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Vernon Hills reviews $11M–$32M police campus options; board favors comprehensive upgrades

Vernon Hills Village Board · June 3, 2025
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Summary

FGM Architects presented three concepts to modernize the Vernon Hills police campus, with budgets ranging from roughly $11 million (concept A) to $32 million (concept C). Trustees expressed a preference for the more comprehensive options (B/C) and asked staff to study financing and timing.

Village and police leaders presented a multi‑phase campus planning study by FGM Architects that identifies operational deficiencies across the village’s 740 and 754 buildings and proposes three conceptual solutions.

Police leadership told the board the current campus, built in stages since 1992, lacks a secure, private public interface, adequate training and evidence facilities, and indoor fleet parking. The chief said the campus arrangement “is not the kind of environment…

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