Fire company reimbursement was a hot topic at the Schuylkill Township supervisors meeting Monday night.

Chairman Charles Fayash made a motion to approve an ordinanceauthorizing the borough fire department to obtain reimbursement for expenses and materials used in a fire.At last month's meeting, Ryan Slane from the Tuscarora Fire Company questioned the process and any progress regarding the pending reimbursement to the fire department for expenses resulting from a fire at the wax factory in January.Slane said he was the assistant manager the day of the fire and that he would like to be involved in the communication with the incumbent parties, and that other towns and municipalities are out of their foam and are waiting on Schuylkill Township to reimburse them so they are able to purchase more foam.Attorney Joseph Baranko from the solicitor's office said in the July meeting that he will be staying on top of it but made known that it might end up in litigation.When asked if the just-approved ordinance had to do with the fire thatSlane brought up at the last meeting, solicitor Christopher Slusser updated residents at the August meeting."It won't help with the previous situation, but it will be helpful moving forward," he said. "I can tell you that I did speak with Joe Baranko from my office who was here the previous meeting, and he has been on point in that particular matter."He's made contact with the property owner directly, and at least two of the potential sources for insurance recovery. I can tell you that one of them is a dead end. The tenant did not have insurance for the property damage claim, and there's an issue in regard to the owner's policy which we could discuss during an executive meeting, but I can tell you that we're moving forward tactically to address this."Fayash made a motion to withdraw from the Eastern Schuylkill Planning and to allow Slusser to take whatever actions are necessary to allow the township to have their own zoning.Slusser said the zoning committee that is in place will be an important part in the discussion and final outcome to give the township the freedom to "control its own destiny." Fayash allowed time for questions regarding the zoning changes, because this item was not on the agenda.During public comments residents still brought up their discontent regarding the township turning down the switch to LED streetlights from PPL, but Fayash reassured the attendees that the decision was the best for the township at the moment to stay with Direct Energy, and that they will reconsider in the future if the savings are obvious by then.Mary Van Pelt from Brockton asked if there was a way that the supervisors could put a microphone or something in the front because she can't hear in the back. Fayash acknowledged that they don't speak loud and that he was in the audience before and knows it's hard to hear. He said they could look into putting a speaker in the back.Supervisor Charles Fayash took time before dismissing the meeting to thank the anonymous donor who provided the township with a video camera to record the meetings.