West Bend ponders garbage collection Refuse-related questions and costs of service receive in-depth study

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: November 12, 1996| Author: WILLIAM BREYFOGLE | Copyright information

When it comes to garbage collection, is it better to receive city services or to "pay as you throw"?

Common Council members debated this and other refuse-related questions at a freewheeling Public Works Board meeting Monday.

At issue were several Common Council-ordered studies that investigated whether the city could offer tax-supported garbage collection to all multifamily residences in the city. Also under discussion was whether the city should cease garbage collection altogeth...

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