Board considers reclassifying 13850 Cottage Grove to spur redevelopment of former Arndorf Glass site

Trustees considered a motion to approve Resolution 25-020 to assign property class 8 to the property at 13850 Cottage Grove, the former Arndorf Glass Company, an item the presiding officer introduced as Item e.

An Unidentified Speaker moved to approve the measure; Trustee Tammy Brown seconded. The motion was on the floor but the transcript does not record a vote.

During discussion, an Unidentified Speaker described the former Arndorf Glass Company, saying it closed in February 2025 and "it affected 316 employees," adding that about a dozen businesses had visited the site. The speaker said the village had "landed a potential contract on that property for over $7,000,000," that roughly $500,000 in upgrades were planned and that the prospective buyer intended to hire about 20 new employees. The speaker named potential buyers as Glass King of Phoenix and Ironhorn Enterprise of Syracuse and noted attorney Mark Rogers was present on behalf of Ironhorn.

Attorney Mark Rogers, speaking on behalf of Ironhorn, introduced himself and said the building is "over 600,000 square feet," underscoring the site's scale in any redevelopment plan.

The transcript contains inconsistent spellings and numeric fragments when referring to the company and employment counts (the record alternates between "Arndorf," "Ardolf," and "Ardot," and a passage reads "100 316 employees"), so the article standardizes the name as Arndorf Glass Company for clarity. The transcript does not include a recorded vote on Resolution 25-020 in the segments provided, and no binding agreement or final sale is recorded.

Next steps were not recorded in the provided transcript segments; the board moved on after the presentations.