Meetings & Events

City Council Meeting

08/12/2025 - 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

Tuesday, August 12^th, 2025

7:00 p.m.

Agenda

Roll Call

Minutes 07/08/2025

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

Mayors Proclamation to Recognize September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the City of New Castle and in Support of the “Turn the Towns Teal” Ongoing Awareness Campaign

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

New Business:

1. Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-39 A Resolution to Appoint Warren Flowers to the Flood Resiliency Committee (Council President Suzanne Souder 08/05/2025)
2. Council Discussion, Possible Motion and Vote on Resolution 2025-40 A Resolution Honoring the Legacies of Barbara Pinkett Hicks and Bernard Pinkett (Councilperson Brian Mattaway 8/5/2025)
3. First Reading 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 (Council President Suzanne Souder 08/05/2025)
4. First Reading of Ordinance 558 An Ordinance to Amend the City of New Castle Municipal Code Regarding the Good Will Firefighter and Ladies Auxiliary Real Property Tax Exemption (Council President Suzanne Souder 08/05/2025)

Next Regular Meeting Date: September 9, 2025

Posted 8-5-2025

Updated due to clerical error

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

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