The Cle Elum City Council authorized Mayor Jay McGowan to sign an inter-local agreement with the town of South Cle Elum for emergency services (fire and medical) at a council meeting on Tuesday.
The resolution reestablishes an agreement the two departments had prior to June 15, 2009, in which both departments responded to each other’s emergency calls. The goal is to decrease the response time of the Cle Elum Fire Department to fires in South Cle Elum.
“I feel it’s a real good deal for both cities,” Cle Elum Fire Chief Ed Mills said. Mills said South Cle Elum receives about 49 calls a year, of which Cle Elum is already going to about 10. “We’re not talking about a lot of gas.”