The Pulaski County Highway Department is trying to keep the roads maintained while protecting its staff from COVID-19. During last week’s county commissioners meeting, Commissioner Kenny Becker said he worked with Highway Superintendent Gary Kruger to come up with a staffing plan.
“Some work some days; some work the other days,” Becker explained. “It’s very simple. If they’re going to burn roads or something, they need four trucks, a grader man, and a motor man. They don’t have to be nowhere close to one another. They can communicate by radio. If they’re hauling stone, they come in to get fuel, they bring their tickets in, put them in the box. They don’t have to be nowhere around nobody.”
Highway Department employees are temporarily being allowed to take their trucks home with them, with only a few actually going to the highway garage.
COVID-19 is also having an effect on crime. Sheriff Jeff Richwine told the commissioners that police agencies everywhere are reporting about a 75-percent drop in calls.
