Votes at a glance: Woodstock City Council, April 14, 2025

This list summarizes the formal actions recorded by the Woodstock City Council at its April 14, 2025 regular meeting. Vote tallies are recorded as announced in the meeting; where individual roll-call names were not read for every vote, the council’s announced totals are listed.

Key votes and outcomes - Consent agenda (items 8–11) — Approved. Motion carried 5–0 (1 absence: Councilman Usher). - Appointment: Greg Smith appointed to the Planning Commission, Ward 2 — Motion carried (mover: Councilman Potts; second: Councilman Ake). Vote recorded as carried by council announcement. - Fee schedule amendments (public parking fees added to Chapter 4) — Approved with amendment to preempt secondary citation by the contracted parking company (mover: Councilman Potts; second: Councilman Wolf). Vote recorded 5–0 (1 absence: Councilman Usher). - Paid-parking resolution (establish Zones 1–4 downtown) — Adopted with amendments: first hour free; 3-hour cap remains; handicapped-designated spaces excluded from paid zones. Motion carried 5–0 (1 absence: Councilman Usher). Staff to begin outreach and baseline data collection prior to enforcement. - Noonday Creek Trail Extension change order — Approved as a not-to-exceed amount of $520,800, subject to staff verification of corrected unit/quantity math and GDOT sign-off. Motion carried 5–0. - Approval of minutes (March 24 special and regular meeting minutes) — Approved. Motions carried 5–0. - Denials of annual item notices (added after executive session): - Item 10-2: Annual item notice denial for claimant Damon Scott — Motion to deny carried 4–0 with 1 abstention (Councilman Wolf abstained) and 1 absence (Councilman Usher). - Item 10-3: Annual item notice denial for claimant Jackson Hancock Little — Motion to deny carried 4–0 with 1 abstention (Councilman Wolf) and 1 absence (Councilman Usher). - Item 10-4: Annual item notice denial for claimant Karen Lorenzo — Motion to deny carried 5–0 (1 absence: Councilman Usher). - Item 10-5: Annual item notice denial for claimants Andrea Hudson, Cooper Hudson and William Hudson — Motion to deny carried 5–0 (1 absence: Councilman Usher). - Settlement approval: Item 10-6, settlement agreement for the Fowler cases — Motion to approve authorizing the mayor to sign subject to city attorney approval carried 5–0 (1 absence: Councilman Usher).

Recusals and absences - Councilman Potts indicated a potential conflict and initially sat out of a vote (staff acknowledged his abstention earlier in the meeting); the official recorded votes later for the Noonday change order and other items were read as 5–0 where recorded. - Councilman Wolf abstained on two annual-item-denial votes related to claimants Damon Scott and Jackson Hancock Little and was recorded as abstaining in those items. - Councilman Usher was absent for the meeting; the council announced multiple 5–0 results noted as having one absence.

Procedural notes - Several items (annual item denial motions and a settlement motion) were added to the agenda after an executive session; the council voted to add those items before considering them. - Staff and the city attorney were directed to ensure corrected paperwork (in particular, accurate unit/quantity calculations on the change order) and to obtain required GDOT inspection sign-offs before final execution of construction contract amendments.

Ending: the council closed its business by approving routine minutes, handling added annual-item-denial requests after executive session, and approving a settlement agreement for the Fowler cases; multiple items will require follow-up paperwork or policy development by staff.