Bannockburn To Pay Deerfield $1M For Emergency Dispatch Services

DEERFIELD, IL — When you've been working together for 40 years, what's another five. The Deerfield Village Board voted Monday to approve an emergency dispatch service agreement between the Village of Deerfield and the Village of Bannockburn.

As part of the agreement, Deerfield will continue providing 24-hour a day answering of all emergency 9-1-1 and police 10-digit emergency telephone calls emanating from within the borders of Bannockburn, among other services, at a total cost of $1,020,216.

In 2019, Deerfield formed a consolidated dispatch center and also provides similar services for the villages of Riverwoods and Lincolnshire.

The cost of the services for Bannockburn over the course of the next five years breaks down as follows:

• Year 1 (2021): $190,844
• Year 2 (2022): $197,227
• Year 3 (2023): $203,868
• Year 4 (2024): $210,958
• Year 5 (2025): $217,319

On April 12, the Village of Bannockburn’s Village Board approved the five-year agreement for Deerfield to continue the services of emergency dispatch.

"[The agreement] is substantially similar to what other communities have in place with us. It is a five-year agreement that is financially the same as the other communities," Deerfield Police Chief John Sliozis said at Monday night's meeting. "We've added some language about IT services, but it will provide substantially similar services to what we've been providing them in the past and will continue to serve."

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