Rick Fritz
Republican · IL · Ogle County Board Member, District 1
Rick Fritz serves on the Ogle County Board for District 1 and was already a sitting member by 2018. He is vice chairman of the board's Road and Bridge Committee and also sits on its Executive and Planning and Zoning committees.
Where Rick Fritz stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Voted for a county ordinance setting siting and operating rules for large battery energy storage systems. It passed 15-7.
December 16, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted for an ordinance banning marijuana businesses in Ogle County. Before the vote he said money was the only benefit and that no amount of money is worth lives. The ban passed 18-2.
December 17, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
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Track record — General
General · 18 records
Voted against letting one solar facility use a single row of plant screening instead of two. The change failed 10-13.
February 17, 2026
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Voted against a 3.5-megawatt community solar facility on 25 acres in Leaf River Township. It passed 11-10.
October 21, 2025
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Seconded the motion on a 2-megawatt community solar facility on Haldane Road in Mount Morris Township, then voted against it. It failed 4-17.
June 17, 2025
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted to approve a solar project near Haldane after the developer sued the county. It passed 13-11.
December 17, 2024
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted to rezone land owned by Constellation Energy from farm to industrial use. The rezoning passed 18-4.
August 20, 2024
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Voted to replace the county's rules for siting and running large solar farms with a new ordinance. It passed 19-5.
December 19, 2023
Source: cms7files.revize.com
As zoning committee chairman, brought a 44-acre community solar garden near Forreston to the board, then voted against it. It passed 15-7.
August 16, 2022
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Voted for zoning changes that created a new farm district allowing more uses (AG-2 Expanded Use Agricultural District). The changes failed 6-17.
February 15, 2022
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Voted to extend the county's pause on new solar farm permits to March 31, 2020. The extension passed 13-7.
December 17, 2019
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a county sales tax on recreational marijuana sales. The tax passed 17-5.
September 17, 2019
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Was named chairman of the county board's planning and zoning committee (Supervisor of Assessments and Planning & Zoning Committee).
August 20, 2019
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Voted to bar solar farms within 1.5 miles of a city or village unless that town wants them. The change to the county solar rules passed 19-4.
January 10, 2019
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Seconded the motion to deny a 74-acre solar farm in Scott Township and voted for the denial, which passed 21-2.
January 10, 2019
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Voted for a temporary halt on new solar farm permits in Ogle County while the county wrote new rules. It passed 21-1.
August 21, 2018
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Voted against a permit for a solar farm on 118 acres of farmland in Scott Township. The permit passed 14-7.
June 19, 2018
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted against holding a special board meeting on putting the county jail plan on the November 2016 ballot and capping the board chairman's pay. The motion failed 7-15.
August 16, 2016
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Voted against a permit for an indoor pistol range on Town Line Road in Rockvale Township. The vote tied 11-11, so the permit was denied.
January 19, 2016
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Was appointed to the Ogle County Board for District 1 to fill the seat left open by Dick Petrizzo, and was sworn in the same night.
February 17, 2015
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Past race Rick Fritz ran in:
- Ogle County Board Member - District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Ogle County, Illinois · incumbent