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Council to advertise $400,000 CumCap equipment request; Community Crossings match will reduce 2026 hot‑mix miles
Summary
Highway Superintendent Donnie Lueken asked the council to advertise a $400,000 CumCap request for equipment and reported that 2026 Community Crossings funding will cover about 7–8 miles of paving, down from 2025 due to lower total bids.
Highway Superintendent Donnie Lueken told the Dubois County Council he will request $400,000 from the Cum Cap Fund to purchase highway equipment and dump trucks; the council agreed to advertise the request for its next meeting rather than act immediately.
Lueken also outlined Community Crossings grant results. In 2025 contractor bids totaled $2,166,938, of which the state provided $1,625,203 and the county matched $541,000. For 2026, expected bids are roughly $1,128,000 with a $902,000 state share and a $225,000 county match. Lueken said that reduced funding means less hot mix will be placed in 2026—about 7–8 miles of road resurfacing compared with a larger mileage in 2025.
No formal appropriation for the Cum Cap request occurred at the Jan. 21 meeting; the council will consider advertised language at a future meeting.
