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Oak Harbor Planning Commission reappoints chair Engelbrett, names Eddie Fry vice chair; approves 2025 calendar, cancels Feb. 25 meeting
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Oak Harbor Planning Commission confirmed its officers for 2025, approved the Nov. 12, 2024 minutes and adopted the 2025 meeting schedule while cancelling the Feb. 25 session. All recorded votes were unanimous.
The Oak Harbor Planning Commission reappointed its existing chair, Engelbrett, and selected Eddie Fry as vice chair, and it approved administrative items including the Nov. 12, 2024 minutes and the commission’s 2025 meeting schedule.
Staff described the chair and vice chair duties at the start of the meeting. Development services director David Cool summarized the roles: “The role of the chairperson is basically to run the meeting to be a spokesperson for the planning commission subcommittees, and perform other duties as assigned by the planning commission. The role of the vice chairperson basically is the same as what the chairperson is.” The commission then opened nominations and voted.
Why it matters: Officers and the calendar determine who runs hearings and when the commission will consider land‑use matters and code updates across the coming year.
The commission approved the Nov. 12, 2024 minutes by motion, announced in the meeting as "Motion by Wilson, second by Frey," and the chair declared the motion passed unanimously. Commissioners then nominated and voted to keep Engelbrett as chair for 2025; the motion passed unanimously. The body later nominated Eddie Fry for vice chair and approved that nomination unanimously.
On scheduling, staff proposed cancelling the Feb. 25, 2025 meeting to allow staff and council time to prepare for the March 11 meeting. The commission voted to cancel the Feb. 25 meeting and then voted to approve the remainder of the 2025 schedule as amended. A motion recorded in the meeting identified the schedule approval as “Motion by Frey, second by Wilson,” and the chair announced the motion passed.
Other procedural items noted during the meeting included a reminder about attendance rules in the bylaws and how commissioners should notify staff if they intend to attend a separate event so the city can post a notice in case a quorum would otherwise be present.
The meeting adjourned after the commission completed the agenda.
