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Form
of Government:
Delaware City is
a municipality operating under a Charter granted by the Delaware General
Assembly. The most recent Charter was adopted by the General Assembly
in 1978, with several minor amendments passed since.
The city has
a Council/Manager form of government with a Mayor and five Council
members elected at-large. The essentially volunteer Mayor &
Council appoint a City Manager who is chief administrative officer
of the government, responsible for the day-to-day operation of the
City.
The operations
of the city government are funded by property taxes, currently $1.09
per $100 of assessed valuation, a 1.5% real estate transfer tax,
and user fees.
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Mayor
& Council of Delaware City:
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from
left to right:
Edward H. Davis,
Ronald R. Graham II, Vice Mayor James A. Parker,
Mayor Cordelia W. Bennett, Paul L. Parets, Rebecca Keifer |
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Services:
Delaware City
shares local government service responsibilities with New Castle
County under what is known as a "local service function"
agreement. In Delaware City, the County administers the building
code and provides property maintenance code enforcement. The city
is served by the County sanitary sewer system. In addition, the
County coordinates police and fire emergency response through the
911 Center and provides support for the Delaware City Library, which
is under "contract" to the County library system.
Delaware City's
government provides most remaining services, including police, planning
and zoning, water supply, street maintenance, garbage collection,
and parks. Fire protection and emergency medical services are provided
by the Delaware City Fire Company, an independent volunteer organization.
Additional park facility and recreational programs are offered by
the Delaware City Park District.
The city owns
and maintains the public drinking water supply system, which is
operated as municipal utility supported by user fees. Water is supplied
by two deep (600'+) wells, which draw from the Potomac Aquifer.
Fluoride is being added to the water supply beginning in July 2005.
Delaware City
maintains approximately 8 miles of streets. Weekly garbage collection
is included in city property taxes and the city also operates a
free curbside recycling program which collects yard waste, glass,
certain plastics, newspapers & magazines, cardboard, and cans.
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Mayor and Council
Dec 19, 2005
Cancelled
Nov 21, 2005 PH & Regular
Oct 17, 2005
PH & Regular
Sept 19, 2005
PH &Regular
Aug 15,
2005 PH& Regular
July
18, 2005 Regular
June 20, 2005
Regular
April 11, 2005 Regular
March
21, 2005 Regular
February 28, 2005 Cancelled
January 24, 2005 Regular
January 10, 2005
Special
December
20, 2004
October 18, 2004 Regular
August 16, 2004 Regular
June 21, 2004 Public Hearing
June 21, 2004 Regular
May 17, 2004 Regular
April 19, 2004 Regular
March 15, 2004 Regular
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Planning Commission
Jan. 9, 2006
Regular
Dec 5, 2005
Cancelled
Nov. 7, 2005
Regular
Oct. 3, 2005 Regular
Sept. 12, 2005
Regular
August 1, 2005
Regular
July 11, 2005
Regular Jun. 6, 2005
Regular
May 2, 2005 Regular
No Apr. 2005 meeting
Mar. 7, 2005
Regular
Feb. 7, 2005
Regular
Jan. 3, 2005
Regular
Nov. 1, 2004
Regular
Oct. 4, 2004 Regular
Sept. 3, 2004
Regular
May 3, 2004
Regular
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Historic Preservation
Jan. 3,
2006 Regular
Dec. 6, 2005
Regular
Nov 1, 2005 Regular
Oct 4, 2005
Regular
Sept 6,
2005 Cancelled
August 2,
2005
Regular
No July, 2005 meeting
June 7, 2005
Regular
No May., 2005 meeting
Apr. 19,
2005 Special
Apr.
5, 2005 Regular
No Mar., 2005 meeting
Feb. 1,
2005
Regular
No Jan., 2005 meeting
Dec. 7, 2004
Regular
Nov. 9, 2004
Regular
Oct. 5, 2004
Regular
Sept. 7,
2004
Regular
July 6, 2004
Regular
June1,
2004 Regular
May 4, 2004
Regular
Apr. 6, 2004 Regular
No April, 2004 meeting
March 2,
2004
Regular
January 6,
2004
Regular
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