Oak Harbor citizens voted to raise property taxes in order for the fire department to build a new station, hire more staff and purchase new equipment.
Oak Harbor
Incumbent candidates in Island County races are ahead in the first count of ballots Tuesday night while two ballot measures for the Oak Harbor Fire Department are doing well.
The regularly-scheduled meeting of the Oak Harbor School District board of directors for the second Monday of November 2022.
The regularly-scheduled meeting of the Oak Harbor City Council for the first Tuesday of November 2022.
Oak Harbor officials recently laid out two years of spending plans, which includes large road projects, a downtown revitalization study, the purchase of a marina boat yard and new places to play pickleball.
The Oak Harbor Fire Department is asking for an increase in property taxes for the first time in 33 years. Two separate propositions — a levy lid lift and an excess levy, or bond — will together fund a new fire station and the employees to staff it, as well as updated equipment.
The regularly-scheduled workshop session of the Oak Harbor City Council for October 2022.
The regularly-scheduled meeting of the Oak Harbor School District board of directors for the fourth Monday of October 2022.