Residents will see their monthly trash bill jump from $20 to $25.25 in October and to $30.81 by October 2027 after the City Council voted unanimously March 17 to renew its hauling contract without cutting service.
The 5-0 vote preserved twice-a-week collection and weekly bulk pickup even as the cost of a new five-year deal with Coastal Waste and Recycling forced what city officials called a “rate realignment” to match a surging waste industry.
For years, Oldsmar’s $20 monthly bill has been a quiet outlier in Pinellas County — a rate that stayed frozen even as the price of diesel, steel and labor climbed nationwide. Since 2021, the city has operated under an agreement with Coastal Waste that provided just an 8% increase over five years…