911 Joint Powers Agreement

This is the annual agreement with the county on mutual aid and dispatching. The City of Lake Mills and Jefferson County have implemented an Emergency 911 System for the purposes of providing emergency services to residents and visitors of their municipalities, including fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical and other emergency services. Wisconsin State Statutes § 146.70(9), “Joint Powers Agreement,” requires that in implementing a 911 System, municipalities shall annually enter into a Joint Powers Agreement. The Agreement shall be applicable on a daily basis and shall provide that if an emergency services vehicle is dispatched in response to a request through the 911 System, such vehicle shall render its services to the persons needing the services, regardless of whether the vehicle is operating outside the vehicle’s normal jurisdictional boundaries.