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Council approves countywide damage-assessment MOU to speed post-disaster response
Summary
The Common Council voted to join a Waukesha County mutual-assistance memorandum of understanding for cooperative damage assessments after storms, committing personnel to a county-managed team and training while retaining discretion to recall staff.
The Waukesha Common Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding that will allow the city to participate in a countywide cooperative damage-assessment team for large-scale disasters.
Fire Chief Gottlieb summarized the agreement and asked the council to support it. "This MOU establishes that opportunity for us," Gottlieb said, describing the agreement as reciprocal among municipalities and noting it is timely after recent tornadoes in the county. He said the MOU allows municipalities to supply personnel to assess damage in…
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