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Waterford Joint Police Committee discusses possible joint police department; adjourns after motion
Summary
On Feb. 2, 2026, the Town of Waterford and Village of Waterford Joint Police Committee met and listed "Ongoing discussion & possible action; A Joint Police Department" on the agenda. The minutes record attendance and an adjournment motion that passed at 5:23 p.m.; the transcript provides no substantive detail of the committee's discussion on forming a joint department.
The Joint Police Committee for the Town of Waterford and the Village of Waterford met on Feb. 2, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. at 415 N. Milwaukee Street. Police Committee Chair Ed Olender called the meeting to order; a roll call recorded five members present: Ed Olender, Doug Schwartz, Andrew Handeland, Ric Rens and Mark Thompson.
The agenda listed "Ongoing discussion & possible action; A Joint Police Department." The minutes provided in the transcript do not include substantive detail about proposals, reports, cost estimates, governance options, or conditions discussed regarding a joint police department, and no formal vote on establishing such a department is recorded in the available text.
The meeting record shows a motion to adjourn made by Andrew Handeland and seconded by Doug Schwartz; that motion is recorded as "Pass," and the meeting adjourned at 5:23 p.m. The minutes were submitted by Ed Olender, Police Committee Chair.
The minutes provided do not capture any direction to staff, follow-up tasks, timelines, proposed ordinances, budget figures, or named external stakeholders related to forming a joint police department. For a fuller public record of decisions or next steps on the joint department topic, the committee would need to publish expanded minutes or a transcript that documents the substance of the Feb. 2 discussion.
