STATE OF WISCONSIN

Town of Washburn
Bayfield County

This is an initial meeting with the Town Boards of Barksdale and Bayview, and the City of Washburn, to discuss the framework for establishing a new 5-Year Fire/EMS Contract with the City of Washburn.

Call to order and roll call: the meeting was called to order by Mayor Motiff at 3:00 pm

In Attendance: Scottie Sandstrom, Matt Tetzner, Seth Vasser, Vicki Thoen
Town of Bayview – Don Jenicek, Mike Garnich, Bill Bodin. Town of Barksdale – John Nyara
City of Washburn – Mayor Mary Motiff, Scott Rasmussesn (interim administrator)
Several representatives of Fire and EMS departments.

Verification of proper public notice: Town Hall, Tetzner’s Dairy, Town Website.

Public Comment – none

Mayor Motiff led discussion on developing a new 5-year Fire/EMS Contract with the City of Washburn. Suggestion was made to separate the Fire and the EMS contract into two separate contracts in anticipation of future changes to the EMS contract that will include County EMS support. It was suggested that all of the towns be included on the same contract instead of separate contracts. The City attorney will be consulted regarding this change. An equipment replacement plan to help towns plan for large expenditures was discussed. The fire department has a 5-year plan and will share it with the towns. EMS will provide information on the number of calls they respond to and how many they can’t respond to. Setting an annual limit on the amount the towns payments can increase was suggested.

The next meeting is scheduled for June 4 at 3:00 pm at Washburn City Hall.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm.