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Votes at a glance: New Castle County Council meeting, Sept. 23, 2025
Summary
Council approved a consent calendar with multiple appointments and honors, adopted two ordinances on budget and pay plans, and passed other resolutions; roll-call tallies listed for each item.
New Castle County Council on Sept. 23 held a regular meeting and recorded votes on a consent calendar of resolutions and several ordinances and resolutions. Key outcomes are listed below with vote tallies as recorded during the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Consent calendar (Resolutions 25-158 through 25-176, including honors and multiple appointments): Approved by voice/roll call; recorded as 13–0 in favor. Items included a resolution honoring Jerome R. "Fudgie" Campbell (Res. 25-158) and multiple appointments and reappointments to advisory boards and commissions (Res. 25-159 through 25-176). The clerk recorded the roll as 13 yes.
- Resolution 25-177 (Family Hope Pay-for-Success intermediary partnership with Delaware Family Hope LLC): Adopted 13–0. See separate article for details.
- Resolution 25-178 (celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the village of Ardencroft): Adopted 13–0 following remarks by Councilman Cartier and others celebrating Ardencroft’s founding principles.
- Ordinance 25-113 (amend FY2025 operating budget to realign funding within the general fund benefit line item to provide funding for healthcare expenses): Adopted 13–0 after brief discussion referencing prior finance committee review.
- Ordinance 25-114 (amend pay plan and rates of pay for classified service professional employees represented by AFSCME Council 81, Local 3109; change position title emergency preparedness planner to emergency management planner and adopt revised class specification): Adopted 13–0 after prior review by human resources/finance staff.
- Substitute No. 1 to Ordinance 25-107 (amend Chapter 19 — residential rental properties regarding landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities): Adopted 11–2 after council debate and public comment. (See separate article for discussion and context.)
Procedural notes
- Several ordinances read by title only were introduced earlier in the meeting (Ordinances 25-115 through 25-120) and will return for further consideration or appropriation as required by the council rules; the meeting record shows introductions but not final votes for those items.
- Roll-call tallies shown above are taken from the meeting transcript; individual recorded votes are available in the official meeting minutes and the clerk’s roll call sheet.
Full recorded outcomes are on file with the county clerk’s office. For items where the meeting did not read full ordinance or resolution text on the floor, the clerk’s electronic packet and staff reports should be consulted for the exact legal language.
