Tempers flared Monday night between two members of Summit Hill Borough Council.

During a meeting of the council, Michael Alabovitz and John O'Gurek got into a heated shouting match that lasted several minutes. Even the pounding of the gavel by council President Jesse Walck didn't immediately end the bickering.Then, O'Gurek walked out of the meeting. As he left, he remarked, "Nobody gives a damn."So hot was the arguing that at one point Alabovitz even let an expletive fly. He later apologized for that.The uncharacteristic exchange between the two men began when O'Gurek questioned a bill totaling $1,028 for tongue-and-groove wood purchased at Lowe's for construction of a salt shed.O'Gurek charged that no vote was taken on purchasing the wood and that pressure-treated plywood could have been bought at a lesser cost.Alabovitz said it had been decided previously that the borough would construct its own salt shed instead of having a contractor build it, which resulted in a savings to taxpayers.He also said that thick plywood would have had to be used and that possibly the price of the material might have been comparative."We have to communicate a little better," O'Gurek said.He also challenged the council to produce the minutes approving the wood purchase.When a vote was taken on paying the bills, O'Gurek said, "I don't care if you vote on it now. The damage is done."Alabovitz then accused O'Gurek of, in the past, plowing the American Legion parking lot with borough equipment."The Legion lot is for our emergency services program," replied O'Gurek.It was then that he got out of his seat and left the meeting.The dialogue occurred halfway through the session.There was at least one instance in the past where O'Gurek became agitated and walked out of a meeting early.The salt shed was constructed in the vicinity of the Ginder Field. Previously, the borough's anti-skid materials were stored beneath the metal bleachers of the Ginder Field. Those bleachers were removed last summer because they were deemed to be unsafe.