{"id":11115,"date":"2025-04-02T14:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=11115"},"modified":"2025-04-02T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:55:07","slug":"northwood-city-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/northwood-city-council-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwood City Council Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11116 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A vote was held on <em>\u201cA resolution authorizing the City of Northwood to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and establishing guidelines for such cooperation\u201d<\/em> on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 7 pm in the <em>Northwood Municipal Complex<\/em>. Present to voice opposition were <em>Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/em>, a proxy for <em>Baldemar Velasquez of FLOC<\/em>, <em>Susan Kuehn, Josie Setzler, Debbie Johnson, and Danielle McClory<\/em>, steering committee members of <em>People for Peace and Justice Sandusky County.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>El jueves 27 de marzo de 2025, a las 7 p. m., en el Complejo Municipal de Northwood, se llev\u00f3 a cabo una votaci\u00f3n sobre la \u201cResoluci\u00f3n que autoriza a la Ciudad de Northwood a cooperar con el Servicio de Inmigraci\u00f3n y Control de Aduanas de los Estados Unidos (ICE) y que establece las directrices para dicha cooperaci\u00f3n.\u201d Estuvieron presentes para expresar su oposici\u00f3n Linda Alvarado-Arce, representante de Baldemar Vel\u00e1squez de FLOC, Susan Kuehn, <\/em><em>Josie Setzler, Debbie Johnson, and Danielle McClory, <\/em><em>miembros del comit\u00e9 directivo de Personas por la Paz y la Justicia del Condado de Sandusky.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), President Baldemar Velasquez urged the Northwood City Council to vote against Resolution 2025-03 because it contributes to the existing negative narratives from top ICE and Border Patrol officials and further deepens division among local law enforcement and honorable members of our community.<\/p>\n<p><em>En nombre del Comit\u00e9 Organizador de Trabajadores Agr\u00edcolas (FLOC), el presidente Baldemar Vel\u00e1squez inst\u00f3 al consejo municipal de Northwood a votar en contra de la Resoluci\u00f3n 2025-03, porque contribuye a las narrativas negativas de los altos funcionarios del ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza y profundiza a\u00fan m\u00e1s la divisi\u00f3n entre las fuerzas del orden locales y los honorables miembros de nuestra comunidad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he urged the City Council to vote against this resolution because there are already laws in place allowing immigrants and native citizens to be detained for serious criminal activity. Therefore, Sections 1 and 2 of this resolution are troublesome. Section 2 essentially can be translated as \u201cspying on our neighbors\u201d without specifying what information to share!<\/p>\n<p><em>Adem\u00e1s, inst\u00f3 al consejo municipal a votar en contra de esta resoluci\u00f3n porque ya existen leyes que permiten la detenci\u00f3n de inmigrantes y ciudadanos nativos por delitos graves. Por lo tanto, las Secciones 1 y 2 de esta resoluci\u00f3n son problem\u00e1ticas. La Secci\u00f3n 2 se puede traducir b\u00e1sicamente como &#8220;espiar a nuestros vecinos&#8221; sin especificar qu\u00e9 informaci\u00f3n compartir.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are also many side consequences to this resolution- such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Additional financial obligations for training and<\/li>\n<li>Potential lawsuits for false arrests, as many \u201craids\u201d have included the shackling of American citizens, as was seen in the Corso Flower Raid in 2019 near Sandusky, Ohio. Where over 100 people were arrested, almost half were American citizens, and small children were separated from their parents or left at schools alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Esta resoluci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n conlleva muchas consecuencias secundarias, como:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em> Obligaciones financieras adicionales para la capacitaci\u00f3n;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Posibles demandas por arrestos injustos, ya que muchas redadas han incluido el encadenamiento de ciudadanos estadounidenses, como se vio en la redada de Corso Flower en 2019 cerca de Sandusky, Ohio. En la que m\u00e1s de 100 personas fueron arrestadas, casi la mitad eran ciudadanos estadounidenses, y ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os fueron separados de sus padres o abandonados solos en las escuelas.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photos taken of the councilmembers come from the Northwood City Council website https:\/\/www.northwoodoh.gov\/government\/city_council\/council_members.php<\/p>\n<p><em>Fotos tomadas de los concejales vienen del sitio web del consejo municipal de Northwood: https:\/\/www.northwoodoh.gov\/government\/city_council\/council_members.php<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As PROMISED, I will be informing people about elected officials who are on the wrong side of history and OUR PEOPLE!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Como PROMET\u00cd, estar\u00e9 informando a la gente sobre los funcionarios electos que est\u00e1n en el lado equivocado de la historia y de NUESTRA GENTE!<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Yes-<\/u><\/strong><strong> Votes for this Resolution were supported by the following three (3):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>S\u00ed:<\/u><\/strong><strong> Los votos a favor de esta Resoluci\u00f3n fueron apoyados por los siguientes tres (3):<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11115 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/northwood-city-council-meeting\/louis-fahrbach\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Louis-Fahrbach-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Louis-Fahrbach-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Louis-Fahrbach.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" title=\"Louis Fahrbach\n(Initiator of the Resolution)\n(Iniciador de la Resoluci\u00f3n)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11117'>\n\t\t\t\tLouis Fahrbach\n(Initiator of the Resolution)\n(Iniciador de la Resoluci\u00f3n)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/northwood-city-council-meeting\/randy-kozina\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Randy-Kozina-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Randy-Kozina-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Randy-Kozina.