Sussex — The Waukesha County Board approved spending $500,000 Tuesday to help the village build a regional substation for sheriff's deputies servicing contracts with Sussex, Lisbon and the Village of Merton.
The Sheriff's Department also plans to staff the substation wtih two shift detectives and at least one sector squad car currently patrolling the county's northeast quadrant out of its Nashotah substation.
The facility will add about 4,000 square feet to Sussex's current firehouse on Main Street, though that square footage may grow if Sussex, at its own expense, meets what Sussex Fire Chief Colin "Corky" Curtis has said are the fire department's long-range needs. Because its plans are so preliminary, the village has not released any design and construction estimates.