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Votes at a glance: council approved retreat minutes and multiple reappointments

Oak Harbor City Council · January 27, 2026

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Summary

At the Jan. 27 workshop the council unanimously approved the retreat minutes and approved a slate of reappointments and appointments across advisory bodies including the Arts Commission, Community Police Advisory Board, Historic Preservation Commission, Lodging Tax Advisory Committee, Marina Advisory Commission, and Planning Commission.

At the Jan. 27 Oak Harbor City Council workshop the following motions were made and approved (all motions passed unanimously where noted):

- Approve minutes from the Jan. 8 council retreat. Motion made by Mayor Pro Tem; seconded by Councilmember Marrow; passed unanimously.

- Reappoint Arts Commission positions 3 and 5. Motion moved by Councilmember Marrow; seconded by Councilmember Wiggenstein; passed unanimously.

- Reappoint Community Police Advisory Board positions 1 and 5 (Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Malloy). Motion moved by Councilmember Marshall; seconded by Councilmember Marrow; passed unanimously.

- Reappoint Historic Preservation Commission positions 1 and 3 (Gideon Kaufman, Nick Hamden). Motion moved by Councilmember Romero; seconded by Councilmember Marshall; passed unanimously.

- Reappoint Lodging Tax Advisory Committee position 1 (Alenda Jenkins). Motion moved and seconded; passed unanimously.

- Appoint Marina Advisory Commission positions 1, 3 and 7 (Kathy Process, JJ Jones, Louis Foster). Motion moved by Councilmember Armes; seconded by Councilmember Merrow; passed unanimously.

- Reappoint Planning Commission positions 1 and 3 (Jeffrey Ward, Cody Bacon). Motion moved by Councilmember Petersen; seconded by Councilmember Merrow; passed unanimously.

No roll-call tallies with individual yes/no votes were provided in the workshop transcript; the record indicates unanimous passage for the listed items.