After months of debate, the Port Washington Common Council on Tuesday agreed to seek proposals from architectural firms to design a new fire station and renovate the existing firehouse.
Aldermen voted 6-1, with Ald. Mike Gasper dissenting, to send out a request for proposals after Mayor Marty Becker, a former member of the Police and Fire Commission and a proponent of the new fire station, said he would not accept any more delays.
“We are going to vote on this tonight or we will be here forever,” Becker told the Common Council as the discussion opened.
The request for proposals is expected to be sent out later this week, and proposals are expected to be returned to the city in early December, Ald. Dan Benning, a member of the fire station taskforce, said. The council would then select a firm to design a firehouse in early to mid-January.