City council to vote on new agreement with Schaap Sanitation

The Worthington City Council is scheduled to consider a new five-year agreement with Schaap Sanitation during its meeting Monday night.

The city's current five-year agreement for residential refuse collection, recycling collection, and yard and tree disposal with Waste Connections of Minnesota (Schaap Sanitation) expires on June 30. The new five-year agreement would start on July 1 and end on June 30, 2031.

According to the council packet for Monday night's meeting, Schaap has provided refuse collection and disposal within the city for many years and owns the landfill site west of the city. The terms of the new agreement are generally the same as previous agreements and include:

• Schaap shall provide each resident with two 95-gallon containers, one for refuse and one for recyclables

• Weekly pick up for refuse and every other week pick up for recyclables on established regular routes

• Any residence that is owned or leased by a person aged 62 or more shall be eligible for senior rates

• Schaap shall provide a yard waste disposal site for leaves, grass clippings, trees and bushes at the U.S. 59/Minnesota 60 Recycling Center

• For an annual fee of $4,100, the city shall have use of the yard waste disposal site for leaves, grass clippings, trees and brush from public-owned property

• For a fee of $1.50/ton, the city may dispose of street sweepings at the sanitary landfill

The cost of service is subject to an annual adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers. The adjusted monthly rates effective July 1 are $24.43 per residence ($22.43 senior rate) for refuse, a fee of $4.89 per residence for recyclables and $1.57 charge for yard waste. These rates represent a 4.2% increase over current rates based on the CPI-U for the past 12 months (ending April 2026). Rates are adjusted annually in the same manner.