The City of Fitchburg could be considering a change in its joint medical service with Verona now that a $30,000 study has been brought back to its Common Council. Since 1977, Fitch-Rona EMS has been a combined district of the cities of Fitchburg and Verona and the Town of Verona. Each municipality has three voting members, and the commission has some autonomy, but budgetary and other major decisions need the approval of each municipality. Fitchburg, with the highest population and use of the service by far, has expressed some concerns about the efficiency of its operation, much like the City of Verona did a decade ago about fire service. In that case, the city eventually withdrew from the joint fire district it had at one point shared with the towns of Verona and Springdale and created its own department, which it now contracts out to the Town of Verona.