Pflugerville residents may soon see a $0.96 increase in their monthly trash pickup fees.

At a Feb. 22 meeting, Pflugerville City Council approved an ordinance changing the city's trash collection fee from $16.55 per residence per month to $17.51, a 5.8% increase.

The city's contract with Waste Connections, the company that handles trash collection in Pflugerville, allows Waste Connections to request fee adjustments to account for changes in operating costs, such as from increased fuel prices. Waste Connection submitted a request for the $0.96 increase in December.

The request indicates Waste Connections calculated the change based on a 6.8% increase in the consumer price index from November 2020 to November 2021 and an 11.4% increase in the cost of diesel fuel from September 2020 to September 2021.

Council will consider the ordinance one more time at its regular meeting March 8.