Sussex County Council Approves Appointment of Jordan Warfel to BOA
The Sussex County Council was back in their chambers on the Circle this week. They heard a presentation from Dr. David Tam, President and CEO of Beebe Healthcare. He discussed the hospital’s multiple locations and health offerings throughout the county.
A public hearing on the Banks Property Annexation of the Dagsboro/Frankford Area of the Sussex County Unified Sanitary Sewer District brought no comment and was approved by the Council with a 4 to 0 vote. Councilman Mark Schaeffer was absent.
A public interview of Board of Adjustment nominee Jordan Warfel was held, with Warfel answering in public the questions put to him by County Administrator Todd Lawson. Warfel’s appointment for a seat on the BOA was approved – effective immediately to fill the remainder of the term vacated by retiring BOA member Brent Workman, who has been on the BOA for 20 years. Warfel’s appointment will be back on the agenda in June when the current term ends and he will be appointed for the full four year term.
During his administrator’s report, Todd Lawson announced that next week’s meeting has been canceled – and the council will next meet on May 25.
The Council approved a request to prepare and post notices for expansion of the Sussex County Unified Sanitary Sewer District – Western Sussex Area for a proposed convenience store and service station near Bridgeville. A second request for expansion of the sewer district – the Long Neck Area was approved – for a hotel, gas station, retail and office space on a W-shaped property just off Autumn Road. Public hearings for both annexations are scheduled for June 29 at the regular County Council meeting.
Planning & Zoning Director Jamie Whitehouse came before Council with two proposed ordinance amendments, which P&Z Attorney Vince Robertson called “cleanup ordinances.” One amendment will replace the wording “environmentally sensitive area” with ‘coastal zone’ as it was adopted in the current Comprehensive Plan. It will also eliminated a redundancy in the bonus density program, but does not affect the program. The other proposed amendment deals with the C-4 Planned Commercial Zoning District. This will clarify the district size, permitted uses and proposes to raise the minimum amount of multi-family allowed from 20% to 40%. Both proposed ordinance amendments were introduced and will come up for a public hearing at a future meeting.
