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Wauwatosa committee reviews draft joint fire agreements, flags financial and Social Security questions
Summary
The committee reviewed updated draft agreements to form a joint fire department with West Allis that name the body the Metro Milwaukee Joint Fire Commission, include McMahon-based cost estimates and billing language, and identify remaining issues including vehicle financing, facilities allocation and whether Social Security enrollment would raise city costs by roughly 10%.
Wauwatosa City officials reviewed updated draft agreements on a proposed joint fire department with West Allis on a committee call, receiving new cost estimates and raising questions about financing and retirement obligations.
Staff and legal counsel told the committee the documents now include a formal name for the governing body — the Metro Milwaukee Joint Fire Commission — and contain estimated operating costs and proposed grant figures drawn from the McMahon report. City Attorney Jen Tate said billing language and director appointments were tightened and that work remains on splitting facilities responsibilities between the two departments.
Interim Chief Barb Kadrich said staff and the two fire…
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