Woodstock Board Braces for Another Sex Offender Meeting

Woodstock board braces for another sex offender meeting

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – Town Board members have scheduled a Thursday morning meeting to discuss how they were kept in the dark over hiring a Level 3 sex offender but there is significant doubt the session will be conducted without hostility. The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. in the Comeau building, which will immediately be called into an executive session. Three board members have sent emails to the town clerk and town police chief saying they want…

Citing safety concerns, three Woodstock town board members won’t be attending Thursday's meeting

Three members of Woodstock’s town board won’t be attending the board’s scheduled meeting this Thursday, July 31 at 9 a.m. at the town offices on Comeau Drive in person. They are requesting that they participate on Zoom. Two of them, councilmembers Bennet Ratcliff and Maria-Elena Conte, sent almost identical notes explaining their request. They said they did not feel safe in the current work environment. The third, councilmember Anula Courtis, sa…