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Consultants recommend 2026 increases and index change for solid-waste rates
Summary
A Burns & McDonnell cost-of-service study recommended a FY2026 catch-up increase (roughly 10% for single-family, multifamily and roll-off) and switching annual indexing to the garbage-and-trash CPI; council directed staff to include changes in the upcoming fee resolution.
Consultants from Burns & McDonnell presented the citysolid-waste cost-of-service study during the June 12 workshop, recommending a multi-year approach to recover rising operational costs.
The firm said the industry-specific CPI for "garbage and trash" has risen faster than general CPI over the last several years and proposed that College Station switch its annual rate index from CPI-U to that sector index. For FY2026 the consultants…
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