No appointment is necessary. More than 50 physicians, surgeons and dentists have offices in the Treatment Center complex. They are skilled in at least 20 different medical specialties. Wauconda has one excellent nursing home and another is located in Island Lake. Several more are found in the communities surrounding Wauconda.
Residents elect a mayor, a clerk and six trustees.
The Board of Trustees appoint the village administrator and several other department heads. Government is headquartered in the colonial styled building on North Main Street, in downtown Wauconda. The Wauconda Police Department is housed in a contemporary public safety building on South Main Street, close to downtown. The department has 17 sworn officers and a civilian staff of 11. In addition, it has five marine officers who man lake patrol boats on a part-time basis.