Fire & Rescue Committee — Minutes

5621 Town Hall Road, Delavan, Wisconsin 53115 (262) 728-3471 - FAX (262) 728-3473 Email: bthummel@townofdelavan.com Office Hours: M – F, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM The Town of Delavan Fire & Rescue Committee held its monthly Meeting on Thursday, April 9th , 2026 at 5:00 PM at Fire Station #1, 5698 Town Hall Rd., Delavan WI 53115. 1) Call to order/Roll Call: Thummel called to order at 5:02 PM Petcoff excused, Bores arriving shortly 2) Declaration of quorum for doing business: Thummel declared a quorum present 3) Approval of the Agenda Burns moved, Jarosz second, motion carried 5-0 4) Approval of the minutes of the regular Fire & Rescue Committee meeting March 5th , 2026 Knipper abstained, motion to approved by Thumel, second by Jarosz, carried 6-0 5) Communications: Bay in process, also Fontana included RFP from Williams, 6) Comments and Suggestions of Citizens present regarding Items on the Agenda (Comments limited to 3 minutes please) Knipper noted that Mercury Trading (Villa Clare Estates) is back with new plan, and copy is available for FR to review this new site design 7) Old Business: (a) Discussion/possible recommendation: Accounts Receivable and collections – Update i To confirm that current Fire Services contract with EMS is updated: ii To confirm that Americollect collections are forwarded to EMS: Darlene and John to confirm contract and Darlene to confirm if collections are being forwarded to EMS (b) Discussion/possible recommendation: F&R Reports: handouts reviewed, no action (c) Discussion/possible recommendation: Improving EMS response times for outlying Town residents and boundary review:No progress at this time, recommend that follow up be by Administrators of Town and City (d) Discussion/possible recommendation: Personnel Update: Have received 2-3 potential applicants for POC (e) Discussion/possible recommendation: Review of July 5th events and possible additional equipment, specifically a Fire Department Boat i Review to be separately scheduled. No action at this time (f) Discussion/possible recommendation: Williams Bay follow up i RFP received from Williams Bay: Jarosz contacted Administrator Dve Leilshef (sp), there is some level of discomort in reaching out to Chief at this time; it may be useful to check online for meeting minutes and financial review? Thummel noted it could be helpful to understand their committee/board structure etc. Jarosz and team did prepare a series of question, and it is not clear if that would be a submittal to Bay prior to RFP meetings? Olson is working to prepare a response with material from Delavan FFIRE/EMS; request Town Board review the RFP/response in closed session. (g) Discussion/possible recommendation: Geneva Township follow up: no report (h) Discussion/possible recommendation: Planned 2026 Referendum update i Final report due. Consultants are recommending gradual hiring of full time personnel instead of a referendum, consultant recommends Town Board review annually and consider hiring in increments of potential 2/year; take 2026 referendum off the table, request Nixdorf assist with financial planning of this approach. (i) Discussion/possible recommendation: Plowing of private roads: Knipper updated as to progress of discussions and potential action opions, town board to continue in discussions. 8) New Business: (a) Discussion/possible recommendation: Innovation grants: this was mentioned in a post FR county study, and Knipper proposed that she pursue for additional information if Delavan to consider such a grant option. 9) Monthly Bills: Review and Approve: motion to approve payment by Knipper second by Bores, carried 6-0. 10) Comments and Suggestions from Citizens present regarding items not on the agenda (Comments limited to 3 minutes please) None 11) Date of Next Meeting: Thursday, May 7th , 2026, 5:00pm at Fire Station #1 OR potentially postpone one month 12) Adjournment - motion to adjourn by Knipper at 6:14 PM, J Flitcroft second, carried 6-0. Date: May 30 2026 mlk Committee Members: Bill Thummel – Chair Jeff Flitcroft - Assistant Fire Chief Mary Knipper – Co-Chair Mike Burns - Citizen Member Jamie Jarosz - Fire Chief Mary Bores– Citizen Member Michael Petkoff - EMS Ryan Flitcroft, non voting