MoneyCity Council · Aug 6, 2026 · This meeting · Full transcript

Council approves $100,000 toward a new street department plow truck, with a state grant covering part of the cost

A horizontal range plot shows the new plow truck's total expected cost from 240 to 260 thousand dollars, a fixed 100-thousand-dollar casino-fund transfer, an estimated 65-thousand-dollar Diesel Wise reimbursement, and a calculated 75-to-95-thousand-dollar remainder for the street department equipment budget. — Visual summary from the reviewed highlight. Source details follow.

Who it touches

Terre Haute streets

Tracked in the archive

The council approved transferring $100,000 from the casino budget to help the street department buy a new plow truck, after the engine on its current truck failed.

The total cost is expected to run $240,000 to $260,000, with the rest coming from the street department's own equipment budget and an estimated $65,000 reimbursement through the state's Diesel Wise grant program for retiring the old vehicle.

Sources

Item introduced, 53:090:53:09 (53 minutes 9 seconds)
Current truck's engine failed, 54:050:54:05 (54 minutes 5 seconds)
Total cost and Diesel Wise grant reimbursement, 55:060:55:06 (55 minutes 6 seconds)
Department is down a truck for winter plowing, 55:380:55:38 (55 minutes 38 seconds)
Vote to approve, 57:490:57:49 (57 minutes 49 seconds)

Outcome

Passed on a voice vote

Passed on a voice vote.

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