Fire station upgrades foreseen in Schaumburg’s $453 million, 5-year capital plan

Upgrades to two fire stations are the likeliest building improvements to follow the complete replacement of Schaumburg’s village hall and police station in the village’s revised $453 million, five-year capital plan.

In the plan to be approved Jan. 13, an expansion of Fire Station 51 at 950 W. Schaumburg Road has been scheduled for the fiscal year to start May 1, 2029, with renovations to the training center at Fire Station 54 at 1601 Roselle Road to follow after May 1, 2030.

In the meantime, the village will be plenty busy with the building replacement projects already in progress.

During the fiscal year ahead, Schaumburg will spend another $22.7 million on the completion of the new village hall at 101 Schaumburg Court and $1.7 million for the design of the new police station.

That police station will then be built on the current site of the temporary village hall at 1000 E. Woodfield Road during the 2027-28 and 2028-29 fiscal years.

Preparations will be made during the year ahead for readily apparent future improvements to the redeveloping 90 North area around Meacham Road between the Interstate 90 Tollway and Algonquin Road.

A pedestrian bridge over Meacham Road near the forthcoming Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is planned to be built in 2028. A realignment of Thoreau Drive there is planned to start around the same time but take two years.

A sanitary sewer improvement for the Walden subdivision immediately east of the Schaumburg Convention Center campus is planned also to start then but last three years.

While the total cost of the five-year plan is $453 million, grants and outside reimbursements are estimated to bring the village’s share down to $378 million.

The total cost of the year ahead is $107.8 million but outside funding sources are expected to bring the village’s share to $82.3 million. The 2028-29 fiscal year is planned to be the biggest of the five with a total cost of $148.1 million and the village’s share at $126.6 million.

Schaumburg staff’s pursuit of grants and other outside funding sources was among the aspects of the plan Village Trustee Brian Bieschke praised during a committee meeting this week.

“It’s an excellent document,” he said. “You guys do a stellar job in offsetting the cost of these capital projects. Keep up the good work along those lines. It’s great for the residents and businesses in Schaumburg.”

The breakdown among revenue sources in the five-year plan is 21.9% from bonds, 16.6% from grants and other agencies, 16.5% from local consumer taxes, 15.9% from user fees, 14.2% from property taxes, 10.5% from interfund transfers, 3.7% from other miscellaneous sources, and the smallest category being 0.9% from shared state taxes.

In terms of spending categories, 33.9% of the five-year plan is for roadway improvements, 30.4% for building improvements, 15.5% for water and sewer upgrades, 14.2% for community improvements, 2.9% for bikeway improvements, 1.6% for sidewalk maintenance, 0.6% for airport improvements, 0.6% for traffic signals, 0.3% for public parking lots and a mere 0.03% for street lights.