Welcome to our city council meeting. We're meeting today in council chambers. This meeting is also taking place virtually. Uh, it is June the 10th, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

I'm here tonight to ask the council for transparency around public safety facility funding, and whether any such funding could create obligations to accommodate federal law enforcement agencies like ICE, as well as urge this council to adopt a resolution opposing the construction of an ICE detention facility in our city, and prohibit ICE agents from staging on city property.

What we are witnessing at the federal level is part of a well-documented pattern of democratic backsliding. This is seen globally across multiple countries. Political scientists would refer to this refer to this as competitive authoritarianism.

Between January of 2025 and April of uh 2026, approximately 400,000 people were uh detained by ICE. Of those, 205,000 children were impacted. 36% of those are under 6 years old. And 22,000 are have been left with no parent in the home.

what we really want is a resolution that you guys put yourselves on the record and say, 'We are with you in Woodbury. We know what a great place this is to live. And we are going to watch to make sure legal rules are followed and people are held accountable.'

We really want to know where you stand as a city council as far as using our facilities for ICE. We haven't seen you make a basic statement. We want to know if you are okay renting our buildings.

We want you to create a policy about letting the citizens have a vote about having ICE be and rent our facilities. Please make a resolution. We as citizens deserve it from you.

I have heard the controversy over ICE on both sides, and just want you to know that there are people that are pro having them have access to facilities in Woodbury. Um I am very pro law enforcement and military. ICE is part of law enforcement. We need them for safety.

I'm for law and order. I've been all my life. And stop means stop. Doesn't mean run. Cop says [clears throat] something, you do it. And law and order and rightness righteousness and justice is what we need to get back to.

A 287G agreement is a formal partnership between local law enforcement agencies and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE authorized under Section 287G, it's where they get the name of the Immigration and Nationality Act. These agreements allow specially trained local officers... to perform certain federal immigration enforcement functions under ICE supervision.

Woodbury Public Safety does not have nor has ever had and is not interested in pursuing any type of 287G agreement with ICE.

no space in the new facility is being programmed for ICE or any other law enforcement agency. We will have dedicated work space of course in the building for our two Washington County social workers assigned and embedded with our community support team.

Our finance team recently had our our AAA bond rating reaffirmed uh in a recent rating call. A local government with a AAA bond rating is the highest rating possible. It's viewed by investors as exceptionally reliable and financially well-managed, which creates several important benefits to the community.

my husband and I have signed up for the um, adopt-a-drain program. All of you can do this. You probably live on a street. There's drains in front of you. We need to keep those drains clear of all kinds of clutter and debris and things. So, um, I'm going to be posting this in our yard.