Eagle Fire Co. in Mount Wolf won't have to curtail its services in East Manchester Township due to funding shortages after all.
The township supervisors voted 2-0 on Tuesday, Dec. 11, to release $70,000 in funding to the fire company, and an additional $5,000 each to Eagle Fire Co. and Union Fire Co. in retention funds.
Retention monies are used to fund personalized fire company apparel and new turnout gear, which the firefighters wear when they answer a call, as an incentive to attract and retain volunteers.
Chairman Steven H. Gross Jr. and Supervisor Barry E. Rudisill voted in favor of the funding. Vice Chairman David Naylor was absent.
"I do believe that you've done what we've asked," Gross said. At the supervisors' Nov. 13 meeting, Rudisill and Naylor voted to release $26,000 from the equipment line item in the township's budget so that the fire company could make an overdue truck payment. Naylor said at the time the township would release the remaining funds once the fire company had satisfied three stipulations in response to a theft of funds at the fire company's Mother's Day fundraiser.