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Waukesha residents and trustees spar over sequencing, costs of DPW building and fire station plans
Summary
At the April 24 Village of Waukesha meeting, residents and trustees debated whether to move forward on a Department of Public Works building now or wait to combine work with a potential fire station project; trustees asked for concrete cost estimates and options before further commitments.
Trustee Chad Niles, Village President, opened a broad discussion about whether to proceed now with a planned Department of Public Works (DPW) building or to delay until detailed plans for a remodeled or new fire station are finalized.
The debate crystallized around competing priorities: some residents and trustees urged immediate progress on the DPW building to address current equipment and storage needs, while others pushed for a coordinated plan that would protect the future of the fire department.
The issue matters because delaying the DPW project could leave village maintenance operations without an improved facility for months or years, while building the DPW structure now might reduce political will or funding available for necessary fire department improvements.
Resident Sandy Hong urged the board to “take the win” on the DPW…
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