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<p>ASHLEY &#8212; The borough council voted to make monthly payments to the Ashley Rescue Hose Company in the amount of $351.05 from the Ashley Fireman Equipment Fund Tuesday night.</p><p>The payments to the department had become a matter of contention for the council. In April, c<a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/530969/fire-department-funding-an-issue-at-ashley-borough-council-meeting" target="_blank">ouncilwoman and fire committee member Donna Schappert questioned the monthly payments</a>.</p><p>The new ordinance states that a monthly check can be automatically issued to the department, stopping the council from voting on it monthly.</p><p>The Ashley tax breakdown allocates .15 mills to go to the Ashley Fireman Equipment Fund. A mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 in assessed value.</p><p>Still the vote on the ordinance was not without controversy has council quibbled over the amount of the payments. Mayor David Evans had to cast the deciding vote.</p><p>Councilmen and firefighters Joe McGlynn and Don Sipple claim Schappert has a &#8220;vendetta&#8221; against the fire department as Schappert questions the payments every month.</p><p>&#8220;You can ask for it, instead of getting it every month,&#8221; Schappert said to Sipple during the meeting. &#8220;Let us see the bill and we can give you the amount out of the fund.&#8221;</p><p>In other business, the council:</p><p>&#8226; Adopted a borough code of ethics.</p><p>&#8226; Asked Vinsko, who transcribes meeting minutes, to make a draft copy of minutes so the council can pass minutes quicker than the regular 30- to 60-day lag time.</p><p>&#8226; Will be requesting a Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant of $500,000 from the Commonwealth Financing Authority to be used for street paving. In conjunction with the grant, the borough will be moving $150,000 from a combination of debt services and liquid fuels funds to a separate fund as a 30 percent match toward the grant if awarded.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Melanie Mizenko</p><p>mmizenko@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p>What&#8217;s next</p><p>The next council meeting will be held 6:30 p.m. June 14 at the Ashley Fireman&#8217;s Park.</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Melanie Mizenko at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TL_MMizenko</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Ashley votes to send monthly checks to fire department