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New Castle County Meetings
County Council, October 27, 2026
Approved: Ordinance 26-135 as amended: Ag Preservation funds to operating budget, 9-3
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On October 27, 2026, New Castle County approved Ordinance 26-135 as amended: Ag Preservation funds to operating budget (9-3).
New Castle County Council adopted Ordinance 26-134 on a 9-3 roll call, cutting $2.6 million from the Agricultural Preservation capital project to fund contract tree work, an IRS arbitrage payment, and health care costs, after a floor amendment to return the money failed 3-8.
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- New Castle County, DE
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- October 27, 2026
- Decisions
- 9 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 9-3
Free sample: decision 1 of 9
Ordinance 26-134: Reallocate Agricultural Preservation capital funds
Amends the FY2027 capital program to reduce Agricultural Preservation capital project funding by $2.6M to fund contract tree work, a $1.6M arbitrage payment, and health care costs. Floor amendments 1 and 2 were withdrawn. Floor amendment 3 (Durham), to return the money from any surplus, failed 3-8 with 1 not voting. The ordinance was adopted 9-3; Caneco, Carter, and Durham voted no.
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Key Decisions (9)
Approved
Ordinance 26-134: Reallocate Agricultural Preservation capital funds
Vote: 9-3
Approved
Ordinance 26-135 as amended: Ag Preservation funds to operating budget
Vote: 9-32 conditions attached
Tabled
Ordinance 26-136: Reserve accounts and voting requirements
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Ordinance 26-137: Speed camera program funding
Vote: 11-1Moved by Toole
Approved
Ordinance 26-132: Lead and Healthy Homes remediation grant
Vote: 11-0Moved by Penrose Hollins
Approved
Ordinance 26-133: Pictometry aerial imagery contract
Vote: 12-0
Other
Ordinance 26-141 introduced: Rezoning on School Bell Road, Stafford Subdivision
Tabled
Resolution 26-202 tabled
Vote: unanimousMoved by Durham
Approved
Resolution 26-201: Council voting procedures
Vote: 9-2
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Development Activity (1)
Former Afton Motel rehabilitation (Veteran Services)
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Market Signals (3)
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Agenda results
Each land-use item on the agenda, with its recorded voteWho spoke
19 distinct speakers; 10 identified names.
All speaker roles: 3 Staff, 10 Councilmember, 1 Chair, 3 Public, 1 Attorney, 1 Clerk.
Identified name roles: 3 Staff, 6 Councilmember, 1 Chair.
Speaker sample: David Del Grande, Staff.
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Zoning terms (9)
22 recorded timestamps
- motion to approve (1 timestamps)
- approved (8 timestamps)
- zoning (1 timestamps)
- rezone (1 timestamps)
- subdivision (2 timestamps)
- tabled (3 timestamps)
Decision moments (9)
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