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OPEN PUBLIC DATA · RESEARCH SNAPSHOT OCT 13, 2026

Public finances.
Clearer records.

Explore selected Bartlesville contracts, documented project amounts, scheduled bond payments, and links to the City’s original public records—all together in a searchable demonstration.

This is a partial independent research sample, not a complete audit. No financial figures are presented as verified payments unless supported by payment records.

RECORDS EXPLORER

At a glance

● SOURCED DATA
11
Source-linked
contract & project entries
FY2027 scheduled debt serviceCity general-obligation bonds
$4.46M
FY2027 scheduled debt serviceMunicipal Authority obligations
$3.10M
Scheduled principal + interest, not total outstanding debt. Source: FY2026–27 adopted City budget.
HOW TO USE THIS SITE

Every number needs context.

The records are organized by what they actually show—not by assumptions about what has been spent.

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Look up a project

Search a vendor, street, agreement, or funding source in the contract register.

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Read the evidence stage

Check whether the amount is a proposed item, reported approval, contract value, or scheduled payment.

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Open the original source

Follow links to official City documents and see which important records are still missing.

EXPLORE THE RECORDS

Financial transparency dashboard

Use the tabs to explore selected contracts, debt schedules, City trusts, grants, and primary documents.

Research sample · 13 Oct 2026
Read this before comparing amounts. Contract approvals are not cash payments. Project budgets are not contract prices. FY2026–27 budget debt schedules are estimates of future payments, not a live total of debt outstanding. This is an early research sample, not a citywide spending audit. Unknown means not yet verified, never $0.
Contract/project records—Selected source-linked entries
Approved amounts published—Partial sample; not total City spending
FY2027 GO debt service—City schedule in adopted budget
FY2027 BMA debt service—Separate municipal authority schedule

Contract and project register

Search vendors, projects or funding sources. Open a record to see the supporting source and unresolved items.

Project / companyRecord dateCategoryPublished contract amountProject budget (separate)EvidenceSource
— · Payment data are missing for these entries. No amount shown on this page is an independently reconciled invoice total.

Spending & vendor payments

The next phase will match payment transactions to individual contracts and projects. This tab is a data-collection placeholder, not a ledger of City payments.

Payment-level information not yet verified

No comprehensive payment transaction data have been imported into this demonstration. Unknown is not $0, and no claim is made about the amount the City has paid.

The proposed public register would include: vendor, date paid, invoice ID, department, contract or project ID, amount paid, funding source, and documentary reference.

See Original source library for City records indexes and the documents still needed.

General obligation bonds — City

FY2026–27 adopted-budget schedule

Future principal in published scheduleFY2027–FY2034; not live balance

FY2027 scheduled principal and interest: .

Revenue bonds and notes — BMA

Distinct Bartlesville Municipal Authority obligations

Future principal in published scheduleFY2027–FY2036; not live balance

FY2027 scheduled principal and interest: .

Scheduled annual debt payments

Principal + interest as displayed in the City’s FY2026–27 adopted budget; charts do not incorporate later issuances or changes.

City GOBMA revenue debtBar length reflects total scheduled service for each year
Budget PDF, pages labeled 57–60 (PDF pages 83–85). Read original budget ↗. BMA bonds are described by the City as obligations of the authority, not general obligations of the City.

Scheduled debt service — yearly figures

Fiscal year ending June 30City GO principalCity GO interestBMA principalBMA interestCombined scheduled payments
Annual amounts are published schedules, not transaction-level payments or live borrowing balances.

City trusts & public authorities

Financial transparency should identify each entity separately instead of combining unlike accounts.

Evidence collected so far

The published FY2026–27 adopted budget includes a Bartlesville Municipal Authority (BMA) revenue bond and note debt-service schedule. That schedule appears in the Bonds & debt tab and is distinct from the City's general obligation bond schedule.

Additional records required

For each trust or authority: legal entity, governing board, annual budget, audited statements, executed contracts, vendor payments, debt terms, grants, and original source URLs.

Other authorities and trusts are not yet populated in this research sample. Absence of an entry does not mean the entity has no spending or debt.

Grants and incentive decisions

Kept separate so grants, project budgets and vendor contracts aren't added together.

DecisionDateTypePublished amountEvidence
Approval is not proof of receipt or disbursement. Follow-up records will be needed to confirm payments and grant drawdowns.

Original source library

All included source records link to City-hosted announcements, meeting materials or adopted budgets. Date listed is source publication or reference date.

Records needed next

  1. Executed contracts, procurement and bid award records, and amendments
  2. Vendor payment ledger with invoice number, dates, fund code and contract ID
  3. 2024–2026 change orders and project close-out reports
  4. Latest debt schedules by issuing trust and bond/loan, plus debt-service payments
  5. Grant draws, matching costs, reimbursement receipts and reconciliations

Request these through the official Bartlesville Open Records process.

What is verified here?

Source verified means the cited City document actually states the amount or action summarized. It does not mean the underlying contract has been executed or that payments have cleared.

Agenda-listed means materials include a proposed action; further minutes/executed agreement are needed to establish final approval.

Not reported means the cited source does not give the particular amount; it is not zero.

What we do not infer

  • No assumption that an approved contract was fully paid.
  • No claim that a proposed change order was accepted.
  • No mixing project budgets into contract totals.
  • No assumption that spending is wasteful or unlawful.
  • No comprehensive debt balance claimed from an adopted-budget schedule.

Independent publishing safeguards

Keep date-stamped source URLs, an edit log and a corrections inbox. Mask confidential or sensitive data before publishing. Attribute missing records neutrally and offer the City an opportunity to supply corrections supported by documents.

Static website: no account registration, tracking script or visitor submission forms included.

Publishing and updating

The site is deployable as index.html. Records are embedded in the page, and a matching data.json is supplied for future maintenance. Refresh records monthly, following a two-source check where possible.

For an official City version, use an open CSV/JSON publication process and a documented correction policy.

CITY WEBSITE ADOPTION OUTLINE

How an official City portal could work

For long-term public access, a municipal version could be maintained on cityofbartlesville.org through a documented City process. This independent site is only a demonstration and is not linked to a City government system.

1Agree on the records and privacy safeguards to publish.
2Assign ownership, accuracy checks, update frequency, and budget.
3Publish searchable records with a corrections process and direct source links.

Record

“No payment evidence collected” means this research does not establish any amount paid, not that the City paid nothing.