Woodland's City Council meets regularly every first and third Tuesday of the month. Meetings are held in the City Council Chambers, 2nd floor of City Hall, 300 First Street in downtown Woodland. Citizens are welcome to attend in person or view proceedings on government access cable channel 20.
Videotaped copies of previous City Council meetings are available at the Woodland Public Library.
City Councilmembers
Art Pimentel, Mayor
Born in the City of Woodland in 1979, Art Pimentel began his education at Willow Spring Elementary School. After graduating from Woodland High School in 1997, Art went on to attend California State University, Sacramento (CSUS), pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences.
In 1999 Art was hired as Legislative Assistant for Assembly member Tony Cardenas. While attending CSUS, Art was elected Executive Vice President of the student body government. The following year he was elected President, and represented 27,000 students. During his term as Student Body President, Art promoted the Cadet program to aid campus police efforts; established an internship program with the support of local business people and state elected officials and balanced an $8.2 million budget.
In 2002 he was elected Chairman of the California State Student Association (CSSA). CSSA is an association that advocates the student perspective for the 480,000 students of the California State University System. As Chairman, Art worked closely in developing and influencing university public policy with the State Legislature, Board of Trustees, Chancellor's Office and labor unions.
Art obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences in 2002. That same year he served as Deputy Supervisor for a member of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. This position required him to work with county planning, policy, management, and constituency issues.
On March 2nd, 2004, Art was elected to the Woodland City Council. He currently serves as Chairman of the Yolo County Transportation District, Boardmember of the Yolo-Solano Air Board, member of the Infrastructure Subcommittee, Affordable Housing Subcommittee, Homeless Coordination Project Liaison, and the City Council Energy Task Force.
In December of 2006, Art accepted the position of Public Information Specialist at Woodland Community College where he is currently employed. Art has also participated in the Great Valley Leadership Class, The Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, and the California International Studies Project with the School of Education at Stanford University.
Marlin H. "Skip" Davies, Vice Mayor
Elected to the Woodland city Council in 2006 Marlin Davies and his family have resided in Woodland since 1966. Skip completed high school in Marysville, California, received his Bachelors degrees from the University of California at Davis, Master of Arts from California State University Sacramento and Ed. D. from Utah State university in Logan, Utah.
Skip completed his career in education after serving in numerous roles as a teacher and administrator for forty two years. After moving to Woodland he taught and coached at Woodland High School (1966-69), served as Principal of Douglass Junior High School (1971-83) and joined the Los Rios Community College District in Sacramento in the fall of 1983. While with the Los Rios District (1983-2004) Skip was appointed to numerous administrative positions which included Dean assignments with Cosumnes River College, President of the Folsom Lake College Centers, and the Deputy Chancellor for the Los Rios Community College District. In addition Skip also served at the State level as Vice Chancellor in the California Community Colleges system office.
In addition to the professional life Skip has had the opportunity to serve in numerous volunteer positions, serving on the Woodland Parks and Recreation Commission for approximately ten years, president of
the Woodland Swim Team Boosters, served on the Boards with the YMCA and the Sheltered Workshop, Coordinated the construction of the Woodland High School Weight Room and the Auxiliary Building at the Chuck Brooks Swim Center in Woodland. In addition Skip served in significant roles with the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation in the City of Folsom.
Skip has received local recognition for his efforts in the Woodland Community receiving the City of Woodland's Community Service Award, the Yolo County Champion Award, The Yolo County Educator of the Year recognition, and Induction into the Woodland Athletic Hall of Fame.
Currently enjoys having his entire immediate family residing in Yolo County which includes his wife of forty-six years, Juliann, their three daughters, son in laws and five grandchildren. Being retired he has
the time and opportunity to focus on both his family and his community.
Jeff Monroe, Councilmember
First Elected to the Woodland City Council in 2000
Re-elected in 2004
Born and raised in Woodland, Jeff attended Whitehead and Dingle elementary schools, Lee and Douglas junior high schools and graduated from Woodland High School in 1979. He worked many long hours on the family cattle ranch in the Capay Valley before enlisting in the U.S. Army where he served four years and earned the rank of sergeant. Jeff spent two of those years in a cavalry unit guarding the East/West German border. Upon his honorable discharge in 1983, wearing his Class-A Army uniform, he had the taxi cab driver drop him off on Main Street so he could walk through town. It was then that he realized of all the places he had been, Woodland was where he wanted to settle and raise a family of his own.
