Excerpts from wifr.com:
It’s taken over a decade to accomplish a million-dollar, one year agreement to share emergency services between the City of Beloit and the town of South Beloit, after the South Beloit city council approved an agreement in March between the cross-state line communities letting the Town of Beloit manage and staff its fire department.
Over the years the South Beloit department has been struggling due to recruitment and scheduling struggles: the city offered part-time positions but couldn’t maintain a full-time station.
With the agreement: nine full-time crew members will work the South Beloit Fire Department. That full-time, 24/7 employment sits at the center of the Illinois city pursuing the deal.
As the July agreement kicks off, an official start for the Town of Beloit’s management isn’t clear.
The city will keep its fire inspection bureau and department administrator; those positions are part-time.
The Town of Beloit wasn’t the only community South Beloit considered for its agreement.
