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Muskego council approves ambulance agreement with Test Corners Volunteer Fire Department
Summary
The Muskego Common Council on June 10 approved Resolution 30362025, authorizing an ambulance service agreement with Test Corners Volunteer Fire Department. The agreement requires quarterly rescue-call reports; council members discussed reporting practices, the contract start date and how consultant studies differ from department reporting.
The Muskego Common Council on June 10 approved Resolution 30362025, authorizing an ambulance service agreement with the Test Corners Volunteer Fire Department that the resolution’s text says requires the department to “keep an accurate and full report on all rescue calls made and submit the report quarterly.”
The requirement for quarterly rescue-call reporting drew council discussion about how those reports are delivered and whether an outside consultant’s study would duplicate information the department already provides. “They’ll keep an accurate and full report on all rescue calls made and submit the report quarterly,” Alder Schrader said while reviewing the agreement. A city staff member said the consultant contract provides a broader, third‑party analysis of coverage needs: “It looks at what is proper for a community our size for having adequate coverage… It gives a third‑party view of what we have now.”
Council members also asked about the contract start date; the agreement lists a start date of Jan. 1, 2025. City staff told the council that the start date appears in part because of a recent staffing change and that, in practice, the previous coverage arrangement “rolled forward” until the current contract was finalized. A motion to approve the resolution was made and the council voted to approve it.
The ambulance agreement had initially been pulled for separate consideration from the consent agenda; council members later discussed it on the floor before voting. The contract approval did not include an attached detailed vote tally in the public transcript provided.
The council directed that response-time and call‑volume data be supplied to the Public Works and Safety Committee as part of regular reporting; the transcript indicates those reports will be provided quarterly to that committee. No change to fire‑department staffing or a new hiring decision was taken during this meeting.
The resolution is part of the city’s ongoing oversight of emergency medical services and volunteer rescue operations.
