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Lazy Lake council appoints Ray Nyhuis mayor; two council vacancies filled until March 2026
Summary
After resignations from the mayor and a council member, the Village Council appointed Ray Nyhuis as mayor and filled two council seats by unanimous votes; appointments run through the March 2026 election.
The Village of Lazy Lake council filled three vacancies at its Oct. 24, 2024 meeting, appointing Ray Nyhuis as mayor and naming two residents to open council seats. The minutes record unanimous votes to place Nyhuis in the mayor’s office and to appoint Dana Merrill and Amold Aliff to council positions through the March 2026 election.
The meeting record says that Council Member Mark DiPaolo resigned effective Sept. 9, 2024, and that Mayor Carlton Kirby announced his resignation effective Sept. 30, 2024. The Village Charter provision about the council president acting for the mayor in the mayor’s absence was cited as part of the transition process. The administrator was instructed to post notices of the vacancies on the Village website and email registered residents; applicants listed in the minutes included Dana Merrill, Amold Aliff and Elizabeth Abrahams.
The minutes state that “by unanimous vote, Ray Nynuis v/as appointed Mayor. The appointment shall be until the March 2026 election.” The record does not specify who made or seconded the motions to appoint; it records the votes as unanimous without a numeric tally. The minutes also record the subsequent unanimous appointments of Dana Merrill to the seat vacated by Mark DiPaolo and Amold Aliff to the seat vacated by Ray Nyhuis, both with terms running to March 2026.
The council’s decisions were recorded as formal appointments; no accompanying ordinance or resolution number is listed in the minutes. The agenda item and votes appear under the New Business section addressing vacant council seats.
