A Lake Hauto resident is hoping a road into the private development that is owned by Nesquehoning will be better maintained.

Renee DeMelfi, who was at borough council on Wednesday as a taxpayer, parent and Panther Valley School Board member, asked council about Tippets Road's maintenance and upkeep.Last year, the borough did some work on the road to try and repair some damage that weather has created, but drainage issues and wetlands have always been a problem for the road."I would like to see the ball is not dropped," she said, pointing out recent changes in the streets committee may change the focus away from the road. "It affects borough vehicles, the residents of Lake Hauto and the (school) buses."You get a lot of taxpayer money from Lake Hauto, and I would like to see it utilized," she added.DeMelfi is the wife of councilman David DeMelfi, who was formerly on the streets committee until this year.David DeMelfi said that the road needs the drainage issues taken care of first to ensure any work on the road lasts.He then turned his sights on council President David Hawk about not being asked about remaining on the streets committee once former Councilman Don DeMarco resigned."I don't think you want Tippets Road to get done at all," he said, noting that he was told Hawk discussed the committees with other council members but not him. "I took that as a slap in the face."Hawk said that it was not his intention to make David DeMelfi feel that way.David DeMelfi asked where the money from Lake Hauto taxes go then and said the only thing the residents want is for help with repairing that road."If it keeps getting let go, we're going to lose the road," he said.Hawk said that the borough did what they could last year with Tippets with the money they had available.Council said a gaming money grant the town applied for to do further repairs to that road is currently on hold by the state because of changes to the funding structure of the grant program.In other resident matters, Russell White of West High Street approached the borough to ask about a confrontation he and his neighbors had with a borough plow driver during the recent snowstorm.He said the plow went by and then turned around to come back down the road, a move that normally doesn't happen. In that time, White tried to move his vehicle but the battery died so they were trying to jump it, and the driver began yelling at them and called the police.Council said they heard the driver's side of the story and would further discuss the matter.