Updates to City Hall and the Civic Center and an expansion of Wauwatosa Public Library have been discussed for years, but construction likely wouldn't start any earlier than 2028.
The Wauwatosa Professional Firefighters Association is open to supporting a potential merger of the Tosa and West Allis fire department, which its president calls "a defining moment for both cities."
The bell outside Wauwatosa's fire headquarters originally rang on the USS Wisconsin, commissioned in 1901. A group wants to move it to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc.
The property at 7746 Menomonee River Parkway, just north of the Harmonee Avenue bridge, has been vacant since the city purchased it in 2020, tore down an old office building there and began seeking proposals.
The city was able to identify just enough space outside of the flood plain and south of the parking lot to fit two single-occupancy restrooms, though installation is at least nine months off.
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.
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.
