In the latest development in New Castle County’s ongoing property tax reassessment debates, County Council on Tuesday considered Ordinance 25-099, which would authorize installment payment plans for eligible residential taxpayers facing increased bills and allow the Chief Financial Officer to waive penalties for those who comply. The ordinance, sponsored by Councilman George Smiley, proposes amending Chapter 14 of the New …
Concerns about New Castle County’s property reassessment continue to spark public outrage, as residents took to public comments at the most recent Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday. The meeting followed a series of discussions at recent county and city meetings, as officials across Wilmington and New Castle County attempt to manage the fallout from the first full property reassessment in …
New Castle County has posted property tax totals for the 2025 tax year following the county’s first full property reassessment in more than 40 years. Residents can now view their tax amounts on the County’s Parcel Search website, with detailed bills set to be mailed the week of July 21. The new tax rates for unincorporated areas are $0.1575 per …
THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED. New Castle County officials provided an update this week on the Family Housing Opportunities for Purposeful Empowerment (HOPE) Project, a major initiative aimed at reducing homelessness among vulnerable families. During a presentation to the County Council’s Community Services Committee on Tuesday, Michael Bowser, policy director for the county executive’s office, outlined recent progress in securing …
New Castle County Council members expressed concern this week over proposed changes by Wilmington City Council that could impact public access and security policies in the shared City-County Building. During Tuesday’s executive committee meeting, Kevin Caneco alerted colleagues to a developing ordinance being considered by Wilmington officials that would increase security protocols in the facility, including potential restrictions on bringing signs …
NEW CASTLE COUNTY — A proposed development that would bring hundreds of new apartment units and more than 370,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, and office space to a site near DuPont Parkway and Boyd’s Corner Road was reviewed by County Council this week. The major land development plan, located in St. Georges Hundred, calls for a 372,506-square-foot mixed-use complex …
The New Castle County Council is advancing with a pilot program to install speed cameras on Milltown Road and, most likely, McKennan’s Church Road. Ordinance 25-071 establishes an electronic speed monitoring system that will be piloted for five months. Funded by state legislators Rep. Kim Williams and Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos, using approximately $28,500 in community transportation funds. Council approved the …
At the June 10 Public Safety Committee meeting, New Castle County Councilmembers discussed a proposed ordinance to increase the mandatory retirement age for county police officers from 55 to 57. Introduced as Ordinance 25-084, the measure seeks to amend Chapter 26 of the New Castle County Code to support officer retention and align with trends in other jurisdictions. “This ordinance …
New Castle County Council has voted 7-3 with one abstention to expand payments to the board members who serve on the county’s boards, committees, and commissions. “At a time when it is difficult to find residents to serve on these important boards, compensating members will increase participation,” said council member Dee Durham, who sponsored the bill to pay them $100 …
This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware. A development company that has built distribution centers for Amazon and Walmart is suing New Castle County, claiming that government inaction has improperly delayed its controversial plan to construct a nearly 2.4 million-square-foot warehousing complex near Middletown. The lawsuit follows months of outcry in the Middletown area against the development of massive warehouses, and the …
New Castle County is taking a page out of the City of Brotherly Love’s playbook in an effort to add art and creativity to its streets and neighborhoods. The County Council this week unanimously passed Councilwoman Dee Durham’s Ordinance 23-160 to create a Public Arts Commission. The legislation took inspiration from Philadelphia’s 1% for Art program, which requires new city …
New Castle County’s 2024 budget includes the first property tax reduction in 50 years. The tax reduction comes in the form of an automatic 5% tax credit for those paying property taxes, said New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer. “It’s the first decrease, we’re being told, since this form of government was created in the 1960s,” Meyer said. That decrease …
