In a Common Council discussion, members seemed to circle a central tension: The prospect of a consolidated department is filled with uncertainty, and may be inevitable.
Proponents have tried once before to create an East Tosa BID. For it to succeed this time, they again will need to clear two hurdles: obtaining city approval and winning the backing of property owners.
It's been an interesting summer for weather in and around Wauwatosa, even before the historic rain and flooding Aug. 9 and 10 that helped pushed the season into the record books.
The Board of Review also accepted 58 stipulations, or voluntary downward adjustments to the assessments that were sent to all city property owners in July.
A combined department could realize savings of $7 million in the first five years, the study concluded. The public is invited to learn more about the proposal at meetings in September.
Bald-faced hornets, a species of yellowjacket or wasp, have built a nest in the right ear of Mama Rosa, the troll statue at Wauwatosa's Firefly Grove Park.
At Currie Park, "nearly every hole was affected by the flooding, including fallen trees and tree limbs on many holes," and Hansen Park faced a similar scenario.
The FEMA teams are working in collaboration with state and county emergency management officials to assess the damage from the flooding to determine whether it merits a presidential disaster declaration.
