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Council member seeks state-law change to expand county Human Resources Advisory Board

New Castle County Administrative Finance Committee · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Councilman Toole asked the committee to urge the Delaware General Assembly to amend Title 9, section 1383 of the Delaware Code to expand New Castle County’s Human Resources Advisory Board from three to seven members and shorten terms from six to four years; Toole said CHRO Dusty Blakely supports the change and no public comment was recorded.

Councilman Toole told the New Castle County Administrative Finance Committee on March 24 that he will seek a state-law change to adjust the county Human Resources Advisory Board.

“To increase the human resources advisory board from 3 to 7 members and reduce the term from 6 years down to 4 years,” Toole said, summarizing the changes he will request in Title 9, section 1383 of the Delaware Code. Toole said the change would align state code with county needs and noted he had CHRO Dusty Blakely’s approval for the proposal.

Toole described the present board as written into state code and said the county currently has three positions filled against a statutory structure that can be improved with a state amendment. The transcript shows council discussion limited to Toole’s presentation; no committee vote on the resolution was recorded in the meeting transcript and no public comments were offered online.

If adopted by the General Assembly, the change would allow New Castle County to appoint a larger advisory board and shorten the terms for members; the transcript does not record subsequent county-level steps or a schedule for pursuing the statutory amendment.