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Village approves Waunakee Area Fire District and EMS budgets for 2026
Summary
The Village Board approved the Waunakee Area Fire District 2026 budget and the Waunakee Area EMS 2026 budget after presentations. Fire budget increases included legal and training (photovoltaic/EV-related); EMS budget reflects a contractual additional position, wage/benefit impacts and a planned modest transport-fee increase.
The Village Board approved the 2026 budgets for both the Waunakee Area Fire District and the Waunakee Area EMS District.
A Fire District representative described increases in the fire budget including a new legal-services line, higher training costs for specialized topics (photovoltaic systems and EV-related response) and higher repair-and-maintenance expenses tied to fleet upkeep. The board voted to approve the Fire District's 2026 budget after hearing the presentation.
Scott, the EMS director, presented the EMS draft budget. He said the EMS budget included an additional full-time position required by the collective-bargaining agreement, wage and benefit increases, health-insurance cost increases and revenue assumptions that include a proposed $200 increase in the transport fee and a $5 per-loaded-mile increase. Scott also described the potential revenue from the state's GEMT (Ground Emergency Medical Transport) reimbursement program but said the amount is uncertain. The Village Board voted to approve the EMS budget.
Both approvals were made during the regular meeting after the committees' presentations. No changes to the budgets were recorded on the floor; both votes carried.
