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City of Fox Lake Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday , August 5 , 202 6 at 6:30 p.m. The regular meeting of the City of Fox Lake Common Council was held on Wednesday, August 5 , 202 6 , at 6:30 p.m., in the council chambers. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Tom Bednarek . Followed by the Pledge of Allegiance the roll call was taken with A lderpersons Dan Ault, Marcy Benz, Peter Hartzheim , Joe Horetzki , Dennis Linke and Angela Thomas present. Also attending were City Administrator Kelly Crombie , Police Chief Duane Olbinski and City Clerk Jenny Quirk . The clerk certified open meeting laws have been complied with. Approve Minutes: Motion by Hartzheim , seconded by Ault to approve the minutes of the Ju ly 15 , 202 6 council meeting as written . Motion carried with a voice vote. Public comments on agenda items or other matters : Mayor opens the meeting to public comments on agenda items or other matters. No public comments were made. Consent Agenda: Motion by Hartzheim , seconded by Ault to p ay the bills, as audited, for accounts payable-check #47442 through #47522 totaling $284,781.06 (including ACH withdrawals) and payroll checks #7102601 through #7242627 checks, totaling $64,324.33 . Motion carried with a voice vote. Reports of Department Heads present: Chief Olbinski shared that National Night Out went very well. He is finalizing the radio grant and then the reimbursement will come in. They had 199 calls for service and 43 traffic stops. They have been busy working with more in-depth calls that are requiring a lot of follow up. City Administrator Report: Administrator Crombie shared his report with the Council. He also thanked the departments that did so much work with the National Night Out event, which was very successful again this year. Ordinance 2026-3: Motion by Linke, seconded by Benz to approve ordinance, 2026-3, an ordinance amending ordinance 249-3 A, relating to driveway location, design and construction requirements. Vote in favor: Benz, Hartzheim, Horetzki, Linke, Thomas and Ault. Motion passed. Resolution 1 5 -2026 : Motion by Hartzheim , seconded by Linke to approve resolution 1 5 -2026, a resolution naming the Clara S. Bushkie Park. Vote in favor: Hartzheim, Linke, Thomas and Ault. Opposed: Benz and Horetzki. Motion passed. Amendment to Development Agreement for Cayuse Court: Motion by Linke, seconded by Thomas to approve amendment to Development Agreement between the City of Fox Lake and ACS RBHS LLC for Cayuse Court Phase two in the City of Fox Lake dated May 6, 2026. Vote in favor: Horetzki, Linke , Thomas , Ault, Benz and Hartzheim. Motion passed. Administrator Crombie noted that the reason for the amendment was to change the agreement from 12 lots into now 14 lots. Cayuse Court bids : Administrator Crombie shared that we have 4 total bidders for the Cayuse Court project. He shared the information provided by MSA. Of the bids received Koplin and Kinas was the lowest bidder and had also done the excavating on the first phase. Motion by Linke, seconded by Ault to award the Cayuse Court bid to Koplin and Kinas . Vote in favor: Linke, Thomas, Ault, Benz , Hartzheim and Horetzki. Motion passed. Discussion of payments to employees for not enrolling in health insurance : Administrator Crombie shared that he was asked by an employee to discuss with the council the payments available to employees for not enrolling in health insurance. The employee is asking council to consider increasing the current compensation of $150/pay period. The council was willing to consider the idea of increasing this. It will be further discussed. Discussion of Cayuse Court Project financing : The council discussed the different options for funding the Cayuse Court Project. Between RDA debt, general obligation debt or pay with cash. Administrator Crombie said they will also be discussing this at the next RDA meeting. Closed Session: Motion at 7:15 pm by Linke, seconded by Ault to adjourn to closed session pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(g), Conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved. Vote in favor: Thomas , Ault , Benz, Hartzheim, Horetzki and Linke. Motion passed. Motion at 7:38 pm by Linke, seconded by Thomas to reconvene into open session. Vote in favor: Ault , Benz, Hartzheim, Horetzki, Linke and Thomas . Motion passed. With no other business to come before the Council, motion by Benz , seconded by Thomas to adjourn. Motion carried with a voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 7:39 p.m.