Fire & Rescue Committee — Minutes

FR Agenda 8-4-25 v1 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, August 7th , 2025 at 5:00 PM at Fire Station #1, 5698 Town Hall Rd., Delavan WI 53115. 1) Call to order/Roll Call – called to order by Chair Thummel at 5:00 PM – excused Bores; Ryan Flitcroft present 2) Declaration of quorum for doing business - by Chair Thummel 3) Approval of the Agenda – motion to approve by Burns, second by Thummel, carried 6-0 4) Approval of the minutes of the regular Fire & Rescue Committee meeting of July 8th, 2025 : motion by Burns, second by Thummel, carried 6-0 5) Communications: flyer from Walworth County was received regarding the increase in overdose reports 6) Comments and Suggestions of Citizens present regarding Items on the Agenda - None 7) Old Business: (a) Discussion/possible recommendation: 5/10 year Strategic Planning – no report (b) Discussion/possible recommendation: Accounts Receivable and collections – Update Handout were provided on status of R&C, numbers continue below goals (c) Discussion/possible recommendation: County F&R Committee Study – Update Jarosz received draft of county study for comments, made some corrections and returned that edited draft to county (d) Discussion/possible recommendation: F&R January Reports – usual report for breakdown of mutual aid not in packet for past month; other reports were provided and discussed, no action at this time (e) Discussion/possible recommendation: Tower Ladder truck repairs and timeline for ordering new truck FR Agenda 8-4-25 v1 Unit now up and running; estimated costs 1.9 M, approx. 2 years out to delivery (f) Discussion/possible recommendation: Improving EMS response times for outlying Town residents and boundary review – discussion with City of Delavan for potential of improvement of response times using draft changes in boundaries to accomplish this; response of city seems positive and will continue team discussions regarding different scenarios such as EMS/MVA/Fire events. (g) Discussion/possible recommendation: Personnel Update – 2 probationary were let go; Anna will not be returning to EMS; Knipper to provide this info to Fire Commission’ 1 EMS leaving in September (h) Discussion/possible recommendation: Possible purchase of 3 Video Laryngoscopes out of Capital expenditures – Jarosz will proceed with ordering the 3 instruments as approved 8) New Business: (a) Discussion/possible recommendation: Storm Siren MOU – to go to TB next (b) Discussion/possible recommendation: 2026 Preliminary Budget – draft handouts of 2026 budget provided to the committee for discussion; debriefing of events of July 5 noted that need for dedicated boat that would be always available to secure the scene. 9) Monthly Bills: Review and Approve – bills were reviewed and signed for payment approval 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, September 4th , 2025, 5:00pm at Fire Station #1 OR potentially postpone one month 12) Adjournment – adjourned at 6:30 PM 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 – guest member/non-voting