WEST LOGAN — The Town of West Logan will be celebrating Trick or Treat Night on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 6-8 p.m. and council members are planning to give out treats at the West Logan City Hall on Halloween.

Mayor Darren Akers explained that the Logan Key Club will be doing a car demolition fundraiser at the high school where the public can buy a ticket and pick up a sledge hammer and take out there aggressions on an old clunker.

"You can take that sledge hammer and beat on that car with it," Akers said, noting the key club would also be selling hot dogs and sodas and other concessions for the fundraiser.

"Everybody come out to the Logan game the night before (on Friday) and hit the car that they will have there to be demolished," town clerk Kristi Adkins said.

Also at the meeting, council members discussed the town's boundaries, which may include more businesses which have not been paying Business and Occupation taxes.

Council members also talked about recent repair bills to the town's garbage truck which have been discussed for two months now.

Councilmember Jamie Browning said she believes the town is "going in the hole" on the garbage service.

Akers asked Councilman Mark Mareske about doing a line item on the garbage department expenses to break the costs down regarding repair expenses, tipping fees and labor and repairs.

Akers said he doesn't think the town is going in the hole on the service, as business and occupation taxes, property taxes and taxes from the lottery help pay for the services.

Browning said she would like to know what the service cost the town on a monthly basis. Akers said the town tries to keep the bill down, something that a private garbage disposal business did not necessarily have to worry about.

"But, if the situation comes up that we would have to raise it, we would have to raise it," Akers said.

Browning said she believes some people in the community don't realize the town didn't make any money off the service.

"No, we make money off taxes," Mayor Akers agreed.

Browning said the town has to start thinking ahead.

Akers said the town is still trying to find a regular pickup truck to do garbage collection on the hills in town.

Following that discussion, the town council agreed to pay monthly bills. Ironically, the first bill was $55 in repairs for the door of the garbage truck.

In other West Logan news:

• Town Clerk Kristi Adkins noted that last months income from business and occupation taxes and property taxes were substantial. Adkins said one check was for around $7,000.

"We did pretty good this month," Adkins said, noting that while the CVA tax from a local hotel was down, so were complaints about the same business, which is under new management and has evicted several troublemakers over the past few months.

Adkins said one local business which has changed hands owes the town years in back B&O taxes.

"There are other businesses in this area who owe the town back taxes too," Adkins said.

•Deloris Murray asked about the possibility of the town providing insurance for employees.

"How much would it cost," Akers asked?

Kristi Adkins said she could make some phone calls and check into the price of premiums.

Akers said the town would like to do that for employees but realistically the cost might be too prohibitive.

• West Logan Police Chief Robert Ward said the month of September had been a quiet one with the major problems his department faced being complaints about stray dogs in the neighborhood.

Ward said one resident had complained about his neighbor's dog jumping the fence and leaving bowel movements on his patio. Ward said the town would probably be better off purchasing a large animal trap than in trying to get a tranquilizer gun, due to liability reasons. Ward said he had looked into the costs of different size animal traps and found one manufacturer who made traps large enough for the two biggest strays which had caused problems.

"At least we are working on it," Akers said.

A complaint at a local apartment complex was solved, regarding parking, Ward said.