Woodstock

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• Town website: https://www.woodstockct.gov/ (Town of Woodstock, Windham County; Town Hall at 415 Route 169)
• Agenda Center for all boards: https://www.woodstockct.gov/agendacenter. One section per board, with agenda and minutes PDFs by date (minutes are marked unapproved until adopted).
• Meeting calendar: https://www.woodstockct.gov/calendar.aspx?view=list&month=11&year=2026
• Board pages: Selectmen /1345/Board-of-Selectmen, Finance /1331/Board-of-Finance, Education /1329/Board-of-Education, Planning and Zoning /1438/Planning-and-Zoning-Commission, Inland Wetlands /1393/Inland-Wetlands-and-Watercourses, Zoning Board of Appeals /1536/Zoning-Board-of-Appeals
• Meeting video: Town of Woodstock YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@townofwoodstock2819/videos. These are Zoom recordings of the Planning and Zoning Commission, Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency, Conservation Commission, Arboretum Committee and Board of Finance.
• Collected 2026-11-03 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Board of Selectmen (regular meetings 1st Thursday 4 PM and 3rd Thursday 6 PM, Town Hall): First Selectman Chandler L. Paquette, Chris Mayhew and Kate McDonald
• Board of Finance: Chair Michael Dougherty; Finance Director and Treasurer Karen Fitzpatrick
• Board of Education (2nd Thursday 7 PM, Middle School cafeteria): Chair Sonia Greene; Superintendent Chris Roche
• Planning and Zoning Commission (3rd Thursday 7:30 PM): Chair David Morse; Town Planner and Zoning Enforcement Officer John Guszkowski; Land Use Clerk Tracy Giarrusso
• Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency (1st Monday 7 PM, Zoom): Chair William Rewinski
• Zoning Board of Appeals (3rd Monday): Chair Bill Chaput
• Other boards: Water Pollution Control Authority, Town Asset Committee, Economic Development Commission, Conservation Commission, Arboretum Committee, Historic District Commission, Crystal Pond Park Commission, Housing Authority and Commission on Aging

Data quality notes

• Minutes marked unapproved on the town's site are drafts. Not every minutes document was read in full: those of the Economic Development Commission, Commission on Aging and Arboretum Committee were skimmed or not read in detail, and the long attachments to the Board of Education minutes were not read.
• No video exists for the Board of Selectmen or Board of Education; the Selectmen tabled livestreaming on 2026-10-01. No video was found for the Commission on Aging, Water Pollution Control Authority, Town Asset Committee, Economic Development Commission or Zoning Board of Appeals.
• Not found: minutes for the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency of 2026-11-02 and the Historic District Commission of 2026-10-28; Board of Selectmen minutes of 2026-09-17 and Zoning Board of Appeals actions after 2026-10-15 were not checked.
• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01. September meetings have a video only. No agendas are posted for most meetings after 2026-11-05.