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City Council looks at increased trash fee
Dan Thornton appointed Huttomayor pro tem
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 Pfluger- ville, 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 item for final approval at a regular meeting March 8.
HUTTO City Council Member Dan Thornton is the city’s new mayor pro tem, a position that was left vacant after former Mayor Pro Tem Tanner Rose resigned from council in January. The mayor pro tem is a council member who
GARBAGE RATE HIKE
Waste Connections requested a monthly trash collecting fee increase that will be passed on to residents if officials approve the ordinance March 8. CURRENT RATE $16.55 PROPOSED RATE $17.51
Dan Thornton
assumes the responsibilities of mayor if the mayor is absent or unable to perform their duties. Council nominated Thornton for the posi- tion in a 4-3 vote Feb. 10 and subsequently confirmed his appointment in a 5-2 vote.
INCREASE: 5.8% SOURCE: CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Officials discuss allocation of $5M inARPA funds
protocol system. In a presentation to City Council on Feb. 22, Business Process Analyst Nicole Little recommended the city use $1 million of the funds for small businesses that have not benefited from previous pandemic relief.
Council approved that program Feb. 22, as well as $4.1 million included allocating money toward the city’s Downtown East devel- opment, construction of utility generators or additional technology upgrades.
PFLUGERVILLE Officials decided how best to spend approximately $5 million in funds allocated to the city via the federal American Rescue Plan Act. Pflugerville received about $6.1
million in ARPA funding, $960,000 of which the city has already set aside for improving various city technologies, including its enterprise resource plan- ning system and its voiceover internet
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