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New Castle County staff outline plan to contract with ClearGov for digital budget book

New Castle County Administrative Finance Committee · January 13, 2026
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Summary

County CFO presented a three-year ClearGov contract to create an online, automated budget book; he estimated a year‑one cost of about $68,000 and said efficiency gains may let him remove one budget-office position. The committee discussed but did not record a final vote.

Councilman John Cartier, chair of the New Castle County Administrative Finance Committee, introduced Resolution 26-005 on Jan. 13, 2026, seeking authorization for the county executive to contract with ClearGov to implement a digital budget-book and financial transparency platform.

Dave Del Grande, the county’s chief financial officer, told the committee the county has used the same budget documents for more than 30 years and described ClearGov as a "one-stop, input" system that pulls data from the…

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