The Baraboo District Ambulance Service Commission approved a five-year lease Wednesday between the service and the Baraboo Fire Department.
EMS Chief Caleb Johnson said the shift will allow BDAS to reduce utility costs and provide more space for emergency responders.
“We’re cramped, very tight for space in the Alma Waite building as it stands and in the administrative building, we’re obviously split from the operational staff by the road,” Johnson said. “The goal is just to really get under one roof.”
The lease requires no beginning date. The goal of the transition would be to first move administrative staff into the Baraboo Fire Department building, 135 Fourth St., but that is dependent on technology being set up by the Sauk County Management Information Systems Department, Johnson said.