Posts Tagged ‘Sussex County Council’
Proposed FY 2022 Sussex County Budget Presented – No Increase in Taxes, but Some Fee Increases
Sussex County has a quarter of a billion reasons to be optimistic about its future finances as Delaware and the nation emerge from the greatest health and economic crisis to face the globe in the last century. Sussex County officials on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, unveiled the proposed $278 million budget for Fiscal Year 2022…
Read MoreSussex County Council Approves Bioenergy Innovation Center Bonds
The Sussex County Council again met at Delaware Tech’s Carter Partnership Center. The Council will not meet next week, but will have a budget workshop next Tuesday beginning at 8:30 at the Sussex County Emergency Operations Center. The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, May 11 at 10am. Sussex County Council voted to approve…
Read MoreUPDATED: Sussex County Council Approves Bioenergy Application near Seaford; Jordan Warfel Nominated for BOA
The Sussex County Council met at Delaware Tech’s Carter Partnership Center again this week to deal with multiple land use applications. There was other council business as well. County Administrator Todd Lawson told the Council that Board of Adjustment District 2 representative, Brent Workman, has decided to retire. District 2 Councilwoman, Cindy Green nominated Jordan…
Read MoreSussex County Council Meets Tuesday – at Delaware Tech Beginning at 9am
Tuesday’s Sussex County Council meeting will be held at Delaware Tech’s Carter Partnership Building – but will begin at 9am so that the County Council can get some regular county business out of the way, although at the Council’s January 12th meeting, County Administrator Todd Lawson said no regular county business would be done at…
Read MoreSussex County Council Defers Vote on Bioenergy Conditional Use Application
A public hearing was held before the Sussex County Council for a conditional use application for Bioenergy Development Group to permit the processing and handling of poultry litter to include nutrient recovery for natural gas and electrical generation near Seaford. Multiple people spoke on both sides of the issue – with many environmental groups in…
Read MoreSussex County Council Approve Budget Amendment and Dog Control
The Sussex County Council was back in chambers this week after meeting at Delaware Tech for land use public hearings last week. The council heard a presentation from Atlantic General Hospital CEO, Michael Franklin, VP of Medical Affairs and Family Practitioner Dr. Sally Dowling and Director of Emergency Services, Andrea West-McCabe. The presentation covered how…
Read MoreSussex County Council to Hold Public Hearing to Amend FY 21 Budget; Also Consider Dog Control Enforcement & County Ambulance Fund
The Sussex County Council will meet at its regular time this week in the Council Chambers on the Circle in Georgetown. The Council will hear a presentation from CEO of Atlantic General Hospital, Michael Franklin. At 10:30, the Council will hold a public hearing on an ordinance to amend the annual operating budget for FY…
Read MoreSussex Co. Council Meets 1:30 Tue. At DTCC
Sussex County Council holds its meeting today in Room 540 of the Carter Partnership Center at Delaware Tech in Georgetown. Several land use matters are on the agenda. Council’s meeting starts at 1:30. For a link to the virtual meeting and the agenda, please CLICK HERE
Read MoreSussex County Council Discusses the Sussex Conservation District & Master Planning
The Sussex County Council met Tuesday morning in Georgetown. They started the morning with a presentation from David Baird, the District Coordinator for the Sussex Conservation District. They provide technical guidance and financial assistance to enhance, maintain, protect, and improve land and water resources. Their programs include agriculture conservation, sediment and stormwater and heavy equipment.…
Read MoreSussex County Council Approves a Voluntary Clean Energy Financing Program & Ordinance Amendment on Cluster Subdivisions in the Coastal Area
Last week, the Sussex County Council heard about the Delaware Voluntary Clean Energy Financing Program from Tony DiPrima of Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility. The program provides loans that focus on projects that include energy efficiency, renewable energy measures, and are limited by a property’s assessed value. The loan is paid annually as part of a…
Read MoreSussex County to Move Some Land Use Public Hearings to Delaware Tech; Travis Hastings Nominated for BOA Seat
Some land use public hearings have been held before the Sussex County Council and Planning & Zoning Commission – but the applications that possibly would draw larger numbers of people to comment have been delayed since coronavirus shut things down last spring. Due to a lack of socially distanced seating in the Council Chambers –…
Read MoreSussex County Council to Discuss Meetings at Delaware Tech & Appointment to BOA Vacancy
The Sussex County Council meets Tuesday in Georgetown. During this week’s meeting they will discuss with County Administrator Todd Lawson meetings held at Delaware Tech. They will also discuss an appointment to the Board of Adjustment to fill the vacancy left by Ellen Magee, who recently filled the vacated Register of Wills seat. County Engineer,…
