Urbana Council to consider Travis Woodcock as finance director Monday
A special 7 p.m. meeting is set for the mayoral appointment, with a term ending on or before June 30, 2027.
URBANA - The Urbana City Council will consider a mayoral appointment of Travis Woodcock as finance director and chief financial officer at a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, according to the agenda and an appointment memo in the packet.
The memo asks the council to approve a term ending on or before June 30, 2027. It says Woodcock most recently served as finance director for Champaign County, where he prepared and monitored the county's annual budget, and earlier worked as a financial analyst and acting budget officer for the City of Champaign and in finance roles at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. The packet says he has nearly 14 years of public-sector finance experience and a bachelor's degree in finance from Eastern Illinois University.
The meeting is at 400 South Vine Street, at the same start time as the Committee of the Whole.
Sources: City Council special meeting agenda, Nov. 16, 2026; special meeting agenda packet.