District, invest $75-$80 million
in the facility, and eventually employ 1300-plus workers with an annual payroll reaching $25
million before the end of the century; and
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Industrial Park is located adjacent to the City of Owasso,
providing access to additional jobs for its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the management of Whirlpool Corporation made the conscious decision to
keep its 1300-plus jobs in the United States by locating in the Tulsa metropolitan area, while one
of its ma or compe o cho • a d o
titrs se t take its fcility an its jobs • utsi de • ur country to Mexico; and
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WHEREAS, to fund the pledged financial support by Tulsa County, which is the key
element in the agreement whereby Whirlpool Corporation will locate its facility in the Tulsa
metropolitan area, the voters of Tulsa County must approve a county-wide sales tax levy of one-
half percent (1/2%) for a duration of approximately one (1) year.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
*F OWASSO, OKLAHOMA:
Section 1. That the City of Owasso, Oklahoma fully supports the broad-based
metropolitan effort to bring the Whirlpool Corporation to theTulsa metropolitan area and,
further', the City
• Owasso does hereby endorse the proposed county-wide sales tax levy of one-
half percent 3 1 /2 %) for the duration of approximately one (1) year for the purpose of providing
financial assistance to the Whirlpool Corporation.
Section 2. That the City Clerk • the City of Owasso, Oklahoma be, and is hereby
directed forthwith to forward a copy of this Resolution to the Board of County Commissioners
of Tulsa County, Oklahoma and to the Whirlpool Corporation.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of June, 1994 by the City Council of the City
of Owasso, Oklahoma.
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Jg� ry DAke, Mayor