by Terry Rogers An artist rendering of what the Walnut Street bridge could look like after upgrades At a Council workshop, City Manager Mark Whitfield and Public Works Director, Mike Svaby, provided Milford City Council with a preliminary design for the Walnut Street bridge. The goal is to create a speed deterrent, a pedestrian crossing and ADA access …
by Terry Rogers An artist rendering of what one of the tiny homes being offered to Milford could look like At a recent City Council Workshop, Sylvia Carson, Director of Positive Points as well as Tim Lamberto, Vice-President of Property Management and Joe Hill, Maintenance Specialist for Arbor Management, presented council members with details on a tiny home …
by Terry Rogers Milford City Council voted to change its meeting schedule as well as the process for minutes for future meetings. On Monday, January 10, City Manager Mark Whitfield presented a new meeting calendar for City Council designed to allow for more discussion time. Council meetings would remain on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, …
by Terry Rogers City of Milford offices are closed to the public for the month of January due to staffing shortages and the COVID-19 spike The City of Milford has announced that their offices will be closed to the public throughout the month of January. “We closed buildings to the public for two reasons,” Mark Whitfield, City Manager, …
by Terry Rogers The City of Milford is considering changing the Comprehensive Plan to designate properties on Rehoboth Boulevard as green space At a workshop before City Council, City Planner Rob Pierce provided council with details on four proposed amendments to the 2018 Comprehensive Plan. Two of the amendments were initiated by city staff while two others were …
by Terry Rogers Milford City Council discussed a possible policy change that would prohibit employees from holding a medical marijuana card At a recent workshop, Milford City Council discussed a recommendation from City Manager Mark Whitfield and Human Resource Director Jamesha Williams to deny city employees the ability to obtain a medical marijuana card. Because the city receives …
Nirmala Samaroo will serve as Third Ward Councilwoman until 2023 by Terry Rogers On November 8, Nirmala Samaroo was sworn in as a council person for Ward Three. Running unopposed, Councilwoman Samaroo took the seat vacated by Doug Morrow when he resigned after moving out of Milford. Councilwoman Samaroo moved to Delaware in 2011. “I was born in South …
by Terry Rogers Dover Kent MPO Parklet at Dover’s First Friday Recently, Milford City Council heard a presentation by Helen Wiles, Public Outreach Manager for Dover Kent Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO.) Wiles explained what an MPO is and how it can benefit the City of Milford. “Because we live in a really strange state where DelDOT owns 95 percent …
City of Milford Special Election Filing Deadline for City of Milford Third Ward Council Seat Notice is hereby given that a Special Election will be held in the City of Milford on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021 from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of filling a vacant council seat in the Third Ward. The candidate elected would serve …
In the spring of 2021, Disability Access Consultants (DAC) began a comprehensive review of programs, services, activities, policies, buildings, parks and other items in the City of Milford to determine what level of compliance the city has under Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines. This review is the first step in forming the city’s ADA Transition Plan. “DAC began collecting …
