Lansing city officials are looking to set up a meeting later this month with representatives of the Delaware and High Prairie townships to discuss the planned withdrawal from Leavenworth County Fire District No. 1.
“We’re looking at mid-January,” City Administrator Tim Vandall said.
But no date has been set.
He said the meeting would be between representatives of the city and two townships rather than the entire governing bodies of the three entities.
Plans for the meeting come after members of the Lansing City Council announced their intent to withdraw from Leavenworth County Fire District No. 1.
Fire District No. 1 currently provides fire department services for the city of Lansing and Delaware and High Prairie townships. The fire district was established through a 2003 interlocal cooperation agreement. Lansing officials plan to operate a city fire department in the future and have offered to provide fire services to Delaware and High Prairie townships.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)