Read MoreSussex County Council to Meet Tuesday – for last Session of 2020
The Sussex County Council will meet for the final time in its current form. During Tuesday’s meeting the council will recognize Sam Wilson and IG Burton who leave the council at the end of the year. The Council will hear a presentation on the Sussex County Land Trust and consider a Memorandum Of Understanding with…
Read MoreWestern Sussex Business Campus Proposed In Seaford
A tract of land on the northern side of Seaford will be developed into a business campus under a cooperative arrangement between the city, Sussex County, the State of Delaware and a private developer. Officials said the project has the proposal to attract new companies and create dozens of jobs while providing direct and indirect…
Read MoreSussex County Council to Hold Public Hearing on Herring Creek Sewer Rates & Discuss Western Sussex Business Campus
The Sussex County Council meets this week at its regular time – 10am in the County Administration Offices in Georgetown. On the agenda the Council will consider the City of Seaford’s request for funding of the Western Sussex Business Campus. County Finance Director, Gina Jennings will provide a quarterly pension update and investment recommendation. The…
Read MoreSussex County Council to Meet at 1pm Tuesday
The Sussex County Council will meet on Tuesday – but the start time of the meeting has been pushed back to 1pm. A public hearing to amend the County Code regarding the Coastal Area has been canceled. The Council will hear on appointments to the Building Code Board of Adjustments and Appeals and the Personnel…
Read MoreSussex County Council to Discuss Western Sussex Business Park & CDBG Coronavirus Grant Agreement
Sussex County Council meets Tuesday at 10am in the County Administration Building on the Circle in Georgetown. On tap for the meeting is a discussion of the Western Sussex Business Park and discussion on the meeting and holiday schedules for 2021. Finance Director Gina Jennings will discuss and possible propose an ordinance amendment pertaining to…
Read MoreSchaeffer Wins In Sussex Co. 3rd District Race
Unofficial results indicate that Republican Mark Schaeffer has been elected in Sussex County Council’s 3rd district following the counting of votes for write-in candidate Patti Drago. Drago obtained 10,402 write-in votes in the election. The count for Schaeffer stood at 16,547. The Board of Canvass is scheduled to meet Thursday to certify the Sussex County…
Read MoreSussex County’s 1st Transportation Improvement District Is Approved
After seven years of discussion, the Henlopen Transportation Improvement District has been approved by members of Sussex County Council. This agreement sets the boundaries of the TID and the service standards. It sets the land use and transportation plan, the TID Capital Transportation Program and sets the infrastructure fee program. It is the first such…
Read MoreSussex County Council Approves DelDOT TID, Cancels Caroling on the Circle
After 7 years of work, the Sussex County Council has approved the Henlopen TID (Transportation Improvement District) with a unanimous vote. DelDOT explains a TID – as a defined geographic area where land use and transportation needs are planned in detail in advance. Instead of focusing solely on the area surrounding proposed development for infrastructure…
Read MoreUpdate: Write-In Candidate Addresses Financing Questions
**Patti Drago provided this correspondence with the Department of Elections concerning campaign financing: Dear Mr. Albence,I received your letter informing me that I am required to comply with the reporting requirements of Chapter 80 of Title 15. I agree and I believe that I am in compliance with these requirements.In your letter, you do not specifically say…
Read MoreSussex County County Council to Discuss 2 DelDOT Items Tuesday
CC MEET 10/05/20 ml The Sussex County Council meets at its regular time Tuesday morning. Included on the agenda – a discussion on the county’s list of projects for DelDOT’s Capital Transportation Plan. These are projects ranging from paving, bicycle lanes, signage to new roads that are needed throughout the county. Comments from the public…
Read MoreSussex County Council Meeting to Start at 1pm This Week
The Sussex County Council meets this week in Georgetown – however the meeting will not begin until 1pm. The Council is expected to make an appointment to the Advisory Committee for the Aging and Adults with Disabilities and they will hear from Project Engineer Patrick Brown on the implementation of Phase 2 of the James…
Read MoreWrite-In Candidate Enters Sussex Co. 3rd District Council Election
The election for Sussex County Council’s Third District is not over, after all. Mark Schaeffer won last week’s Republican Primary, and incumbent I.G. Burton declined to run as a write-in. Now, the organizer of a movement to draft Burton’s write-in candidacy is now planning to run as a write-in herself, after Burton decided to no…
Read MoreCouncilman Burton Declines To Run As Write-In
The path is clear for Mark Schaeffer to join Sussex County Council in January, representing District 3. Councilman I.G. Burton confirmed Thursday to WGMD that he would not run as a write-in candidate. A petition at change.org had encouraged him to do so. Burton lost to Schaeffer by fewer than four dozen votes in Tuesday’s…
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