Meetings & Events
City Council Meeting
12/09/2025 - 07:00 PM
Location: New Castle Senior Center
Address: 400 South Street
New Castle, DE 19720
City of New Castle Delaware
City Council Special Meeting
New Castle Senior Center*
400 South Street, New Castle, DE 19720
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
6:30 p.m.
New Business:
The City Council will meet and will potentially vote to enter an executive session for discussion of the following topics:
- Pursuant to 29 Del. C. §§10004 (b)(4) &(6) Strategy sessions, including those involving legal advice or opinion from an attorney-at-law, with respect to collective bargaining or pending or potential litigation, but only when an open meeting would have an adverse effect on the bargaining or litigation position of the public body; and discussion of the content of documents, excluded from the definition of “public record” in §10002 of this title where such discussion may disclose the contents of such documents
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City of New Castle Delaware
City Council Regular Meeting
New Castle Senior Center*
400 South Street, New Castle, DE 19720
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 7:00 p.m.
12-9-2025 City Council Packet-Website
Agenda
Roll Call
Minutes 11/7/2025, 11/10/2025, 11/21/2025
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)
- Presentation of Fiscal Year 2025 Audit by City Auditors- Frank DeFroda and Evan Petrin of Whisman, Giordano and Associates.
Old Business:
- Continued Council Discussion and Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-51 A Resolution Addressing Remote Participation in City Meetings (Council Person Nermin Zubaca 09/02/2025)
New Business:
- Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025- 54 A Resolution to approve the FY 2025 Financial Audit (Council President Suzanne Souder Posted 12/2/2025)
- Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-55 A Resolution to Re-Appoint Michael Westman to the Historic Area Commission (Council President Suzanne Souder 12/2/2025)
- Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-56 A Resolution to Appoint Mark Lorenz to the Historic Area Commission (Council President Suzanne Souder 12/2/2025)
- Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-57 A Resolution to Restrict Parking Along Both sides of “C” Alley. (Council President Suzanne Souder 12/2/2025)
- Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote regarding the recommendation of a letter referred to City Council from the Planning Commission to send to the Office of State Planning Coordination (OSPC) regarding the Five- year Comprehensive Plan review. (Council President Suzanne Souder 12/2/2025)
- 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)
- 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)
- Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-58 A Resolution to Approve Vendor Permit Application for Tasty Bliss LLC (Council President Suzanne Souder 12/2/2025)
- Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote Regarding Vertical Bridge proposal to amend monopole lease. (Council President Suzanne Souder 12/2/2025)
Next Regular Meeting Date: January 13, 2025
Posted 12-02-2025
Note: This agenda as listed may not be considered in sequence, including executive sessions.
*You can also view the meeting online at the address below. A clickable link is available on the City website at www.newcastlecity.delaware.gov/events.
There will be no comments taken from the Zoom audience; comments may be submitted via email up to 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 9th, 2025 at info@newcastlecity.delaware.gov
Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83870297863?pwd=mlo643bQeiNTTVSFsznsMbv3apa2vQ.1
Enter Password: 015107
You can also listen to the meeting via telephone by calling one of the phone numbers below and entering the meeting ID and password when prompted. (Long distance rates may apply.)
(301) 715-8592 or (646) 558-8656.
Webinar ID: 838 7029 7863 Passcode: 015107
