Delafield council approves resolution to advance Lake Country Fire & Rescue agreement amid lingering concerns

The Delafield Common Council on Oct. 20 approved a resolution (2025‑12) expressing the city's agreement in principle with proposed amendments to the Lake Country Fire & Rescue (LCFR) intermunicipal agreement and authorizing the mayor and staff to finalize non‑substantive changes.

Council members said the action was necessary so all seven LCFR member municipalities can move toward a unified budget by an early December deadline and avoid reverting to the 2025 budget with no capital funding.

Council members and city staff emphasized why the vote mattered. Administrator Tom Heffner and other municipal leaders said the amended agreement would enable phased hiring of additional full‑time firefighter/paramedics and adjust the funding formula to support staffing changes planned over the next few years. But several aldermen urged care with the details: they requested explicit preservation of the existing two‑year exit notice for municipalities, questioned how the funding formula is phased in, and sought…