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City scrambles to cover dump fees

City of Worland to use sanitation reserve fund to cover fees

WORLAND — Worland city councilors are scrambling to find ways to cover increased dump fees after the Worland Solid Waste District Board began assessing tipping fees Tuesday.

Worland City Clerk/Treasurer Tracy Glanz said the hike would cost the city about $120,000 per month. The city has $1.1 million in its sanitation fund, which the city would run out of in a year and a half.

The city would likely...