Why Should Delaware Care?
Government works best when its citizens are knowledgeable and engaged. Delaware’s government has scores of commissions, working groups, agencies and legislative committees. All must hold meetings that are open to the public.
The Appoquinimink School Board will hold a public meeting Tuesday, six days after Delaware’s state auditor published a report revealing that the district’s recent million-dollar deficit resulted from years of failures by staff to properly track expenditures.
The auditor’s office faulted the school board, superintendent and an appointed financial advisory committee for not sufficiently overseeing the work of former-Chief Financial Officer Eric Loftus, who resigned in June shortly after the district identified the errors.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the school board is scheduled to review and vote on two key financial items — the district’s July Financial Report and its July Internal Accounts Report.
It is not immediately clear if either report will reveal additional details about the financial problems at the district
📍 The public meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Marion E. Proffitt Training Center located at 118 South Sixth Street in Odessa. For additional details find the meeting agenda here.
Legal settlements at the Christina School District?
During its Tuesday meeting, the Christina Board of Education is scheduled to vote on what a public notice describes only as “legal settlements.” While the notice does not detail the cases that may be settled, the district has been named as a defendant in high-profile lawsuits during the past year.
Those include one filed in December by former-Superintendent Dan Shelton who sought $2.7 million for what he claimed was a wrongful termination.
📍 The public meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Maurice Pritchett Sr. Academy
located at 600 East 7th Street in Wilmington. The meeting also will be livestreamed here. For additional details find the meeting agenda here.
Newark: Property tax changes in the works
The Newark City Council will hear a presentation from City Manager Tom Coleman on potential changes to the city’s 2025 property tax structure, following widespread outrage from residents across New Castle County over increases in tax bills following the state’s first property value reassessment in decades.
Among the questions Coleman’s presentation will pose is whether apartments should be taxed as commercial or residential in a two-tiered property tax rate structure, and whether a system that taxes businesses and residents differently violates the Delaware Constitution.
📍 The city council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the Newark Municipal Building, located at 220 S Main Street in Newark. Residents can also attend virtually at this Microsoft Teams link. For additional details, find the meeting agenda here.
Middletown council to review another planned housing development
During its Monday meeting, the Middletown Town Council will review a plan to build 432 townhomes and 33 single-family homes at 1023 Bunker Hill Road — a project called The Grove at Middletown Exchange. Like all plans of this size, the development, if built, would impact local infrastructure, traffic, and school enrollment in the area.
📍 The town council meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Middletown Town Hall Council Chambers, located at 19 West Green Street. For additional details, find the meeting agenda here.
Kent County Planning Commission to consider solar farm
The Kent County Regional Planning Commission will consider a request for a conditional land use permit to allow for construction of a solar energy facility in Hartly and outside of the county’s designated Growth Zone Overlay District. The vote comes as state leaders increasingly advocate for renewable energy, even as the federal government has cut back on programs that incentivize solar.
In May, Gov. Matt Meyer celebrated the ribbon cutting of a nearby solar venture, called the Hartly Community Solar Project.
“We want to get even more projects like this off the ground soon,” Meyer said then in a statement.
📍 The Kent County commission is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Kent County Levy Court Chambers, located at 555 Bay Road in Dover. For additional details, find the meeting agenda here.
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