Forms & Permits – Town of Wheaton, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Adoption of Resolution for Mutual Aid Box Alarm System: NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ADDENDUM C TO MUTUAL AID BOX ALARM SYSTEM AGREEMENT Notice is hereby given in the Town of Wheaton that the Town of Wheaton Board at its March 11, 2025 meeting passed Resolution 2025-01 titled Addendum C to Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Agreement for the purpose of providing Wheaton Fire & Rescue a more efficient way of handling coordination of intergovernmental fire protection and emergency medical services in the event of a larger emergency. ADDENDUM C TO MUTUAL AID BOX ALARM SYSTEM AGREEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2025-01 WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Statute 66.0301(2) authorizes any municipality to contract with other municipalities and with federally recognized Indian tribes and bands in this state for the receipt or furnishing of services, such as fire protection and emergency medical services. Such a contract may be with municipalities of another state, as provided in Wisconsin Statute 66.0303(3)(b); and WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Statute, 323.13.(1)(d), provides that the standards for fire, rescue, and emergency medical services shall include the adoption of the intergovernmental cooperation Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) as a mechanism that may be used for deploying personnel and equipment in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response throughout Wisconsin and neighboring states; and WHEREAS, the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin must approve any agreement between a Wisconsin municipality and a municipality of another state, and said agreement was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin on December 22, 2000; and WHEREAS, said agreement was submitted to the governor of the State of Wisconsin for his concurrence, which was obtained and later adopted under Wisconsin Statute 66.0303(3) (a) and (b); and WHEREAS, the Town of Wheaton Town Board believes that intergovernmental cooperation for purposes of public safety and protection should be encouraged and that the Mutual Aid Box Alarm (MABAS) Agreement would afford these benefits to county residents by coordinating fire protection and emergency medical services, as recommended in Resolution 2025-01 on March 11, 2025; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Town of Wheaton to enter into the proposed Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Agreement to provide for the coordination of fire protection and emergency medical services in the event of a large scale emergency, natural disaster, or man-made catastrophe. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby approved and the acting Town Chair and Town of Wheaton Clerk, be authorized to execute the same on behalf of the Town of Wheaton. Dated this 11th day of March, 2025 Town of Wheaton By: ________________________________ Alice Droske Attest: ________________________________ Scott Deutscher A copy of Resolution 2025-01 can also be found under Government tab then select Ordinances & Resolutions.