Under Mayor Jodi Miller, changes to Freeport’s Rules of Council have placed new limits on how elected alderpersons participate in debate. From limiting speaking turns to increased penalties and questions over how those rules are enforced, F4F NEWS examines whether the rules are maintaining order — or becoming a tool to control the conversation.

Freeport has invested approximately $3.3 million in the Greater Freeport Partnership since 2018. Now, with $180,000 in annual funding disappearing, City Manager Rob Boyer is recommending the city stop its $400,000 agreement from automatically renewing — even as the resolution before City Council calls for exactly that renewal.

Freeport City Council will consider a new policy allowing Public Works employees to hang up on citizens or leave job sites when interactions are deemed abusive or unprofessional. But who decides when an angry taxpayer has crossed the line?

Freeport's five-year road plan could be changing again. After Monday night's Committee of the Whole meeting, questions remain about 2027 street projects, Walnut Avenue, Albertus Airport and what happened to the infrastructure plan taxpayers were originally promised.