Meetings & Events

City Council Meeting

11/10/2025 - 07:00 PM
Location: New Castle Senior Center
Address: 400 South Street
New Castle, DE 19720

City of New Castle Delaware

City Council Regular Meeting

New Castle Senior Center*

400 South Street, New Castle, DE 19720

Monday, November 10, 2025 7:00 p.m.

11-10-2025 City Council Packet

Meeting

Agenda

Roll Call

Minutes 10/14/2025, 11/4/2025

Staff Reports

• Treasurer’s Report
• Reports from the City Administrator & Staff
• Council Communications
• Report from the Council President
• Business from the Mayor
• Comments from a Good Will Fire Co. representative

Public Comments (concerning agenda items or general public comments on matters relating to the City of New Castle)

1. Presentation by WILMAPCO regarding the August 2025 Walkability Study in the Historic Area of New Castle.

Old Business:

1. Second Reading and Possible Vote of Ordinance 555 An ordinance to remove the definition of tourist home, add definitions for short term rental, bed and breakfast, and hotel, motel and inn, to make corresponding code revisions, and to add a new section 230-27 .1 regarding short term rentals; as referred to Council via the Planning Commission (Council President Suzanne Souder 08/05/2025)

New Business:

1. Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-49 A Resolution to Appoint Stephen Franklin as the Planning Commission representative to the Historic Area Commission (Council President Suzanne Souder 11/3/2025)
2. Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-50 A Resolution to Re-Appoint Dr. David Bechtal to the Board of Health (Council President Suzanne Souder 11/3/2025)
3. First Reading of Ordinance 2025–560 An Ordinance to Amend the City of New Castle Municipal Code, Chapter 230 (Zoning Code), Regarding Home Occupations in the Residential District R-1 Zoning District (Council President Suzanne Souder 11/3/2025)
4. First Reading of Ordinance 2025-561 An Ordinance to Amend the Following Chapters of the Code of the City of New Castle: Chapters 102 (Building Construction), Chapter 103 (One- and Two-Family Dwellings), Chapter 162 (Mechanical Standards), Chapter 163 (Fuel Gas Standards), Chapter 164 (Existing Building Code), Chapter 165 (Swimming Pool and Spa Code), Chapter 181 (Plumbing Code), Chapter 185 (Property Maintenance Code), and to adopt the 2024 ICC Codes and require residential sprinklers (Councilperson Joseph Day 11/3/2025)
5. Council Discussion and Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-51 A Resolution to Allow for Remote Council Meetings (Council Person Nermin Zubaca 09/02/2025)
6. Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-52 A Resolution to Approve Vendor Permit Application for Tia Erika’s (Council President Suzanne Souder 11/3/2025)
7. Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-53 A Resolution to Restrict Parking Along Both sides of the alley beginning 120 feet east of E. 2^nd street and proceeding in a southwesterly direction approx. 150 feet. (Council President Suzanne Souder 11/3/2025)
8. Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote Amendment to the Lease between the Mayor and Council of New Castle and The Bull Hill Boat Yard, Inc. regarding the maximum fee for non-member access to the Broad Dyke (Councilperson Joseph Day 11/3/2025)
9. Council Discussion and Possible Vote regarding City Awards for Employee, Citizen, and Business Awards for Exemplary Service, Leadership, and Civic Engagement in accordance with Resolution 2024-5 (Councilperson Brian Mattaway Posted 11/3/2024)

Next Regular Meeting Date: December 9, 2025

Posted 11-03-2025
Updated due to clerical error 11-06-2025

Note: This agenda as listed may not be considered in sequence, including executive sessions.

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