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Atoka approves five‑year waste‑services agreement with annual 5% escalator
Summary
Atoka voted to enter a five‑year waste‑services agreement with Republic/Allied implementing an approximate 5% annual increase; officials said residential pass‑throughs will be decided later and commercial rolloffs will see larger immediate fee increases.
Atoka’s governing body approved a five‑year waste‑services agreement with Allied/Republic set to begin June 1, 2026, with staff saying the contract incorporates roughly a 5% annual price escalation that would amount to about a 25% increase over five years.
Jean (staff) described the proposal as a replacement for an expiring contract; she said the previous trend was roughly a 2.5% annual increase and the new proposal represents a material change. "There's 5% increase that's built in to each year going forward for the five years," Jean said. Council members asked whether increases would be passed to residential customers or commercial accounts; staff said a separate rate‑setting conversation will occur later to determine how much of the contractor increase is recovered from customers.
Jimmy Skipper, introduced as an operations manager at the local office, described rising equipment and labor costs and said trucks and landfill operations have become more expensive to run. He described the company’s service and on‑the‑ground complaint resolution procedures, including a photo/video verification system and a clerk assigned to manage customer reports.
Council members raised concerns about the size of the increase for residents and discussed options such as placing a greater share on commercial customers. The council voted to approve the new agreement; staff will return with proposed customer‑rate structures and a study of the residential fee impact.
