UPDATED: Sussex County Council Hears from Dorman Road Residents & Approves a CU for a New Troop 4
UPDATED – 01/23/24 – The Sussex County Council meeting started as most do – with comments from the public, however this week there were several people who live on Dorman Road in the Angola area who commented on the continuing development in their neighborhood which makes getting out of Dorman Road onto Route 24 nearly impossible – and unsafe – and with more homes to come traffic will become even more of a nightmare.
The Council held a public hearing at 10:15 on a South Greenwood Expansion of the Sussex County Unified Sanitary Sewer District – Western Sussex area. This expansion was requested by Delaware Electric Cooperative. No one spoke for or against the expansion which was approved by the Council with a 5 to 0 vote.
Director of Utility Planning & Design Review, John Ashman received permission to prepare and post notices for the Leeward Chase Annexation into the Sussex County Unified Sanitary Sewer District – Airpark area, which is just east of Airport Road off Route 9.
The Council has also approved an ordinance to authorize the issuance of up go $2.7-million of General Obligation Bond of Sussex County in connection with increased costs associated with the Western Sussex Regional Sanitary Sewer District project in the Bridgeville and Greenwood area.
In Old Business, the Council approved a Conditional Use No. 2388 on behalf of Rifle Range Road Solar, LLC for a solar farm on over 93 acres east of Bridgeville.
After a break for Executive Session, the Council returned and County Administrator Todd Lawson announced that a motion was ready related to the Collective Bargaining Agreement with AFSCME AFL-CIO and its affiliated Local Union 1926. The Environmental Services Union did ratify the terms on January 16th. Those terms were discussed during the Executive Session by Council and were read a motion to approve the new agreement by Lawson. The Council voted 5 to 0 to approve.
The afternoon session brought three Conditional Use applications – which were all approved. This included a conditional use (No. 2477) for a 44 acre parcel between the Veterans Cemetery and Stockley Center north of Millsboro for a new Troop 4 State Police Barracks to be built. Councilman Doug Hudson, a former state trooper, in his vote to approve said this is “much, much needed.” The Council also approved a conditional use (No. 2491) for an on-premises electronic message center sign for Mary Mother of Peace Catholic Church at Route 24 and Mount Joy Road in Oak Orchard. Their old sign was taken down when DelDOT began rehabbing Route 24 – and this new sign will replace the old sign for which the church still has an active permit.
Votes on two Change of Zone applications were each deferred by the Council.
The Sussex County Council is expected to next meet on Tuesday, January 30 at the County Administration offices on The Circle in Georgetown.
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ORIGINAL STORY – 01/22/24 – The Sussex County Council meets Tuesday morning in Georgetown. The Council will hold a public hearing at 10:15am on the South Greenwood Expansion of the Sussex County Unified Sanitary Sewer District – Western Sussex Area. The Council will also revisit a Conditional Use application for Rifle Range Road Solar, LLC for a solar farm south east of Bridgeville. There are five public hearings on Conditional Use or Change of Zone applications during the afternoon session – including a Conditional Use on behalf of the State of Delaware for a 44 acre parcel of state-owned property on Patriots Way north of Millsboro for a police station – a new Troop 4 facility.
The Sussex County Council meets at 10am at the County Administration Offices on The Circle in Georgetown.
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