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Expansion approved for town landfill

Landfill opens again to outside customers but council divided on privatizing pick-ups

The longstanding issue of garbage was again discussed at the Monday night meeting of the Moorcroft Town council with, still, no apparent resolution. Though the vertical expansion at the landfill has been approved and the site will open once again to outside customers, the council was divided on the issue of privatizing garbage pick-up.

Mayor Dick Claar shared with his fellows a cost/revenue sheet that shows, in his opinion, the viability of privatizing the garbage pick-up for Moorcroft, saying, "I put down every figure I could think of to show you what I thought and it shows a plus for the...