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Harwood council rejects proposed annexation agreement with Fargo
Summary
At an executive session on Nov. 24, 2025, the Harwood City Council met with its attorney over anticipated litigation tied to a proposed Fargo annexation and then voted to reject the Agreement Concerning Annexation and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction by the City of Fargo. The meeting adjourned at 5:39 p.m.
Harwood Mayor Blake Hankey called an executive session to order at 5:00 p.m. on Nov. 24, 2025, and the council met to seek legal advice and negotiating instruction regarding a proposed annexation by the City of Fargo.
The agenda item described the purpose of the closed session as "negotiating instruction to its attorney or other negotiator regarding the reasonably predictable litigation regarding the annexation by the City of Fargo" and cited North Dakota Century Code (NDCC) §44-04-19.1, subsections 2, 5 and 9, and NDCC §44-04-19.2 as legal authority for the executive session.
At 5:02 p.m., Councilmember Chris Higgins moved to enter the executive session; Councilmember Chris Fix seconded the motion. The record shows the executive session concluded at 5:38 p.m., and the open meeting was immediately reconvened.
Following the executive session, Higgins moved and Fix seconded a motion "to reject the proposed Agreement Concerning Annexation and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction by Fargo." According to the minutes, "All voted aye," and the motion carried. Present members listed earlier in the record were Mayor Blake Hankey and councilmembers Jamie Nettum, Chris Higgins, Chris Fix and Dick Sundberg; the minutes identify City Attorney Sarah Wear and City Auditor Chayla Hansen as in attendance.
The council then moved to adjourn. Chris Higgins made the motion to adjourn, Jamie Nettum seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 5:39 p.m.
No further details about the terms of the proposed agreement, any alternative proposals, or individual roll-call votes beyond "All voted aye" are included in the minutes.
