The City Council is expected to consider approval of a proposed agreement between the City and the Cherokee Area Council No. 469 – Scouting America that would provide local residents with expanded recycling options.
The matter is on the agenda for the Sept. 8 Council meeting, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 401 S. Johnstone Ave. in downtown Bartlesville.
The proposed one-year agreement between the organizations would allow the CAC’s current recycling location at 520 S. Quapaw to be expanded to serve as a 24/7 drop-off site, with satellite collection locations potentially established as needed.
If approved, items that would be accepted at the site are:
- Plastics
- Aluminum
- Cardboard
- Glass
Per the agreement, the City would provide $20,000 in financial support, distributed in quarterly installments of $5,000, as well as infrastructure improvements and promotional assistance to help sustain the service and support expansion of current services.
The proposed partnership comes following the closure of the City’s recycling center earlier this year after the third-party vendor providing recycling services to Bartlesville, Replenysh, terminated its agreement with the City. With the former recycling center no longer operating, the City began exploring alternatives for maintaining and expanding recycling opportunities locally, ultimately reaching the proposed agreement with the CAC. The former recycling center site is closed and will likely be repurposed for another use.