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Community Services director outlines $29M FY27 request, warns of library and youth program cuts
Summary
Carrie Casey, general manager of New Castle County’s Department of Community Services, presented a $29.0 million FY27 request that trims roughly $1.8 million from the prior year and proposes cuts to part‑time library staffing, after‑school programs and special events while seeking $350,000 to open the North Market Street branch (NOMA).
Carrie Casey, general manager of the New Castle County Department of Community Services, told the county council on May 7 that the department is requesting $29,000,108 for fiscal year 2027 and that the request represents a roughly 5.9% decrease from FY26.
Casey said the department built the budget to protect core services — ‘‘our library system, our core youth programs, our senior services, our recreation and sports programs, and our housing programs’’ — but that achieving the necessary reductions required difficult tradeoffs. ‘‘We propose reductions in part time library and community resource staffing,’’ she said, and added that some community programming would be eliminated, paused or reduced and that nonessential operating costs would be deferred.
The presentation listed specific impacts: a…
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