This is the live streamed video of the Oak Harbor City Council workshop meeting of Sep. 25, 2024.
Jim Woessner
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: New police cars will soon hit the streets of Oak Harbor.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The state predicts the county’s population will grow from the current 87,000 people to nearly 103,000 in 20 years. The bulk of the housing for population increases is planned for urban areas, which in Island County largely means Oak Harbor.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: When the Oak Harbor mayor’s recent raise, over doubling his salary, came as a surprise to some city council members, they questioned the ethics and lack of transparency of the process. At Tuesday’s meeting, several council members apologized for calling volunteers into question and not doing more research.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: In a 6-1 vote, the Oak Harbor council passed an ordinance that will loosen the restrictions on trading park land.
THE WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES REPORTS: Oak Harbor staff are currently incorporating city council feedback for a budget proposal for the city’s projects as part of the 2025-2026 budgeting process to be finalized and approved in November.
This is the live streamed video of the Oak Harbor City Council special workshop meeting of July 31, 2024.
The Whidbey News-Times reports: The Oak Harbor City Council ditched plans to adopt a business and occupation tax that would have funded additional Oak Harbor police staff and other city services.