The City of Crawfordsville plans to add a new vehicle to its fleet of Sunshine Vans but won’t need to help cover the cost this time.
The vehicle will be purchased through a grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation, which this year has the funding to pay the entire cost, said Crawfordsville Parks & Recreation Director Fawn Johnson. Typically, the city has to match a percentage of the funds.
“The city is not committing to any contribution of match funds,” Johnson said in seeking approval from the City Council to apply for the grant.
The fiscal affairs committee gave a favorable recommendation to the grant application and sent it on to the full council for a vote next week.
The application is due in March and it usually takes a little more than a year for a new vehicle to arrive, Johnson said. The city is waiting on two vans it applied for in 2020.
There were eight vans and two sedans in the fleet prior to last year’s application. One of the vans was being retired after hitting the mileage limit.
Funding also comes from the federal government, the Montgomery County Community Foundation, Montgomery County United Fund and donations.
Van hours are 9 a.m. until the last pickup at 3 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information, call 765-364-5173 or visit the Parks & Recreation Department webpage at www.crawfordsville.net.
In other business, the council:
• Gave a favorable recommendation to a request vacating the north-south alley between 906-908 Tuttle Ave.
