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Fox Lake council adopts ordinance establishing minimum alcohol-license use requirements in 5-1 vote
Summary
At its March 4 meeting the Fox Lake Common Council approved Ordinance 2026-1 (creating ordinance 314-14 K) to establish minimum license-use requirements for alcohol licenses, with Alderperson Marcy Benz the lone recorded dissent. The minutes do not specify the ordinance's operative details or effective date.
At its March 4, 2026 meeting the City of Fox Lake Common Council approved Ordinance 2026-1, creating ordinance 314-14 K to establish minimum license-use requirements for alcohol licenses. The motion to adopt the ordinance passed on a recorded vote with five members in favor and one opposed.
The ordinance was adopted after a motion by Alderperson Dan Ault, seconded by Alderperson Peter Hartzheim. The minutes record Alderpersons Dan Ault, Peter Hartzheim, Joe Horetzki, Dennis Linke and Angela Thomas voting in favor and Alderperson Marcy Benz voting against the measure. The minutes do not include the ordinance's substantive provisions or an effective date.
The ordinance is filed in the minutes as Ordinance 2026-1, tied to municipal code section cited in the minutes as 314-14 K. The council took the action during the regular council meeting; no further discussion or amendment is recorded in the minutes.
The adoption changes the city's code framework for alcohol licensing as recorded in the minutes, but the council's public record here does not specify how the new minimum-use requirements will be enforced or when they take effect.
