What does the City of Newcastle do with the tax dollars it receives? What will happen when the East-to-West Connector Turnpike connects to United States Highway 44? When will the Chickasaw Nation start building the hospital in Newcastle?
These questions and more will at least be touched upon by Mayor Karl Nail as he gives this year’s State of the City address to the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce and those attending the 11:45 a.m. Tuesday event at the Newcastle Library Community Room.
Admission is $15 for Chamber members and $20 for non-chamber members, but all are welcome to attend. The Chamber does ask that attendees RSVP at www.newcastleokchamber. org.
Nail told the Newcastle Pacer there are “a lot of things going on in Newcastle. There will be a great deal of stuff going on this fall and moving forward for years that will be very impactful for the community.”
Nail said, “Newcastle is at a point that we will have a lot of things impact us and the City Council is working very hard to handle these and make them the best we can for Newcastle.
“There aren’t very many, if any communities our size, that have as many things that are coming to this community that are as impactful. I don’t know of any in the state.”
So what will the mayor discuss? He said he’ll talk about where the City of Newcastle is now and where we are going with the trends we are seeing.
“I will talk about the major infrastructure projects we have going — both those related to the turnpike and those not related to the turnpike. We’ll talk about what we are going to see there,” Nail said.
He said the City hopes to soon hear announcements by the Chickasaw Nation, and he will have the latest announcements that he is able to share during the Tuesday luncheon.
Nail said the City is working on finalizing water and sewer agreements with the Nation.
“We are still working through it right now,” Nail said. “Our legal council and the City Council are going through it. It will be a big deal when they make their announcements.”
Nail said Newcastle also has five new commercial entities that have either bought property or applied for permits.
He said, “I’ll make those announcements on Tuesday, as well.”
He noted that the City is unable to say anything until the entities have gone through some of their legal processes and are ready to make announcements.
