The Woodstock City Council met on August 19, 2025, with five of seven members present. After public comment and council announcements, the council approved the remaining consent agenda, then separately considered and approved two pulled items: the Action Packaging redevelopment agreement (4-0) and the Metro Strategies Group communications contract (4-1). The meeting adjourned to September 2, 2025.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this meeting of the Woodstock City Council. Before we get started, some brief announcements, uh, the agendas are shown on the screens in the room. Uh number two, the city of Woodstock offer operates under what is known as a consent format, which means all items for action this evening will be considered under a single motion and a single vote. If a council member would like to have an item removed and separately considered and voted upon, they may make that request, and the item will be removed from the consent agenda and be considered under a separate vote. If a member of the public would like to have an item removed and separately considered and voted upon, they may make that request, and if agreed to by a member of council, the item will be removed and considered under a separate vote. There are two opportunities for public comments tonight. At the start of the meeting during floor discussion, members of the public may come to the podium in the center of the room, state their name and address for the record if they are comfortable doing so, and comment on items not on this evening's agenda. The second opportunity is when we are discussing items for action. Members of the public will have the opportunity to make comments on those items prior to a vote. Um any questions on those items before we get started this evening. All right. Hearing none at this time, I would like to call this August 19th, 2025 meeting of the Woodstock City Council to order and ask the clerk to call the roll. Councilman Hansen. Here. Councilwoman McMahon. Councilman Nearman. Here. Councilman Seegers. Here. Councilwoman Ziemba. Here. Mayor Turner. Deputy Mayor Flynn. Here. All right. Let the record reflect that five of the seven members of the Woodstock City Council are present this evening, and therefore we can do the business. Jane, will you confirm that the agenda this evening is the same and true as the published agenda? Yes, it is. Thank you very much. That being the case, the people's business is duly and appropriately before us. The first item uh this evening is floor discussion. At this time, I would welcome public comments at the center podium, if anyone has any that are not on the agenda this evening. Hey, good evening, folks. Good evening. Uh just uh something I wrote about, you know, troubled times right. Right meow. So forgive me, everyone. Sorry. Government can't tell me what to do. Just things Republicans used to say before they is my safety. Just things Republicans used to say before they. Government that governs least governs best. Just things Republicans used to say before they are all these celebrities trying to tell me what to do. Just things Republicans used to say before they drive it like stole it. Just things Republicans used to say. Before they honor the rule of law. Exclamation point. Honor the Constitution. Exclamation point.