Tomorrow, Wilmington City Council Holds 5PM Foxtail Fest Hearing And NCC Holds 6PM Regional Bear-Glasgow Community Meeting

Monday night is another one of those tri-meeting evenings! I will attend a Residents Against the Power plant meeting in Newark.

But equally compelling are the Wilmington City Council 5PM hearing on the Foxtail Fest debacle ~ Wilmington Council asks Mayor Williams to answer Foxtail questions at hearing

Wilmington City Council President Theo Gregory said today that he hopes Monday’s public hearing to address the Foxtail Fest brings out “facts and information to bring this matter to a close and, most importantly, prevents this type of situation from happening again. “City Council looks forward to concluding its inquiry in a timely manner,” Gregory said in a statement. “The Council, and I am sure Mayor Williams, do not relish being in this situation, but I know we all agree that it is best to conduct a thorough and transparent inquiry and then move forward together in governing the City.”
The city provided police officers, public works employees and a staffed ambulance for the Sept. 14 concert, which was co-organized by the son of Velda Jones-Potter, who at the time was Williams’ chief strategist. Jones-Potter, who has acknowledged she served as a representative for Foxtail Fest, was dismissed Friday. Two days later, while appearing on her husband’s leased-access television show, she said she represented her son’s festival as a private citizen, not as the mayor’s aide.
In addition to Jones-Potter, those requested to appear before Council include John Matlusky, the mayor’s chief of staff; Charlotte Barnes, the special assistant to Matlusky; Police Chief Christine Dunning and her two inspectors, Bobby Cummings and Victor Ayala; Fire Chief Anthony Goode; Public Works Commissioner Cleon L. Cauley Sr.; and Megan McGlinchey, operations director for the Riverfront Development Corporation.
The hearing, which begins at 5 p.m. in Council chambers, could offer the first detailed accounting decisions made in regard to Foxtail Fest. Despite Williams’ assertion during an appearance on the WDEL radio station that “we have nothing to hide,” his administration has declined to disclose the exact personnel costs associated with Foxtail Fest. The mayor’s office has not answered the question of who authorized the use of public resources at the for-profit event. Beyond the brief radio interview, Williams has addressed the situation only in written statements or comments made through his spokeswoman.
Council will not take public comment during the hearings but said residents can offer information or comments about Foxtail by calling the Council office at 302-576-2140 or by emailing foxtail@WilmingtonDE.gov, according to the release.

And the NCC Regional Bear-Glasgow community meeting at 6PM ~

New Castle County regional meeting for Bear-Glasgow moved to Word of Life Christian Center

New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon's regional community meeting on Monday for the Bear-Glasgow area has been moved to a new location – The Word of Life Christian Center at 854 Old Baltimore Pike in Newark.

The meeting is still scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27.

County Executive Gordon directed the New Castle County Department of Public Safety and the Office of Community Governing to hold regional community meetings that discuss the County’s predictive policing, storm preparation, code enforcement and constituent services. County staff will also speak about the benefits of the County’s participation in the “Smart911” program, as well as civil penalties caused by code violations.

 

For the convenience of New Castle County citizens, five meetings have been scheduled throughout various parts of the County. Monday's meeting will be the second one held thus far.

Civic groups and maintenance corporations, from each major area, may attend these regional meetings to learn about valuable governmental functions and services.

 

“We want people to know what resources are available to them in times of emergency or a crisis, not to mention the constituent services of which they can avail themselves,” County Executive Gordon said. “We also want them to know how the New Castle County Police Division has used state-of-the-art technology to pr

edict where crime would occur, thereby reducing, by double digits, the amount of crime in the County.”

 

Those scheduled to give remarks:
County Executive Gordon, Councilman David Tackett, Director of Public Safety Joseph Bryant Jr., Police Chief Col. Elmer Setting, Emergency Communications Chief Jeff Miller, Emergency Medical Services Chief Larry Tan, Emergency Management Coordinator David Carpenter Jr., Assistant Land Use Administrator Al Washington, and Executive Assistant Bill Shahan, of the Office of Community Governing.

 

The dates and locations are:

Monday, Sept. 30 (Bear-Glasgow), The Word of Life Christian Center, 854 Old Baltimore Pike, Newark, DE
Wednesday, October 2 (Middletown), Appoquinimink Library, 51 North Broad Street, Middletown, DE
Thursday, October 3 (New Castle), Garfield Park PAL, 6 Karlyn Drive, New Castle, DE
Wednesday, October 16 (North), Brandywine Hundred, Talleyville Fire Co, 3919 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE

 

The Western regional meetingwas held Sept. 23 at the Hockessin PAL Center in Hockessin, DE.

 

Please click on the link below for a map that depict the boundaries of the 5 regional districts:
http://nccde.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=730fad54034e443e8f3f0023b41c0d2b

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