Two different public safety projects will be discussed at a Washington Island Public Hearing on Wednesday. The first topic will discuss the county’s pending purchase of the Historic Island Dairy for its future EMS facilities. Door County Administrator Ken Pabich and Door County Emergency Medical Services Director Aaron LeClair will be discussing the proposed plans for the site. The hearing will then transition to plans for the Washington Island Fire Station. Thanks to the county’s plans for the Historic Island Dairy, the plan for a new station can be pared down to what it has been in the past. Not only would the new facilities be able to house its current equipment being housed at a maintenance shed at the airport, but it would also have the ability to house a new pumper truck and rescue boat if those vehicles are purchased in the future. Town chairperson Richard Tobey says the plans have been kicked down the road for a long time.

Wednesday’s 6 p.m. public hearing at the Trueblood Performing Arts Center will be the first of likely many on the topic of a new fire station, according to Tobey. The public meeting will also be made available online. He says the decision on investing $2 million for new facilities for the Washington Island Fire Department could come down to a referendum vote in the future.