The Oak Harbor City Council voted to approve $500,000 of lodging tax funds to be awarded in 2023.
Eric Marshall
The Oak Harbor City Council voted to create a parks and recreation department to oversee the marina, parks, and senior services divisions.
Amid ongoing controversy surrounding an alleged threat made by the mayor pro tem, Oak Harbor Councilmember Dan Evans is calling for a third party investigation into the city administration.
Oak Harbor officials are considering changing the organizational chart for the city and creating a new administrative position.
A group of community members have come together to start a fundraising campaign to rebuild the windmill that once sat in Windjammer Park.
A pathway connecting Pioneer Way and Bayshore Drive, a temporary economic development coordinator and supplanting funding for an “enterprise resource funding initiative” were casualties of disagreements among the Oak Harbor City Council about the spending of American Rescue Plan Act funds.
By a narrow margin, Oak Harbor City Council approved an agreement with the Oak Harbor School District to provide two additional pickleball courts in a city park.
Members of the Oak Harbor City Council had mixed reactions to proposed uses for federal relief funds in a workshop March 23, with one council member saying the majority of recommendations were disappointing and failed to meet the funds’ intended purpose.