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Board directs study of emergency services building and EMS facilities as part of 10-year capital planning
Summary
Trustees discussed joint fire/EMS facility needs and directed staff to define the scope of a facilities and user study for the Emergency Services Building; staff estimated a possible multi-million-dollar future facility and recommended a study in the 2026 budget cycle to determine needs and timing.
Cottage Grove, Wis. — Village trustees on May 19 directed staff to pursue a facilities and user study for the Emergency Services Building to better define long-term sheltering, fire and EMS facility needs as the region grows.
Board members and fire/EMS commissioners said volunteer staffing for fire and EMS is under strain regionally and locally, and that facility needs — including building capacity, roof replacement and possible expansion to meet call-volume growth — should be…
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