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Board reviews financials and approves several solid-waste contract items
Summary
The board reviewed the department’s December 2024 financial statements and approved renewals and amendments to hauling and disposal contracts, including a $1,378,036 contract renewal and a contract amendment to add alkaline battery disposal rates.
The Tulsa Solid Waste Board reviewed year-end financial statements and approved several contract actions during the meeting.
Finance staff reported that total current assets were roughly $26 million, up about 3.9% from 2023, noncurrent assets increased by $2.5 million due to capital purchases, and total liabilities fell to $8,574,000, a 16.2% decrease from 2023. Speaker 2 (Finance staff) reported, “The net cash provided by operating activities was $3,400,000,” and said the cash balance at Dec. 31, 2024, was $21,020,785.
On contracts, the board approved a renewal of Gable Gotwell’s contract for $1,378,036. A motion to renew the contract was made and seconded and carried by an affirmative voice vote recorded in the transcript; no roll-call tally was provided in the meeting record.
The board also approved a contract amendment with Natural Evolution to add alkaline battery disposal at two rates. As stated in the meeting, the rates are $2 per pound for unsorted alkaline batteries and $85 per pound for batteries that are pre-sorted. The $85-per-pound figure was recorded in the transcript; staff did not provide additional explanation during the meeting and the figure appears unusually high, which may indicate a transcription or decimal-placement error. The amendment applies to city facility collections (internal city facilities), not public drop-off for residents.
Separately, the board approved consumer price index adjustments to the hauling and green-waste contracts with Northwest Waste Solutions, applying a 4.52% CPI increase to both residential hauling and green-waste services. A motion to approve the CPI adjustments was seconded and carried by voice vote as recorded in the transcript.
Votes at a glance: the meeting transcript records affirmative motions and seconds for the Gable Gotwell renewal, the Natural Evolution amendment and the Northwest Waste Solutions CPI adjustment. The transcript records voice votes but does not include a roll-call tally for each motion.
What happens next: staff will finalize contract documentation and return as required for any further approvals or contract execution steps.
