Before writing that ticket...

Pine Haven’s council faces tough choices as they begin enforcing the ordinance regarding inoperable vehicles on town streets.

Mayor Karla Brandenburg opened the conversation at a recent workshop, “We just had a ticket issued and any time we issue any tickets… If we start issuing tickets, we start paying a judge and we pay a judge $125 an hour from the minute he leaves Gillette until the minute he gets back to Gillette. We’re going to have to come up with something on how to handle this and I think it’s going to have to be one-on-one type of communication because it’s going to cost us a fortune...