Prosper households and businesses would pay 5% more for trash, recycling, bulk and yard waste pickup beginning Feb. 1, 2027, under an amendment to the town's franchise agreement with Republic Services that the Town Council takes up Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The item sits on the consent agenda, which the council can approve in a single vote unless a member pulls it for discussion.
How the number was set
Republic's contract, awarded in 2023, ties a yearly price change to the federal Consumer Price Index for solid waste services, measured from one September to the next. According to a staff memo from Executive Director Robyn Battle, that index rose 5.23% between September 2025 and September 2026.
The contract caps any single year's adjustment at 5% and limits the total to 15% over four years, so the 2027 change stops at the 5% ceiling. The council approved a 3.8% increase in June 2024 and a 5% increase the following year. With this third adjustment, staff wrote, Republic could raise prices by only another 1.2% in 2028.
What changes on the bill
The updated fee schedule attached to the amendment lists weekly residential service, covering trash, recycling, bulk items and yard waste, at a base rate of $21.56, before the town's own charges. An additional trash cart is listed at $8.13 and an extra recycling cart at $3.53. Replacing a damaged or lost cart, trash or recycling, would cost $63.
The town adds two fees of its own. The $2 monthly charge that pays for the carts stays the same. The monthly administrative fee would go from 80 cents to $1, which the memo says covers higher costs of running the solid waste program.
