Borg Warner Rezoning Issue Tabled Again

FRANKFORT, IL — In another of a series of delays, the Village of Frankfort Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its Monday meeting to table a vote on an ordinance to rezone the Borg Warner property, located at 300 S. Maple St., to R-4/Attached Single Family Residential District from its current I-1/Limited Industrial classification.

The ordinance was first brought before the board at its Nov. 1 meeting but has now been tabled three times to allow the the Village and Borg Warner to negotiate some kind of agreement on the issue.

The ordinance was initially met with resistance from Borg Warner. The company has claimed the Village lacks the authority to rezone the property, that the company will end up potentially losing millions of dollars in any sale of the property and has threatened legal action if the property is rezoned. Borg Warner filed an official protest against the rezoning just before the board's Nov. 1 meeting.

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But, after a series of meetings between the Village and Borg Warner, Village Attorney Jim Murphy told the board Monday that he believes the two sides "are on the cusp of getting a resolution." Murphy told the board that the two sides have met to work out the issues but still need to work out some details.

Murphy said the Village "at its next board meeting should be able to resolve this, finally."

Frankfort Mayor Keith Ogle thanked Village staff and Trustees Eugene Savaria and Michael Leddin for their continued work on negotiations with Borg Warner.

"We also appreciate the public's patience while we work through these final details with Borg Warner to make sure we come out to a good outcome," Ogle said.

The board is expected to take up the matter again at its Dec. 20 meeting.