Driscoll questions need for mileage claims

Staff mileage claims continue to be a concern in Mapleton.

Last August, council approved the purchase of a used vehicle in an effort to reduce claims for mileage. However, at the May 27 meeting, Driscoll questioned an invoice for $848 in mileage paid to a building department employee.

“Eight hundred and fifty dollars – that’s a payment on a vehicle,” said Driscoll, who added he feels there should be a surplus vehicle in the town’s fleet until a new public works director is hired.

“I don’t like seeing this kind of mileage on our payables and I think we have to do whatever we need to do to make it stop,” said Driscoll.

CAO Patty Sinnamon said the building inspector uses a township vehicle when one is available. However, she noted, “You’ll never eliminate mileage entirely.”

“We have a lot of pickup trucks in our fleet,” Driscoll pointed out.