WHEATLAND — Electors at a special meeting Monday night gave the town the authority to exceed its state-imposed limit for road expenditures to allow for just over $500,000 in improvements.

No additional borrowing is needed or was proposed Monday.

The board budgeted $240,229 for roadwork and had $162,200 left over from the $750,000 loan taken out last year with voter approval for road repairs.

It will also use $41,640 in unused road restricted funds, $46,929 from a state grant and money from Federal Emergency Management Agency snow and flood grants for this purpose.

“We only budgeted $240,229, but repairs are going to be more,” said chairman William Glembocki.

By state statute, the town cannot spend more than $5,000 per mile of town road, or approximately $165,000 per year. Monday’s vote allows the board to exceed that limit.

With the money, the town will pave:

— 336th Avenue from 75th Street to 76th Street

— 337th Avenue from 75th Street to 76th Street

— 75th Street from Lilly Lake Road to 337th Avenue

— 76th Street from 337th Avenue to 335th Avenue

If there is enough money left, 334th Avenue from 80th Street to 82nd Street will also be paved. Kenosha County will also fix various distressed sections of roadway throughout the town.

Resident Mark Karow agreed with the increased expenditures for roadwork, but requested the town create a long-range plan for road maintenance.

“It’s known that road expenses are increasing and increasing,” said Karow. “It would be a good idea to get with the town engineer and work out a five- to 10-year plan so we know what those expenses will be.”

Glembocki said that could coincide with the annual road inspection next spring.

The 2008 borrowing added between $50 and $60 a year for 10 years to the taxes on a $200,000 home, figuring an interest rate of 3.8 percent.