Monthly Town Council Meeting, Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Lifesaving Station

While the meeting is scheduled to start at 9:00 am with an Executive Session (regarding litigation), the public portion of this meeting will begin at 10:30 am. If you cannot make the meeting, you can find the complete agenda and live video feed on the town’s website www.townofdeweybeach.com If you will be in town, come meet the new Town Manager Diana Smith.

Some Items on the Town Council’s agenda are:

Old business

Discussion and vote regarding the approval of a final settlement agreement with the former town manager

New business

  • Update on Calendar Year 2009 budget performance
  • Discussion of preparation of standard operating policies and procedures
  • Discussion and vote regarding a request for proposals for engineering feasibility and design work for the Bayard Ave. project, and approval on the allocation of funding for this next step.
  • Discussion and vote regarding future dates for Public Hearings regarding the Right-of-Way issues
  • Update on the Town’s efforts and challenges in changing Dewey Beach property addresses to become compliant with nation-wide emergency responder (911) requirements
  • Discussion of the town’s commitment to web casting public meetings and a possible vote regarding an expenditure for higher quality equipment
  • Discussion and possible vote regarding the addition of a Community Events Page to the town website, to provide for the posting of events not sponsored by the town
  • Discussion and possible vote to approve that town staff research legislation to permit flexibility for the date of town elections in the event of a conflict
  • Committee Reports and Comments of the Commissioners and Mayor follow, as does the opportunity for public comment (limited to 3 minutes per person).

    If you are unable to attend this meeting, please take advantage of the online video option! If you are busy at that time, the meeting videocasts are being archived, so you can also watch the video at another, more convenient time. The most direct way is to simply go to www.townofdeweybeach.com and go to the bottom of the left-side menu and click on ‘video presentations’. Or if you are viewing the meeting at a later date, select the date of the meeting on the calendar (upper right of home page) then select the meeting in the calendar itself, and find the link to the meeting.

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    Sussex County Begins Big Dig Following the Blizzard of 2010

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — 1300 Hours, Sunday Feb. 7, 2010

    Crews working steadily to restore power, clear roads; National Guard out in full force to assist public

    snow_ron5Sussex County is beginning to dig out from under this weekend’s one to two feet of snow, with state transportation workers trudging through towering drifts to clear roads and power crews feverishly working to restore service to thousands of customers who have been in the dark for more than a day.

    The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center in Georgetown is continuing to work closely with local and state emergency managers as Delaware recovers from what will go down as among the most significant winter storms to ever hit the mid-Atlantic region. Delaware National Guard troops also have been deployed throughout the county to assist in the recovery effort. Read More »

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    New Town Manager To Take The Reins Feb. 1

    BY ALEX RUOFF | DELAWARE COAST PRESS

    Town Manager Diana Smith

    New Dewey Beach Town Manager Diana Smith

    DEWEY BEACH — A planner from Georgia has officially signed on as Dewey’s next town manager, replacing 26-year employee Gordon Elliott. Diana Smith, 42, a long-range planner from Camden County, Ga., has signed a three-year contract and is expected to start Feb. 1. She was selected in December to fill the full-time position after the Town Council decided not to renew Elliott’s contract.

    “Getting to talk with Diana and being involved in the process, I think she’s easily qualified for the position,” said Mayor Richard Solloway. “We have a lot of work to do with the systems and processes we have in place … and she is very much ready to do that.” Read More »

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