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Wauwatosa council directs staff to study joint fire department with West Allis, authorizes grant application
Summary
The Wauwatosa Common Council voted 13-1 to ask the city administrator to prepare a 30–90 day executive summary on a potential joint fire department with West Allis and unanimously approved a separate resolution authorizing staff to apply for an innovation grant if both cities approve a transfer agreement.
The Wauwatosa Common Council voted to move forward with preliminary work on a potential joint fire department with neighboring West Allis, approving a resolution directing the city administrator to prepare a 30-to-90-day executive summary and a parallel resolution authorizing staff to apply for a state innovation grant if West Allis and Wauwatosa approve an intergovernmental transfer of fire protection services.
The effort to study consolidation drew sharp debate at Monday’s meeting, with Alder Meindl opposing the step and several members urging further study. “Since 2021, Wauwatosa has provided over 10,000 mutual aid calls to the Milwaukee Fire Department while receiving only 3,674 in return,”…
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