Higher prices at the gas pump are hitting budgets across the board, but for Senior Resource Association – which operates the Indian River Transit System – the price of fuel created an emergency situation this spring.
In a three-month period – March, April and May – It cost the organization $203,000 to fuel up its diesel-powered GoLine buses and gasoline-powered Community Coach vehicles. That was 51 percent more than the $134,000 it spent on fuel during the same period last year.
Adding in increased maintenance and operating costs, Senior Resource was on its way to ending the current fiscal year with a $236,000 deficit, according to Senior Resource CEO Karen Deigl, who asked for emergency funding at the June 16 Indian River County Commission meeting…