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Votes at a glance: Sussex County Council actions, Feb. 25, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and final outcomes recorded at the Feb. 25 Sussex County Council meeting, including grants, annexations, contracts, conditional uses and ordinance actions.
Below is a concise list of formal motions, votes and outcomes recorded during the Sussex County Council meeting on Feb. 25, 2025. The list includes actions that were debated and those passed with routine motions.
- Approval of minutes (02/11/2025): motion carried; no roll-call tally printed in the record.
- Delaware Geological Survey / DNREC Chesapeake Bay grant sponsorship (DGS request for $150,000): council approved Sussex County as local sponsor for the grant application. Vote recorded as yes by Mssrs. McCarran, Lloyd, Gruenbaum and Riley. Outcome: approved.
- Mass annexation (update sewer tiers to reflect annexed parcels for 2024 mass annexation): motion approved to adjust sewer tier maps and accept annexation list; recorded yes votes by McCarran, Lloyd, Gruenbaum and Riley. Outcome: approved.
- James Farm Ecological Preserve change order (Contract C23-21): Change Order No. 4 approved (increase of $19,726.60). Outcome: approved by council vote.
- Weston Solutions task order increase (Laurel Landfill monitoring): council approved a $30,000 increase to FY25 task order and authorized the county engineer to approve FY26 and FY27 task orders in line with budgets and procurement policy. Outcome: approved.
- Conditional Use No. 24-69 (Rehoboth Family Storage LLC, mini-storage on 6.68 acres): council adopted four amendments to recommended conditions and approved the conditional use as amended. Multiple councilmembers recorded yes votes; outcome: approved.
- Grant request: Paige's Kindness Project requested $5,000; motion carried. Several council members pledged portions of their discretionary grant accounts (combined contributions were recorded during the meeting) and the motion to award the grant passed.
- Ordinance introduced: Conditional use and map amendments (two zoning ordinance items introduced for later hearings): introduction only; no final action taken.
- Ordinance adopted (Board of Assessment Review authority): council adopted ordinance adding Article 8 to Chapter 103 to grant the Board of Assessment Review authority to adopt rules and procedures under 9 Del. C. 7004. Vote recorded as yes by McCarran, Lloyd, Gruenbaum and Riley. Outcome: approved.
- Estuary Phase 6 (Miller Creek) annexation to Sussex County Unified Sanitary Sewer District: resolution to extend sewer district boundary passed; recorded votes included yes by McCarran, Lloyd, Gruenbaum and Riley. Outcome: approved.
- Delmarva Land Company annexation (Dagsboro/Frankford area) to Sussex County Unified Sanitary Sewer District: resolution passed; recorded yes votes included McCarran, Lloyd, Gruenbaum and Riley. Outcome: approved.
- Conditional Use No. 24-60 (Delaware Concrete Foundations & Slabs warehouse/office and indoor/outdoor storage on Barnacle Boulevard): planning & zoning recommended approval; council approved the conditional use based on testimony and recommendation. Outcome: approved.
- Conditional Use No. 24-87 (electronic message center sign at Lewis-Georgetown Highway location): planning & zoning recommended approval; council approved the conditional use. Outcome: approved.
- Conditional Use No. 24-43 (multifamily duplex in Tower Shores, Lot 7, Admiral Road): council voted to grant conditional use with conditions. Outcome: approved.
All approved items will require the usual administrative follow-up (site plans, permits, grant paperwork) before implementation.
