Celina residents would see a slightly higher trash charge starting next month, and new water and sewer rates next spring, under the city's proposed annual update to its master fee chart.
The City Council will discuss the draft at its Tuesday, Oct. 13, meeting, which begins at 5 p.m. at 112 N. Colorado St. It is a work session item, so no vote is planned. City Secretary Ashley Owens wrote in a memo that staff wants feedback now and expects to bring back an ordinance for approval in November.
Trash and recycling
The city's hauler, Community Waste Disposal, began its contract on Dec. 1, 2025, and the deal allows yearly adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index. The proposed chart raises the monthly residential trash rate from $15.60 to $16.21 and the senior rate from $14.72 to $15.29. Recycling would go from $3.88 to $4.03, and an extra cart from $9.65 to $10.03.
Sales tax is added on top.
The memo says the new rate would take effect Nov. 18, the start of the service period billed in December.
Water and sewer
The chart also writes in the utility rates the council adopted in June after a rate study by the consulting firm Willdan. Those rates are scheduled to start in April 2027.
For a typical home inside the city with a three-quarter-inch meter, the monthly minimum water charge would go from $24.56 to $25.54. The charge for each 1,000 gallons used between 2,001 and 10,000 gallons would rise from $5.37 to $5.58, with higher tiers rising by similar amounts. The minimum residential sewer charge would go from $25.54 to $26.56.
New fees for builders and developers
Most of the other changes affect construction:
- An "AI completeness check" fee, billed at cost plus 10%, that would apply only if the city adopts AI plan review software.
- Charges for unauthorized after-hours work: $500 on residential permits and $1,000 on new commercial and multifamily projects.
- New phasing plan fees for large multifamily projects, and a $100 increase in the temporary trailer permit.
- Extra plan review fees beginning with the third review instead of the fourth.
On the fire side, the chart adds an electric vehicle charging station permit, following a regional recommendation that cities require permits for the installations. The fire department's failed-inspection fee would move to a scale of $250 for the first occurrence and $500 after that.
Sources
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