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Riverside reviews three schematic designs for combined public safety facility; trustees generally favor Scheme 2

Village of Riverside Board of Trustees · November 7, 2025
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Summary

Williams Architects presented three schematic options for a new combined police-and-fire public safety facility with community rooms and river access. Trustees favored a version that isolates bunk rooms and places community spaces toward the river; staff and architects will refine exteriors and cost estimates and return in January.

Williams Architects presented three schematic design schemes for a proposed combined public safety facility at the Nov. 6 Village Board meeting. The presentation covered lower-level secured patrol parking, an apparatus bay with a mezzanine for fire bunk rooms, a 'warm zone' (decontamination and gear removal) between apparatus and clean areas, and public/community spaces oriented to the river.

Kim Nigro and the Williams team told trustees the current designs are schematic and intentionally emphasize program adjacencies and…

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