The Woodstock City Council met on February 17, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers. The meeting featured a presentation on the Enhanced Streets Improvement Program update and five‑year plan, public comments touching on homelessness, a proposed gravel mine, surveillance concerns, and road conditions, and unanimous approval of the consent calendar with a correction to the February 3 meeting minutes. Council also discussed the Flock surveillance contract and future agenda items.
Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to this evening's meeting of the uh Woodstock City Council. A few brief announcements before we get started. The agenda and topics for this evening's meeting will be displayed on the screens in the in the uh chambers. Um the um City of Woodstock operates under what's called a consent format, which means that all items for action this evening will be considered under a single motion and a single vote. If a member of the uh city council wishes to have an item separately or removed for separate consideration and voting, they may make that request, and that item will be removed and separately considered. Uh similarly, if a member of public wishes to have an item removed for separate consideration and voting, they can make that request, and if agreed to by a member of the Woodstock City Council, that item too will be removed uh for separate consideration and voting. There will be two opportunities for public comment this evening. The first being uh under floor discussion public comment. Members of the public may come forward to the podium in the middle of the room if they're willing to do so, state your name and address for purpose of the record. Feel free to make comments to the Woodstock City Council on any item not on this evening's agenda. And then we, when we have items for action, uh we will also uh offer the opportunity for members of the public to address City Council on those specific items. Any questions on those announcements before we get started? All right, hearing none, I'll go ahead and officially call the order this February 17th, 2026 meeting of the Woodstock City Council order and ask Jane to please call the roll. Councilman Flynn Here. Councilman Hansen. Here. Councilwoman McMahon here. Councilman Nearman. Here. Councilman Seegers. Councilwoman Zemba? Here. Mayor Turner. Here. Let the record reflect all seven members of the Woodstock City Council are present and in chambers this evening. Jane, would you please confirm that the agenda this evening is the same as the true and published agenda? Yes, it is. All right, thank you, Jane. Ladies and gentlemen, the council, that being the case, the people's business is duly and appropriately before us. Uh the first item on the agenda this evening is floor discussion. And under floor discussion, the first item we have is a presentation by Chris Teat. Um it is a presentation about our enhanced streets improvement program uh update and five-year plan. Uh streets are always a huge focus for members of the city council. And as we have completed our five-year build out that actually uh began uh back in the middle of last decade, end of last decade with the prior council and prior mayor on uh on reviewing options to uh make some substantial improvements to the city of Woodstock's streets. Uh that was enacted in uh August. I believe we passed it, we passed it in August of 2021, and then begin the process of uh of moving through that program. Uh it is of keen interest to us here at the city and to the public as to what the next phase looks like of our road program and very importantly, how are we going to maintain the roads that we've spent a great deal of money on to install? So, Chris uh Teat, our city engineer, is uh going to provide an overview to the city council. It's an opportunity for us to hear staff's ideas, provide our own questions and comments uh on those things, and uh as he uh prepares to bring something more formally forward. This is not a finalized decision or presentation. Uh uh that will come at a later time, but this is an opportunity for us to hear the thinking of council of staff and for us to ask questions questions and provide feedback. So thank you. Good evening, mayor and members of council. Over the past five years, the city has made one of the most significant infrastructure investments in its history. This program was designed to aggressively improve our pavement condition index, also known as a PCI rating, stabilize long-term infrastructure costs, and improve the overall writability and safety for our residents and businesses. To understand the importance of this program, it's critical to remember where we started. In 2015, the city's overall PCI rating was a 44, which is dangerously close to being classified as a failing system. At that time, 62% of our streets were considered poor or fair and failed, and only 16% were considered good to very good. Nearly half of our streets were requiring significant rehabilitation.