A letter to the editor published in the Bureau County Republican was the subject of a heated debate at this week’s Bureau Township Board meeting.

Supervisor Gary Novotny began the meeting by reading from the letter by David Andersen, which read, in part, “The Bureau Township Board of Trustees plan to vote on increasing salaries to be paid to all the township officials of Bureau Township for the upcoming term of 2013-17.”

“I don’t recall, Mr. Andersen, that we made any reference to salaries whatsoever,” Novotny said to Andersen, who was one of five members of the public in attendance.