Committee reviews three appropriations including $750,000 first payment for Axon contract

Dec 9, 2025

The Public Safety Committee reviewed ordinances O-25-147 and O-25-148 (grant appropriations) and O-25-158, which would appropriate $750,000 from the realty transfer tax reserve for the first payment of a renegotiated contract with Axon; no committee votes were recorded during the meeting.

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The New Castle County Public Safety Committee on Dec. 9 reviewed three funding items: O-25-147, an appropriation of $70,000.481 from Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Nuclear through the Delaware Emergency Management Agency to support the Office of Emergency Management in fiscal 2026; O-25-148, an appropriation of $78,733.55 from the State of Delaware Department of Justice Special Law Enforcement Assistance Fund; and O-25-158, which would appropriate $750,000 from the realty transfer tax reserve to the Department of Public Safety's equipment budget for the first payment on the renegotiated Axon contract.

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