UPDATED: Sussex County Council Meets Tuesday
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UPDATED – 08/13/24 – The Sussex County Council paid tribute to retiree Bobby Schoonover. He is the Manager of Logistics at Sussex County EMS and has been employed by the County for over 20 years. He told the County that during his time with EMS calls have increased 175%. Since 2004 there are now 62 pieces of apparatus, he’s built 6 medic stations, renovated one, built a new fleet facility and a new EOC building. He’s also been through two accreditations. He told the Council that Kristen McAfee, who was been with EMS for 9 years, will take over logistics.
County Administrator Todd Lawson congratulated the County Finance Department for being awarded another certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. This is the 22nd consecutive year that Sussex County has received this award.
Sussex County has also partnered in the 28th round of Agland Preservation – preserving a total of 40 farms and over 2200 acres of farmland. County Administrator Todd Lawson told the County Council that Sussex County provided over $500,000 along with state funding to protect over 1300 acres of land.
The Council has approved a motion that will begin preparations for when the State vacates the JP Annex building behind the County Administration building. Sussex County and the State of Delaware entered into an agreement for the Annex property in 2022. The agreement was part of the arrangement to allow the State’s construction of the new Family Courthouse and parking garage a block away. The State is expected to begin moving into the new Courthouse in just over a year. The Council unanimously approved moving forward with a proposal request from Tevebaugh Associates, Inc, – the architect of Record for the new Courthouse – to also begin planning and programming services on the Annex in FY 25.
In Old Business, the Council approved Conditional Use No. 2431 for Play it Safe, LLC. The Council amended one condition that applicant shall install physical barriers, landscaping and no parking signs along Savannah and Quaker Roads as permitted by DelDOT. Parking at the rear will be for employees only. Parking and increased traffic were issues brought by the public during a public hearing before the Council last month.
Five public hearings were held Tuesday afternoon. Two regarded sewer districts – one to create the South Blades Area Sussex County Unified Sanitary Sewer District and one to amend the Zion Church Road Storage annexation in the Johnson Corner Area near Roxana. Both were approved. There were three Conditional Use applications which were also approved by the Council.
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The Sussex County Council will meet on Tuesday – beginning at 12:30pm. The Council will revisit a Conditional Use No. 2431 for Play it Safe, LLC, which the Council deferred a vote on after a public hearing on July 16th. The conditional use was for a professional office on Savannah Road in Lewes. There are 5 public hearings scheduled for 1:30pm – two are for sewer districts. The other three are conditional use applications. The County Council will meet at 12:30pm in the County Administration building on The Circle in Georgetown.
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