Southlake City Council will vote on trash service changes that could see a slight increase in prices for Southlake residents.
Community Waste Disposal, which is entering year two of a five-year contract, showed the City Council in a presentation during the Aug. 6 meeting that rates would increase 4.28% with its proposed plan.
Southlake City Council will put the item to vote during its Sept. 3 meeting.
CWD President Greg Roemer said the cost increase is still below the average increase seen in the consumer price index at a national level and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area when looking at the numbers for the past eight years.
What you need to know
The residential rate would be $20 a month, an increase from the $19.18 in year one of the contract. The breakdown is $14.58 for trash/bulk pickup, $4.59 for recycling and $0.83 for household hazardous waste pickup.
In addition, there would be an increase of 4.51% in commercial front-load service and 4.49% roll-off service, according to the presentation.
Roemer said 30% of the bill goes toward fuel and disposal charges. He said there was an increase of 5.22% this year for use of the Arlington landfill—which is in Euless.
A closer look
The city previously used Republic Services but didn’t renew the contract March 27, 2023. Mayor Pro Tem Randy Williamson said the rates were going to increase and Republic was going to shift from manual collection to an automated service. The contract with CWD was approved Aug. 1, 2023.
CWD purchased 12 new trash trucks and currently is using nine of them for the Southlake routes, according to CWD Vice President Jason Roemer. He said the other three trucks should be delivered later this year as the final part of a $6 million investment.
Jason Roemer said the new carts and dumpsters were an additional $1 million and $2 million spent by the company for the residents and the city.
What else?
Jason Roemer said Southlake was at the top of the list for the 34 cities they provide service for in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in recycling at 2,380 tons and trash at 13,000 tons since October 2023.
The contract with CWD provides the following:
- Two times a week pickup
- Weekly automated recycling pickup
- Collection of up to 12 cubic yards of unbundled brush
- Bulk pickups, such as chairs and mattresses, two times a week, up to 2 cubic yards
- Curbside household hazardous waste and electric recycling once a month
- Free drop off at CWD transfer stations, up to 6 cubic yards per month
- Two additional leaf recycling collection day
- Annual cart cleaning
- Discounted roll-off rates
Editor’s note: The original post has been edited to correct an error. The City Council will hear the proposed trash rates during its meeting Sept. 3.
