VIDEO: Local firefighters, city council members, county board members, and other interested members of the public gathered at Onalaska City Hall on Tuesday afternoon in an effort to start a conversation about regional collaboration. Onalaska Mayor Joe Chilsen and La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat both helped to facilitate the meeting. Mayor Chilsen was pleased with the turnout and conversation, saying that he believes the answers to all of the questions surrounding the complicated issue could be found in people that attended the meeting. "This is a communication piece. We just need to talk to one another to make sure that we keep our citizens safe, number one, and then, maybe we can save some money," Chilsen said. "That would be a number two."