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Committee considers aligning committee co-chair appointments with county code; timing changes proposed
Summary
Council members discussed a resolution and an ordinance to clarify and shorten the timeline for filling county council committee co-chair positions and to reference the county code in procedural rule 5. Committee discussion described reducing some timelines from 60 to 20 days and 30 to 14 days; no formal vote was recorded in the transcript.
Councilman John Cartier opened discussion on a resolution to amend New Castle County Council procedural rule 5 to reference the county code that governs committee co-chair appointments.
Councilman Smiley, who presented the item, said the proposed changes would align the committee—s rules with the county code and shorten the timeframes for filling committee co-chair positions. As explained to the committee, one proposed change shortens a 60-calendar-day period following the general election to 20 days and reduces a requirement that the council president notify council by email at least 30 days in advance to 14 days. Smiley said the goal was to move the appointment process "so we can get the position filled quicker within council."
The item was listed as Resolution 25-047 (amend county council procedural rule 5) and is linked to proposed Ordinance 25-019, which would update New Castle County Code Chapter 2, Administration, Section 2.02.110. Committee members asked clarifying questions and recorded no public comment. The committee discussion did not include a formal roll-call vote on the resolution or ordinance during the recorded transcript.
Because the transcript does not record a committee vote for these specific items, no committee approval is stated here; the record shows committee consideration and explanation of the proposed timeline changes and a referral of the ordinance language for further processing.
