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Residents urge board to fix delays in motor-fuel payouts and county engineer communication
Summary
Township officials and residents told the DeWitt County Board they face delayed 2025 motor fuel payments and poor communication from the county engineer’s office, and asked the county to hire help to speed paperwork and reimbursements.
Mark Cyrulik and Kim Gaff told the DeWitt County Board on June 18 that township supervisors have experienced delays getting motor fuel funds and sparse communication from the county engineer’s office. Cyrulik said there is "very little contact/communications between the County Engineer and the townships," and that townships were not informed they could not buy oil from last year’s money until the end of the current contract.
Gaff told the board she attended a Feb. 26 meeting where township road commissioners were told timelines would be met, but that 2025 motor fuel money remains delayed "and [is] gaining interest that is no use for the townships." She asked the county to advertise for additional staff to support the county engineer’s office and to correct paperwork delays that have held up township reimbursements. No formal county action on staffing was taken during the public-comment segment.
The concern was raised as part of public comment rather than a specific agenda item; board members later discussed road-and-bridge contract timing and township letting dates (the township letting is scheduled for June 23, 2026). The transcript records no immediate directive or vote to change processing procedures during the meeting.
