Good News! FOIA Requests & No December Flock Vote
Moved to Feb, FOIA Requests, and What’s Next
Flock Deferred to Feb!
We have received word that the Square Flock Vote has been pushed back to February! Likely Feb 18th. Subscribe to know for
There are many other important topics (listed at bottom of page) being discussed this Dec 16th meeting (Meeting Agenda) so totally worth still attending, & we can bring up Flock concerns still in public comment. [Note: agenda not posted at the time of writing, should be by Mon]
If anything changes for the agenda and as we learn more, we’ll post here.
Is this a win?
Is this a win? Yes! We’re making noise and the city has to do their homework.
We like to assume good-faith, but there is a chance they are hoping our energy will fade [it won’t]! The $9k grant expires in June, but the grant can be used for so many other things.
Thank you to everyone that has emailed and reached out to our council members and to our police chief & mayor! You all are genuinely AWSOME. 🎉 Keep following up and emailing.
Being informed, sharing this site, sending emails, phone calls, and just talking about this…. YOU’RE making a a difference and helping encourage Woodstock to choose safer and better options, there are many reasons why this matters.
Woodstock FOIA
In other fun news, We have 5 FOIA requests open with to the City of Woodstock to better understand our relationship with Flock and the Camera Plan for the square.
Woodstock Square Contract / Proposal from Flock
The terms, privacy and data sharing terms, data retention & more
List of other vendors considered (quotes, brochures, etc)
List of meetings & communications with Woodstock staff & Flock
Budget breakdown of 03-00-5-543 - Leases and Professional Services
We’ve noted that this FY budget item at increased form ~10k/yr → ~130k/yr
This is the line item where our current Flock camera subscription lands, but it’s intermingled with other subscriptions.
We have one FOIA ask to Evanston, IL for the cease-and-desist letter with Flock to understand the struggles of removing the cameras. Hopefully we can avoid similar here.
If you have other ideas. You can email us or submit your own Woodstock FOIA and share them with us at woodstockilcameras @ gmail . com if you would like.
Dec 16, 2025 Council Meeting possible topics
Tree Ordinance & Art Fair in the Square
Storage Tax & Storage Containers @ Niko’s Red Mill Tavern
Donation Policy & Rise Grant
Change Order #1 – 2025 Enhanced Streets Improvement Program
Die Cast Site TIF Inducement & Exclusive Negotiating (Murphy Development Group)
Quarterly Reports – 2nd Quarter
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