Remarks by Ronnie Wright
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Thank you, Christina. All right. Anybody else? OK. Well, we're going to move on to executive session. And at this time, the council will move into executive session per RCW 4230.110.1i. To discuss with legal counsel litigation or potential litigation, the anticipated duration of the executive session is 10 minutes. Action may or may not be taken upon returning to the open session of the meeting. Executive sessions are not open to the public.
All right, we have now come out of executive session and we'll resume the open session of the regular meeting. No action.
30 PM, I will call the City Council meeting of October 6th, 2026 to order. We acknowledge that this meeting is being held on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish people and we pay our respects to those past and present. Tonight's invocation will be led by Pastor Matthew Erickson from the First Reformed Church. If we could all please stand for tonight's invocation and then remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
All right, just a reminder that tonight's meeting will both be a physical and a virtual meeting. You may view the meeting on YouTube and following the meeting on Facebook. I believe everyone is present and accounted for, correct? No, Mayor Pro Tem. She was going to join us remotely, so we'll give her a few more minutes, and if not, I'll ask for her to be excused. Are there any suggested changes to the regular agenda? If not, I request a motion to approve it as presented. Yes, Council Member Romero.
We have a motion to approve the agenda as presented by Council Member Romero, seconded by Council Member Peterson. Is there any further discussion before I call for a vote? Hearing, seeing none, all in favor, raise your right hand. All right, that passes. Public comments. Comments on consent agenda items are subjects of interest not listed on the agenda at this time. Opportunity to comment on the remaining agenda items during the meeting is appropriate. Please note comments regarding public hearing items will be heard during that portion of the agenda. We have one public hearing item for…
Great. Is there anyone that didn't have an opportunity to sign up that would like to step forward and make public comment at this time? All right. Hearing seeing no one, I'm going to close public comment and move on to consent agenda. Are there any objections or other changes to the consent agenda? If none, I would entertain a motion to approve.
All right, we have a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented by Council Member Wittgenstein, seconded by Council Member Arms. Is there any further discussion before I call for a vote? Hearing, seeing none, all in favor, raise your right hand. All right, that passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Welcome, Mayor Pro Tem, I see you. All right, we're gonna move on to mayor and council comments. I'd like to start tonight by recognizing our city staff for their generosity and for helping bring a great idea to life. As Brian was just mentioning from the library, we recently held a book…
Great. Thank you. Anybody else for the good of the order? All right. Hearing, seeing none, we will close council comments and move on to public hearings and meetings. Up first is ordinance number 2048, amending Oak Harbor Municipal Code chapter 3.98, local business and occupation tax. Here to introduce this topic is our revenue performance analyst, Brian Rockford.
Perfect. First, what we'll do is I will open the public hearing and confirm that we've received no public comment on this issue.
Great. Thank you. And is there anyone here with us this evening that would like to step forward and make public comment at this time? All right. Hearing, seeing none, I'm going to close the public hearing and call for counsel and their comments and questions of Brian at this time. Yes. Council member arms.
All right, anybody else? All right, hearing, seeing none, I would entertain a motion then. Yes, Council Member Romero.
All right. We have a motion as presented by Council Member Romero. Seconded by Council Member Arms. Is there any further discussion before I call for a vote? Hearing seeing none, all in favor, raise your right hand. I can't. There she is. Okay. Yeah. Passage unanimously. Thank you very much. Thank you, Brian.
Next up is ordinances and resolutions. We have ordinance number 2049, amending O'Carver municipal code section 8.12.030 and 8.12.060 false alarms. And here to introduce that is our fire chief, Travis Anderson.
Great. Thanks, Chief. I will confirm we received no public comment on this issue.
All right. And is there anyone here with us this evening that would like to step forward and make public comment on this issue? All right. Hearing seeing none, I'm going to close public comment and move on to counsel for their questions and comments of Chief Anderson at this time. Yes. Council Member Stuckey.
That's way too many. Wait. Councilmember Peterson.
Second. We have a motion as presented by council member Peterson seconded by council member Wiggins. Stein. Is there any further discussion before I call for a vote? Hearing seeing none all in favor, raise your right hand. Mayor Pro Tem, are you there? There we go. All right.
No worries. We passed unanimously. Thank you very much. Thanks, Chief. Next order of business is other items for consideration accounts payable voucher approval Chamber of Commerce. This voucher list contains a payment or payments to the Greater Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, of which Councilmember Marshall is the executive director. In order to avoid a conflict of interest, Councilmember Marshall has stated he will recuse himself from a vote on such payments, which are now a separate agenda item. Have we received any public comment on this issue?
Perfect. Is there anybody that would like to make public comment on this issue? All right. Hearing, seeing none. Council, do you have any comments on this issue? Yes. Council Member Wittgenstein.
All right, we have a motion to approve the payable vouchers for Chamber of Commerce by Council Member Wigginson, seconded by Council Member Merrow. Is there any further discussion before I call for a vote? All right, all in favor, please raise your right hand. One, two, three, four, five, and Mayor Pro Tem is six and one abstention. So six, four, one abstention. All right, next order of business is executive session per revised code of Washington, RCW 4230-110, parent one, parent F, and parent I. At this time, the council will move into executive session per revised code of Washington. RCW…
All right, we have come out of executive session. No action will be taken at this time regarding the matter discussed. There being no further business, is there a motion to adjourn? So moved.
All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor, raise your right hand.
We acknowledge that this meeting is being held on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish people. We pay our respects to those past and present. Tonight's invocation will be led by Pastor Matthew Erickson from the First Reformed Church. If we could all please stand for tonight's invocation and then remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
All right, just a reminder that this will be both a physical and a virtual meeting. The meeting may be viewed on YouTube and following the meeting on Facebook. Everyone is present and accounted for. Council Member Peterson is online participating tonight. So we're going to move into approval of the agenda. Are there any suggested changes to the regular agenda as presented? If not, I would entertain a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Yes, Mayor Pro Tem.
All right, we have a motion to approve the agenda as presented, seconded by Council Member Wittgenstein. Is there any further discussion before I call for a vote? Hearing, seeing none, all in favor, raise your hand. All right, we passed unanimously. Thank you very much. All right, we have a presentation tonight from the National Preparedness Month Proclamation. Here to introduce that is our Fire Chief, Travis Anderson. And then the proclamation will be read aloud by Council Member Marrow.