Woodstock is looking for two new executive directors after a divided City Council Tuesday night voted to add those positions to a restructured city government. In the second meeting in three weeks to last more than three hours, the council voted 5-1 to add three new directors to the city’s organizational chart but fund only […]
Woodstock residents, I hope you’re paying attention to the mayor and City Council’s latest proposal to “change up” how things work in administration. Rather than spending money to hire on-the-ground employees, desperately needed in nearly every department, they want to spend $600,000 to hire three new executive directors to oversee groupings of city departments. That’s […]
Reorganization of Woodstock city government hit a snag Tuesday when several people – including two city department managers – told the City Council the plan was being rushed and could lead to the loss of key employees. Deb Schober, the city’s human resources director, said she feared the addition to two – and eventually three […]
Two weeks after discussing options for a reorganized city government, the Woodstock City Council is scheduled Tuesday night to consider approving the addition of three new executive director positions, two of which would be funded this fiscal year. The agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting in City Hall also calls for a revised salary structure […]
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have. Woodstock City Council has borrowed that concept in its recent discussions about the structure of city government, to wit: Create an organizational chart for the city you want to be, not the city you are. At the urging of recently installed Mayor Mike Turner, […]
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