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Fox Lake committee opens meeting, moves to closed session on development talks
Summary
The City of Fox Lake Committee of the Whole met July 1, 2026; business included departmental reports, preliminary budget planning, a driveway-ordinance draft request and a closed-session meeting to negotiate a development agreement.
The Committee of the Whole of the City of Fox Lake met on July 1, 2026. Mayor Tom Bednarek called the meeting to order at 6:38 p.m., and the minutes show Alderpersons Dan Ault, Marcy Benz, Peter Hartzheim, Dennis Linke and Angela Thomas were present (Joe Horetzki was absent).
Clerk Jenny Quirk certified compliance with open-meeting law before the council conducted routine business, including approval of the June 17, 2026 committee minutes on a motion by Alderperson Peter Hartzheim and second by Alderperson Dennis Linke. Later in the evening the council voted to adjourn to a closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e) to discuss negotiating a development agreement; the motion to enter closed session carried with votes recorded in favor from Alderpersons Benz, Hartzheim, Linke, Thomas and Ault. The council reconvened to open session at 7:36 p.m. and adjourned at 7:37 p.m.
The meeting record reflects routine procedural steps and no public comments during the public-comment period. The closed-session discussion was described in the minutes only by reference to the statutory basis; no details of the development negotiations were reported in open session.
