The Madison Fire Department will not be getting a ninth ambulance after the City Council voted the proposal down at a Tuesday night meeting. The proposed amendments to the city’s operating budget called the city to: 1. Purchase another ambulance 2. Create 10 new positions to operate that ambulance 3. Cut positions elsewhere in the fire department to afford the upgrades. Madison Fire Chief Steven Davis called the city to purchase a ninth ambulance earlier this week, in order to cut down response times to the city’s southeast side. This despite the newly built Fire Station 14 to service that area. Maylon Mitchell, current President of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, said before Tuesday's vote that "that we’re asking is that you make a priority of having a 9th ambulance in the city of Madison. We’ve been asking for this for a while."