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Board orders further study of three police station options; staff to seek design and feasibility estimates
Summary
After staff reviewed a 2024 facilities study and site options, the board directed work to evaluate the current police site, the former DPW site, and the former Kwik Trip site — including feasibility and cost estimates — and approved contracting for design/feasibility analyses.
Staff summarized a 2024 study that evaluated several locations for a new police facility and recommended a roughly 64,000-square-foot police building on the village-owned former Public Works (DPW) site. The packet also included prior analysis of the former Kwik Trip parcel (which may now include adjacent land owned by Kwik Trip) and a feasibility estimate to renovate/expand the existing police station.
Staff noted the Kwik Trip parcel raises complications — Commerce Circle is a privately owned road that would likely require rerouting or negotiation to avoid disrupting adjacent businesses. The estimate to produce a feasibility/renovation study of the existing police station was $14,300; staff said a similar figure could be used to evaluate the Kwik Trip site. Staff and the police chief emphasized that each site brings trade-offs in response times, staging during construction, utilities extension (water/sewer), wetland/soil/geotechnical issues, and total cost.
Trustees debated priorities: some favored using existing village-owned land (former DPW) to control cost and timing while others preferred exploring the Quick Trip parcel for proximity to major highways and limited residential impact. Trustee Pieper moved to direct staff to research the Quick Trip site and to evaluate the existing police station; Trustee Jan Miller amended the motion to ensure the current station was included. The motion (as amended) passed on a roll-call vote; trustees directed staff to obtain cost and feasibility estimates and, if needed, to amend the Grama/PRA Moore contract to secure those analyses.
The board asked staff to present results in a matrix comparing the DPW site, Quick Trip site, and the existing station — listing acquisition or utility-extension costs, staging/operational impacts, response-time implications, environmental/geotechnical factors, and overall feasibility — so trustees can review options on an apples-to-apples basis.
Next procedural step: staff will obtain feasibility and cost estimates for the current police station and for the Kwik Trip parcel and will report back (target: next village-board meeting per staff schedule).