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" title=\"Randy Kozina\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11118'>\n\t\t\t\tRandy Kozina\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/northwood-city-council-meeting\/jim-barton\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jim-Barton-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jim-Barton-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jim-Barton.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" title=\"Jim Barton\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11119'>\n\t\t\t\tJim Barton\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No- Votes to the Resolution were the following three (3):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>No- Los votos en contra a la Resoluci\u00f3n fueron los siguientes tres (3):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-11115 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/northwood-city-council-meeting\/mark-stoner\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mark-Stoner-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mark-Stoner-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mark-Stoner.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" title=\"Mark Stoner\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11120'>\n\t\t\t\tMark Stoner\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/northwood-city-council-meeting\/michael-melnyk\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MICHAEL-MELNYK-286x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MICHAEL-MELNYK-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MICHAEL-MELNYK.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" title=\"Michael Melnyk\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11121'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael Melnyk\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/northwood-city-council-meeting\/dean-edwards\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dean-Edwards-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-11122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dean-Edwards-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dean-Edwards.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" title=\"Dean Edwards\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-11122'>\n\t\t\t\tDean Edwards\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11123\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mayor-Schimmel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11123\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mayor-Schimmel-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mayor-Schimmel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mayor-Schimmel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mayor-Schimmel-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mayor-Schimmel.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Schimmel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This resolution went into a tie of 3 to 3, with Mayor Schimmel casting the deciding \u201cNO\u201d vote, which ultimately voted down the resolution 4 to 3.<\/p>\n<p><em>Esta resoluci\u00f3n termin\u00f3 en un empate de 3 a 3, con el alcalde Schimmel emitiendo el voto decisivo de \u201cNO\u201d, que finalmente rechaz\u00f3 la resoluci\u00f3n por 4 a 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please keep these people in mind next time you go to the voting booth!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a1Ten en cuenta a estas personas la pr\u00f3xima vez que vayas a votar!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Northwood, Ohio, is located in Wood County and has a population of only 5,241 people as of 2025 (<a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\">https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com<\/a>). The average household income is $96,438 with a poverty rate of 13.51%. The average age of someone living in Northwood is 44 (male) and 43.3 (female).<\/p>\n<p><em>Northwood, Ohio, se encuentra en el condado de Wood y tiene una poblaci\u00f3n de solo 5,241 habitantes (en 2025, https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com). El ingreso familiar promedio es de $96,438 con una pobreza del 13.51%. La edad promedio de los residentes de Northwood es 44 a\u00f1os (hombres) y 43.3 a\u00f1os (mujeres).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.areavibes.com\">https:\/\/www.areavibes.com<\/a> Northwoods racial breakdown is 95.1% white; 9.1% Hispanic or Latino; 0.4% Asian, and 0% Black or African American, Native American, or Hawaiian. Of the 5,241 people in Northwood, 98.2% speak English, only 0.8% speak Spanish, and they have 0% of the population reporting themselves as being \u201cforeign-born.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Seg\u00fan https:\/\/www.areavibes.com, la composici\u00f3n racial de Northwood es: 95.1% blancos; 9.1% hispanos o latinos; 0.4% asi\u00e1ticos; y 0% afroamericanos, nativos americanos, o hawaianos. De los 5,241 habitantes de Northwood, el 98.2% habla ingl\u00e9s, solo 0.8% hablan espa\u00f1ol, y 0% se declara extranjero.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Linda Alvarado-Arce A vote was held on \u201cA resolution authorizing the City of Northwood to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and establishing guidelines for such cooperation\u201d on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 7 pm in the Northwood Municipal Complex. Present to voice opposition were Linda Alvarado-Arce, a proxy for Baldemar Velasquez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[249],"class_list":["post-11115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg",700,545,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg",700,545,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg",700,545,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood-300x234.jpg",300,234,true],"large":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg",640,498,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg",700,545,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg",700,545,false],"rtcl-gallery":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood-700x462.jpg",700,462,true],"rtcl-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood-320x240.jpg",320,240,true],"rtcl-gallery-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood-150x105.jpg",150,105,true],"psacp-medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood.jpg",500,389,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1northwood-45x45.jpg",45,45,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"LaPrensa Newspaper","author_link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/author\/laprensa\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"By Linda Alvarado-Arce A vote was held on \u201cA resolution authorizing the City of Northwood to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and establishing guidelines for such cooperation\u201d on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 7 pm in the Northwood Municipal Complex. 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