CCR2008146-TC
STATE OF WISCONSIN CITY OF MUSKEGO WAUKESHA COUNTY
TABLED AT COMMON COUNCIL -- 12/16/2008
AMENDED
RESOLUTION NO. 146-2008
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A
CONTRACT WITH THE TESS CORNERS FIRE DEPARTMENT TO
SERVE ALL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego has previously contracted with the Tess
Corners Volunteer Fire Company for the provision of fire protection services to a portion
of the City of Muskego; and
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego has contracted previously also with a separate
entity, the Muskego Volunteer Fire Company, for fire protection services for the portion
of the City of Muskego not served by the Tess Corners Volunteer Fire Company; and
WHEREAS, in the Fall of 2006, the City of Muskego hired TriData, a division of
System Planning Corporation, to study the fire protection services within the City of
Muskego, which culminated in the Spring of 2007 in an extensive report which outlined
numerous issues and recommendations as to the organization and operation of both fire
companies and their relationship to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego Common Council, after carefully considering
the various recommendations in the consultant’s report and other fire department
issues, has determined, in its discretion, that it would be more efficient and in the best
interests of the City of Muskego for the City to provide fire protection services by
contracting with a single volunteer fire company, as described in Resolution 212-2007;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego Common Council has determined that it is
unable to negotiate with the Muskego Volunteer Fire Company the formation of a single
volunteer fire company, as described in Resolution 070-2008; and
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego Common Council intended by Resolution 070-
2008 that this issue would be submitted to mediation with the fire companies, but has
since determined that such mediation is unlikely to succeed; and
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego Common Council has not been satisfied with
certain operational, administrative and financial aspects of the Muskego Volunteer Fire
Company in recent years; and
WHEREAS, in light of such concerns and others the City of Muskego Common
Council is unable to agree to a further contract term with the Muskego Volunteer Fire
Company; and
WHEREAS, the Tess Corners Volunteer Fire Company has indicated that it is
willing and able to provide fire protection services to all of the City of Muskego, on the
terms outlined in the contract attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A, as
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amended; and
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego Common Counsel finds that it is in the best
interests of the City of Muskego to terminate its relationship with the City of Muskego
Volunteer Fire Company, and instead contract with the Tess Corners Volunteer Fire
Company to serve the entire City of Muskego.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Common Council of
the City of Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, that the City of Muskego approves
the contract with the Tess Corners Volunteer Fire Company attached hereto as Exhibit
A, as amended, and authorizes the Mayor of the City of Muskego to sign the contract on
behalf of the City.
Dated this _____ day of _______________________, 2008.
Deferred: 07/22/2008,
09/23/2008, 10/14/2008
10/28/2008, 11/11/2008
11/25/2008, 12/09/2008
Amended and Deferred: 08/26/2008
TABLED: 12/16/2008
CITY OF MUSKEGO
_________________________
Mayor John Johnson
ATTEST:
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Janice Moyer, Clerk/Treasurer