By Editor | December 17, 2020
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Ste. Genevieve County will be receiving another Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant to help pay for replacing an old dump truck.
Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson announced the news during last Thursday’s Commission meeting.
He also explained the grant to incoming commissioners Karen Stuppy and Randy Ruzicka, who were in attendance, as well as outgoing commissioners Randy Bahr and Joe Gettinger.
The grant is to encourage entities to replace aging diesel trucks with poor emissions standards with newer models that pollute the environment less. The grants pay 25 percent of the purchase price of a new dump truck, which Nelson explained, is generally in the $160,000 range, with bed and other accessories added. The grant therefore drops the price to about $120,000.