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Council to expand Human Resources Advisory Board to seven members

New Castle County Finance Committee · September 8, 2026

Summary

The committee advanced Ordinance 26-107 to align the county Human Resources Advisory Board with state code by increasing membership from three to seven and shortening terms from six to four years; county CFO said the operating budget will absorb the modest additional cost.

Councilman Toole introduced Ordinance 26-107 to amend county code and expand the Human Resources Advisory Board from three to seven members and reduce term lengths from six to four years, saying the change aligns the board with state code and will broaden representation.

"We're expanding it from 3 members to 7 members, and we reduced the amount of years on term from 6 to 4," Councilman Toole said. He told colleagues the change has been in development for about a year and had support from the county CHRO.

David Del Grande, the county chief financial officer, said the additional compensation for up to four new positions would come from the human resources operating budget. "The funding necessary to to cover the additional 4 positions, will be coming out of human resources operating budget," Del Grande said, characterizing the estimated additional annual cost as modest (about $100 an hour times four in his explanation) and noting the fiscal note was listed as TBD on the ordinance.

Council members asked procedural and fiscal questions; no public commenters appeared online. The committee moved the ordinance forward for additional processing consistent with county procedure.

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