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City of Fox Lake Committee of the Whole Minutes September 16 , 2026 The September 16 , 202 6 committee of the whole meeting was called to order by Council President Dennis Linke , at 6: 3 0 p.m. In attendance were A lderpersons Dan Ault, Marcy Benz, Peter Hartzheim , Joe Horetzki, Dennis Linke and Angela Thomas . Also attending were City Administrator Kelly Crombie, DPW Superintendent Christopher Thurk , Police Chief Duane Olbinski , Librarian Erin Anders and City Clerk Jenny Quir k . Mayor Tom Bednarek was absent. Clerk certifies open meeting laws have been complied with. Approve minutes: Motion by Hartzheim , seconded by Thomas to approve the minutes of the September 2 , 202 6 co mmittee of the whole meeting as written. Motion carried with a voice vote. Public comments: The Council President opens the meeting to public comments on agenda items or other matters. There were no comments made. Reports of Department Heads present : DPW Superintendent Thurk stated that they have been working on potholing to continue fixing the streets . The new line striper has been working great, and they are trying to get everything done that they can working around the rain . Chief Olbinski shared that it has been business as usual with nothing exceptional to report. Librarian Erin Anders noted that the children are back in school so they have classes that will be coming in. They wrapped up the Summer Reading Program which was great this year. City Administrator Report : Administrator Crombie shared the administrator report . Which highlighted the Dodge County EMS, The Fox Lake Chamber of Commerce Dinner , the Sallie Tomato ribbon cutting and the Randolph High School Art Club project. There were no questions from the council. Discussion of Construction Task Force : Administrator Crombie explained that when this task force was establish ed it was understood that there would be construction in 2026-2028. However, that has since changed. It was found that this would have been better to have been managed through the local Chamber of Commerce vs the City. The council agreed to dissolve the committee at this time. Discussion of 2027 Budget: Administrator Crombie noted that our shared revenue went up and we have qualified for expenditure restraint next year. There were some larger needs shared at the Fire Association meeting this week during their budget discussions. He and the Treasurer are still working on compiling requests and numbers. He is hoping there will be a draft budget available at the next meeting for review. With no other business to come before the C ommittee o f T he W hole, motion by Ault , seconded by Hartzheim , carried by a voice vote, the meeting was adjourned at 6:47 p.m.