Hard lines drawn for budget

At the final budget work shop, one pay period before the end of this 2018/2019 fiscal year, Moorcroft showed a potential deficit going into the new fiscal year, causing the governing body to look at serious immediate cut backs in all departments to ensure rollover funds for the implementation of the 2019/2020 budget.

There were several optional cut backs discussed at the work shop, a few of which were decided upon at Monday night’s meeting of the town council. Councilman Paul Smoot started the discussion of the incoming budget by expressing his displeasure.

“In my opinion, it’s not a healthy b...