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Red Oak council adopts solid-waste ordinance, sets collector license fee at $500 after amendment fight
Summary
At its April 7 meeting, the Red Oak City Council approved Ordinance 2025-02 (final reading) adjusting solid-waste rules and setting an annual collector’s license fee of $500 per truck after an earlier $200 amendment failed for lack of a second; the final vote was 3–2.
Red Oak City Council voted April 7 to adopt Ordinance 2025-02 (final reading), revising the city’s solid-waste regulations and establishing a $500 annual collector’s license fee per truck.
The vote followed competing amendment attempts. Councilmember Sharon Bradley moved to approve the ordinance with an amendment to set the annual collector’s license fee at $200 per truck, but Councilmember Brian Bills withdrew his second and that motion failed for lack of a second. Later, Councilmember Tim Fridolph moved — and Councilmember Brian Bills seconded — approval of the ordinance with an amendment setting the fee at $500 per truck. The second motion passed on a roll-call vote of 3 ayes and 2 nays; Councilmembers John Haidsiak and Adam Hietbrink voted no.
The council’s roll call earlier in the meeting recorded five councilmembers present (Bradley, Bills, Fridolph, Haidsiak and Hietbrink). The ordinance was presented as the final reading at the April 7 meeting and approved following the amended motion.
Why it matters: the collector’s license fee changes the recurring cost structure for haulers operating within Red Oak and will affect local solid-waste service providers that hold collector licenses. The council adopted the higher fee after members debated alternative fee levels and how to proceed when the first amendment lost its second.
What happens next: the ordinance was approved as the final reading at the meeting and will take effect according to the law and the text of Ordinance 2025-02 as adopted; the transcript does not specify an effective date. Any administrative steps to implement and collect the new fee will be handled by city staff.
Speakers and procedural notes: the motion to approve the $500 fee was made by Councilmember Tim Fridolph and seconded by Councilmember Brian Bills. The failed $200 amendment was moved by Councilmember Sharon Bradley and lost when the second was withdrawn. No direct quotes from speakers were recorded in the meeting transcript. The council’s formal vote was recorded in the minutes as 3 ayes, 2 nays.
