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Welcome to
Mayor Betty Wallace's
Message Page
I hope to use this page as one way to keep communication and information flowing to the people of the Town of Oak Island, visitors to our Island and those who may be considering making Oak Island their home.
After 3 long years, the Wastewater Project is nearing completion, and hookups have begun in all of Phase 1. By early to mid 2011, we'll have virtually every area in the project ready for hookup and operation.
The expected revaluation of 2011 process is well under way. The Southeast Brunswick Mayors have spoken to Tom Davis, our Tax assessor, and I will be adding updates soon concerning his proposed process for the upcoming revaluation. Based on first conversations with him, I believe the upcoming revaluation will be much more consistent with the realities of property values in our unusual coastal communities.
If we all work together, we can overcome those challenges to make sure our Island stays a wonderful place for families to visit, enjoy our beach and help our local businesses to once again thrive.
I will use this web page, emails and any other means possible to keep the public informed of all actions of the Oak Island Town Council, and I will be working very hard to encourage members of the public to communicate with our council members so they may govern according to the wishes of the people they serve.
I have formed an informal Mayor's Advisory Group, consisting of individuals who have offered their assistance in gathering information, methods of communication with the public and advice on ways the Mayor can serve as effectively as possible. This will not be an official group of the Town of Oak Island; it will be individuals for advice and suggestions for the Mayor only.
As I stated during my campaign, I will make my administration one of respect and open communication from our Town Council, our Management and our Staff.
I encourage everyone to call me at 278-1803,
email me at bwallace@ci.oak-island.nc.us
or write to me at
Mayor Betty W. Wallace
4601 E. Oak Island Drive
Oak Island NC, 28465
with any questions or concerns, and most especially suggestions for improving the quality of life on Oak Island.
CURRENT ISSUES;
CONTACT YOUR COUNCIL !!
I encourage all of you to contact the members of the Oak Island Town Council with your ideas or concerns. They were elected to represent you and to act in your best interests. The best way for your Council to serve as your representatives is if they hear from their constituency about the issues they are considering. Click below for the contact information for your Town Council members;
It was one of my goals to have the entire packets for Town Council Meeting Agenda items online. We needed to wait until we were moved into the new Town Hall and updated our online services. I am so pleased that all who have an interest in the Oak Island Town Council's meetings will be able to view the issues to be discussed in advance of the meetings.
Click the link below for the Agendas for the Oak Island Town Council's current meeting
August Recycling Weeks;
August 8th and August 22nd
Please see the "Events" tab to the left for a listing of events on Oak Island. If you have an event planned, please let me know so I can include information.
CURRENT ISSUES
MEETINGS DOCUMENTS ONLINE
After beginning the postings of the Council meetings agendas online, I discovered that because of filename and bandwidth issues, each month's agenda was replaced by the subsequent months. In order for the public to view the agendas permanently, I have set up a page here that will have the original Agendas, with the Actions and Minutes of each month together in links. Please click on "Meetings Agendas, Minutes" to the left.
CENSUS
The new census numbers show that Oak Island has just over 6700 residents? Since the Office of Management and Budget has estimated the 2011 population at 8594, those numbers at first glance seem too low. Did you respond to the census? Were you contacted? Please see the "Census Update" link to the left. A portion of our annual revenues comes from our share of sales taxes, based on population. If that number drops, then during budget time we may have to increase taxes to manage the reduction. Oak Island will be appealing our Census count.
