The Forest Grove City Council met on December 8, 2025, at 7:05 PM. The meeting included public comments, presentations on federal advocacy, the farmers market, and the Committee for Community Engagement, a public hearing on a sanctuary city ordinance, and approval of a fire services agreement with Cornelius. All council members were present.
I would like to call to order this meeting of the Forest Grove City Council. It is 7 05. Sorry, we are a little bit tardy. Will the city recorder please call roll? Council President Vonzuela. Here. Counselor Schummel. Here. Counselor Falconer? Here. Counselor Martinez? Here. Mayor Winslow. Here. Forest Grove City Council meetings are located on the land of the Tualeton Calapuas, who call themselves the At Pilates. They are now part of the Confederate tribes at Grand Ron. Will the council and the audience please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Under God. Invisible with Liberty and Just. Thank you. Moving on to item B on our agenda. Public comments. Public comment time provided for anyone wishing to speak to City Council on an item not on the agenda or on the agenda, but not scheduled for a public hearing. Comments are limited to two minutes unless additional time is granted by the presiding officer. The public comment period shall not exceed 30 minutes unless a majority of counselors present. Vote to extend the time. Zoom attendees, please use the raised hand option to be called on. So I'm going to start with our hang on. I gotta find I have a lot of piles of paper. Let me find my list. I have a sneaky suspicion, I know who's first, but I want to confirm. Okay. First stop for public comment is Mr. Dale Feek. Those keeping score, I was correct. Well, let's not do that. Oh, hopefully you have good insurance. Never mind. Former teacher. Mayor Winslow, since you only have two people, may I have three minutes tonight? You may. Thank you very much. I've sent you three at least three emails lately. And in the what you have in front of you is kind of a summary of that. Uh number one is Timothy Snyder's book on tyranny. And I'm still offering it to you. Uh Counselor Martinez, if you want one. Okay. Um tyranny, 20 lessons from the 20th century. Snyder says in lesson number nine, be kind to our language by trying to separate yourself from the internet and read books.