Council Member· 2025-11-24–2029-11-01 (start: sworn in at the City Council organizational meeting November 24, 2025 per CivicClerk organizational meeting minutes; month-level end: November 2029, four-year term of the 2025 four-seat cycle per cityofoxford.org staggered 3 and 4 seat council description, the city council page lists November 2027 for all members which does not match that cycle)
Jim Vinch
Oxford
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 4
- Total speaking time
- 8:58
- Avg per meeting
- 2:15
- Segments
- 120
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Top issues during term (4)(Governance)
Municipal Solar Projects
$2.6 million solar project and $900,000 EV project, both grant-funded with minimal local cost.
Area One Court relocation and possible mayor's court
The city will add at least three positions (magistrate, clerk, prosecutor), partly offset by fine and fee revenue.
Mayoral court transition
$100,000 budgeted for startup; actual costs still being developed.
council meeting
No cost figures were disclosed, but the Cook Field construction could involve city spending, and the new officer adds public-safety staffing costs.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Vinch was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Governance.
Voting record (0)(Governance)
No votes found matching Governance.