Starke County Highway Superintendent Rik Ritzler requested a transfer of funds from the fuel line item to help pay for other projects.
Ritzler explained that there is a surplus of funds in the fuel line item that can be spread to other accounts to pay for needed projects in the county. He said some of the funds will be spent on upgrading signs.
“As you know, the federal government mandates that we do high reflectivity with all of our signs as it’s much safer,” said Ritzler. “We’re able to use some of that excess fuel money because the fuel prices were very good this year and we save a good deal of money bidding each time we get fuel. So, we are taking our old signs and sending them to the company in Georgia. We’re going to do about 100 signs and see how that works. I just met with them last month so we are able going to do that and that could save a lot of money.”
Other funds will into paving projects, roof repairs, salt for roads, purchasing diagnostic software, and refurbishing a chipper truck.
Ritzler asked the council for a transfer of $77,035.24 to work on these projects and it was unanimously approved.
