Burr Ridge trustees back village-hall concept and send site-plan to plan commission

The Village of Burr Ridge Board of Trustees on Jan. 12 approved moving the village hall concept into the design phase and voted unanimously to ask the plan commission to hold public hearings on site-plan revisions for 7700 County Line Road, where the police station would be expanded to incorporate the village hall.

Village Manager Evan (first name used in the meeting) told trustees the board was being asked for “a consensus to move forward beyond the design phase tonight,” framing the vote as approval to translate the approved concept into construction-ready drawings and to initiate the plan-commission process. Architect Elise presented revised site plans showing circulation changes, about seven additional police parking spaces behind the building and roughly 29 front parking spaces, and two façade options that emphasize stone with an optional wood element to visually break up massing.

Trustees praised the updated look and said the design reads as a single new building rather than an addition. “We’re looking for you to approve the building massing, the general form, sometimes the aesthetics and overall site layout, just so that we can go forward,” Elise said during the presentation. Several trustees said they preferred the option that integrates wood accents with stone to preserve focal tower elements while avoiding an overpowering single material.

The board’s formal motion directed staff to ask the plan commission to hold a public hearing (or hearings as the commission deems appropriate) to consider the site-plan revisions. The mayor and village manager emphasized that the motion initiates the standard zoning and entitlement process — including plan-commission review, public notice and further public comment — and that the architects will proceed to engineering and construction documents if the plan commission recommends approval and the board later adopts the zoning changes.

Officials said the village did not include the new village hall in the FY2027 capital budget at this stage; staff will return with more detailed budget numbers and a schedule later. Trustees and staff repeatedly framed the vote as a process step, not a commitment to construction without further approvals.

Next steps: staff will coordinate plan-commission public hearings and return to the board with refined budget information and construction-ready drawings if the commission’s process proceeds in favor of the project.