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YOUNGSTOWN — While few are thinking of winter now, the city is planning ahead — purchasing three more snow plow trucks that will be on the road by January or February.
With the three new trucks, the city will have purchased a total of eight since 2019 after going 12 years without buying any, said Kevin Flinn, buildings and grounds commissioner.
“It gives better service to our residents and increases morale in the (street department) shop,” he said. “We have more reliable trucks on the road and that’s going to get better when these three arrive.”
The three trucks will be at the street department by the end of this year and be ready for use by January or February, Flinn said.
City council recently approved the $489,789 purchase of the three new snow-plow trucks from FYDA Freightliner Youngstown Inc.
The city is using money to buy the trucks from the $82,775,370 it was awarded from the federal American Rescue Plan, said Kyle Miasek, finance director. Half of the money arrived May 20 and the other half will come in May 2022, he said.
The city is replenishing the income tax revenue it lost from the general fund as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more in Sunday’s Vindicator.