WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Oak Harbor fire department measures set for ballot (VIDEO)

Rachel Rosen reports from a special meeting of the Oak Harbor City Council held on June 1, 2022.

Oak Harbor voters will decide in November whether to raise property taxes in order to fund a second fire station and the equipment and staff to go with it. …[M]embers of the Oak Harbor City Council unanimously voted to place two ballot measures on the Nov. 8 general election that would raise a total of nearly $2.4 million a year.

They Said It

“Very few votes that we ever take up here will potentially save lives,” Councilmember Shane Hoffmire said. “This is one of those things that in time certainly will.”