Jeff began his career with the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department as a Civilian Correctional Officer in 1986 and became a Deputy Sheriff in 1988. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1997 and Lieutenant in 2005. He has supervised Patrol, Marine Patrol, Search & Rescue, Detectives, Court Services, Internal Affairs, Personnel, and the Civil Section. His past assignments also include Press Information Officer and Crisis Negotiation Team Commander. Jeff is currently assigned to the Field Operations Division and serves as the Department SWAT Commander and Mutual Aid Coordinator. Jeff has received four formal department commendations, including Manager of the Year in 2002 and the Sheriff’s Special Commendation in 2004. Jeff is a graduate of the 224th session of the F.B.I. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
Jeff is also a graduate of Saint Mary’s College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management. He is a graduate of the Great Valley Leadership Academy and the League of Cities Leadership Academy. Jeff is a member of the Yolo County Veterans Coalition, the American Legion, Luna Vista Rotary, Woodland Tree Foundation, Caledonian Club and the Scottish Athletic Association. Every year, Jeff participates in the Scottish Games and took 1st place in the caber-toss last year.
In 2002, Jeff received the Yolo County Concilio Recognition Award for exemplary leadership in public service. Jeff also received the Yolo County Red Cross Hero’s Award in 2004 for saving the life of a choking victim while attending a luncheon in Woodland.
Jeff met his wife Adrienne in 1993 while attending Woodland Community College. In 1995 they were married at the home of Richard and Evelyn Rominger in Winters where family friend Marc Faye performed a slightly Scottish ceremony. Together Jeff and Adrienne have two children; James and Jenevieve.
William L. Marble, Councilmember
Dr. Bill Marble grew up in Yolo County and graduated from Davis High School. He played on the tennis and soccer teams and was named a State of California Governor’s Scholar. As a boy and young adult he lived for 3 years in Chile and Peru, where he became fluent in Spanish and developed an interest in ancient American archaeology and Hispanic cultures.
Bill attended Brigham Young University as a Presidential Scholar. He received a B.S. degree in Zoology and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He attended Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago where he received a research fellowship. He was granted a D.D.S. degree in 1977 and was awarded the Alpha Omega Award for scholarship.
Bill served our country as a Captain in the United States Air Force and is a member of the American Legion. He and his wife, Sandy, have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. All of the children are graduates of Woodland High School. While his children were growing up he served as a Y.M.C.A. soccer coach, Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, and as the Yolo District Commissioner for B.S.A. He has been an active jogger for 30 years and he and Sandy enjoy cultivating a berry patch, vegetable garden, and thirteen fruit trees in their backyard.
Professional service includes appointments as an evaluator and expert to the Dental Board of California, appointments to committees and boards with the Sacramento District Dental Society and California Dental Association, and an appointment as Adjunct Instructor at the University of the Pacific Dental School. Bill serves as an alternate California Delegate to the American Dental Association. He has previously served as a dental consultant to Hillhaven Nursing Home and has been a member of the medical staff at Woodland Healthcare Hospital since 1981.
Bill served on the Board of Directors of the Food Bank of Yolo County for 12 years. He also served on the Welfare Reform Task Force for Yolo County as well as the Woodland Green Waste Citizen’s Advisory Committee. He has previously served in leadership appointments for his church including Bishop, Stake President, and Welfare Council Chairman. He is a past president of Woodland’s interfaith service organization, Woodland Ecumenical Ministries.
Elected to Woodland’s City Council in 2006, Bill currently serves as Woodland’s representative to the Water Resources Association of Yolo County. He was elected as chairman of the board of the Association for 2008 and again for 2009. In addition, Bill serves on board of the newly formed Davis-Woodland Water Supply Project Joint Powers Authority and was elected as board chairman for the 2009-2010 year.
Bill also serves as a member of the Public Safety Policy Committee for the League of California Cities and was appointed in 2007 to the Executive Committee for the League’s Sacramento Valley Division. In 2009 he was appointed to the League’s Statewide Water Task Force and was recently elected as 1st Vice President of the Sacramento Valley Division.
Martie L. Dote, Councilmember
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