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Sussex County commissioners ratify PFAS term sheet and approve settlement agreement

Sussex County Board of Commissioners · April 23, 2026

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Summary

At a public meeting, Sussex County commissioners voted to ratify a PFAS term sheet and authorize execution of a settlement agreement; the motion, moved by Commissioner Henderson and seconded by Deputy Director de Groot, passed on a roll-call vote with all members present voting yes.

Sussex County commissioners voted to ratify a PFAS term sheet and authorize execution of a related settlement agreement during a meeting that followed an executive session.

The chair asked for a motion to ratify the PFAS term sheet and execute the settlement agreement; Commissioner Henderson moved the motion and Deputy Director de Groot seconded it. The board then conducted a roll-call vote. The meeting record shows unanimous affirmative responses from those polled, and the chair declared the motion approved.

The action was presented after the chair said the board was adding two resolutions to the agenda. The transcript does not provide details of the PFAS term sheet or the settlement terms, nor does it record any substantive discussion or statement of the settlement’s scope in the portions provided. The record also does not specify financial terms, affected parties beyond the general PFAS reference, or implementation steps.

The meeting record lists the roll-call participants as answering “Yes” in sequence; the transcript records these affirmative votes under the board roll call. The transcript does not specify a vote tally beyond the individual affirmative responses recorded during roll call.

The board moved on to a separate agenda item after recording the vote. No effective date, payment schedule, or enforcement mechanism for the settlement is provided in the transcript.