Tulsa Taxi Co. is awaiting an appearance before the City Council June 7 to hear its case regarding a three-day suspension of the company’s operating certificate.
According to a report in the Tulsa World, the company allegedly did not maintain proper insurance on the majority of its vehicles in six months. The suspension, which was to have started May 29, followed a two-day administrative hearing.
According to the taxi company’s general manager, the company has had proper insurance all this time.
At the hearing, evidence was given indicating the company allegedly did not meet state insurance requirements and did not present proof of proper insurance for the majority of its fleet when two of its vehicles were involved in accidents.
Records shown at the hearing indicate that there was an insurance policy taken out by Tulsa Taxi covering only two cabs in the 30-vehicle fleet. The company added the 28 other vehicles on March 14 after the accidents were reported to the city.
Tulsa Taxi’s general manager reported that the company was insured by a Texas company, then switched over to a Tulsa firm. In a subsequent letter to the company, Tulsa’s Finance Director Mike Kier reports that there was never any evidence shown that the Texas insurance was valid in Oklahoma as required in the city ordinances.
Once the appeal is heard by the City Council, it can uphold, overturn or modify the ordered suspension.
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