TOWN OF BELOIT, Wis. (WIFR) - About one year since an unprecedented agreement began, the Town of Beloit plans to step away from providing firefighting services to South Beloit.

On Tuesday, TOB’s Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to end an intergovernmental agreement between the Wisconsin and Illinois communities.

Prior to the meeting, a memo from Town Administrator Tim Wellnitz and Fire Chief Daniel Pease shared the Town of Beloit lost out on a FEMA SAFER grant. That funding would have hired nine new firefighters for a three-year period. Without it, the leaders argue TOB can’t meet the staffing required to fill the SB station.

Just before Tuesday’s vote, Board Supervisor John Pelock described the arrangement as a failed experiment.

“Despite the good faith effort, this thing just

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