Excerpts from the journal-topics.com:

Elk Grove Village trustees approved the purchase of a new police, fire, and public works mobile command center at a cost of nearly $1.4 million through a joint-state purchasing cooperative at Tuesday’s (July 16) village board meeting.

The vehicle replaces a 2003 Ford E Series van, which was used as a mobile command center. Village officials said the van is old and has “outdated operating systems, inadequate interior space, obsolete technologies, and the determination that the current vehicle has reached the end of its useful life.”

The total cost of the Freightliner M2 Mobile Command Center, including all required equipment through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) joint purchasing cooperative from LDV Custom Specialty Vehicles of Burlington, Wl, is $1,398,942.

Delivery is expected in June 2025, just before the majority of the village’s summer events.

The vehicle can comfortably fit 15 people at workstations. A detailed description of the vehicle, including photos on LDV’s website, shows that the vehicle sits on a Freightliner chassis, with slide-out walls, an exterior fold-out command center with a 55-inch weatherproof monitor, inside the vehicle a conference room with a table, and seating for six, four computer workstations, a galley, toilet, additional equipment storage, touchpad monitors throughout, exterior cameras and surveillance.

Elk Grove Village hosts regular summer events. The July 4 concert and fireworks display featuring a free concert by the Beach Boys drew a crowd estimated at 25,000 at the Rotary Green. 

thanks Rob

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