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Burr Ridge trustees weigh three options to fix aging village hall; board asks staff for refined plans
Summary
Village Manager Evan presented three options — renovate the current 1985 village hall (~$4.9M scope for 3–5 years), add a ~7,000 sq. ft. wing to the police department (NTE $6.85M) or build a standalone new hall (~$7.5M plus land). Trustees favored exploring an attached addition and a standalone building on adjacent land with further renderings and cost detail.
Village Manager Evan Walter presented trustees with three paths for addressing mounting maintenance and capital needs at the village hall, a 1985 facility with aging HVAC, electrical and structural elements, and asked for board direction on which approaches staff should refine.
Evan outlined option one as a staged renovation to extend the current building’s useful life — replacing four original air handling units, modernizing temperature controls, repiping suppression and domestic systems, upgrading electrical distribution and lighting, addressing first-floor subfloor and foundation issues, and renovating public spaces.…
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