The City of Milford will host a public input meeting on Thursday, Dec. 15 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at City Hall, 201 S. Walnut Street, Milford, DE. The City and its traffic engineering consultant, Century Engineering, Inc., will be available during the two-hour period to gather feedback on a proposed S. Walnut St. Traffic Calming & Bike/Pedestrian Concept …
In some areas north of Milford, residents and businesses are dealing with some water pressure issues. These issues have led the City of Milford to drill test wells on the Fry Farm which will be the site of a new industrial park. “Ideally, we’ll end up drilling a single test well, it will be productive, and we’ll be able to …
Milford City Council decided at a recent meeting to reject two bids that would contract out solid waste services for the city. After completing a cost comparison to determine if contracting would be cost effective over performing the service in-house, the city found that it would actually cost more over time to privatize trash, recycling and yard waste pick-ups. “A …
Milford City Council recently passed a measure that would provide tax relief for those who are 65 and older. The updated regulation includes initial changes to increase income thresholds in response to inflation and include additional changes requested by council at a recent public hearing. The new tax relief ordinance retains an inflationary adjustment to $20,000 for a single owner-applicant …
On Monday, October 24, Milford City Council approved a plan that would redistrict the four wards within the city. Redistricting is required under the city charter in order to confirm that wards have balanced populations. Ward 1 will have 2,823 people with 150 transferring to Ward 2 and 234 to Ward 3. Ward 2 will have 2,727 people, moving 150 …
At a recent City Council meeting, Milford Public Works Director Mike Svaby told council that changes were coming to downtown Milford intersections. Traffic signals will soon be converted to four-way flashing red rather than operational signals. The changes were part of recommendations from DelDOT as well as a recent study of traffic signals that will be turned over to DelDOT. …
At a recent City Council workshop, Larry Lutz, Chairman and CEO of HydroCorp, Inc. about changes to DNREC regulations regarding backflow prevention in an effort to prevent water contamination. Some of the changes will require additional water testing by the City of Milford. “Last year, the state of Delaware passed a regulation requiring that all regulations must have a comprehensive …
City council recently heard from James Puddicombe, City Engineer, regarding updates to the street improvement plan. The updates included the 2020 streets project approved about eight months ago. “We’ve completed a pretty substantial part of North Street all the way to the northern end of town,” Puddicombe said. “We have also completed others, including Kings Highway and others that were …
At a recent meeting, Milford City Council discussed possible changes to the administration of the police department. Currently, the police department uses the city Human Resources and Internet Technology offices to handle police issues. City Manager Mark Whitfield questioned whether it would be beneficial for the police to have a dedicated IT and HR department. “We settled a number of …
Milford City Council continued its discussion regarding homelessness in Milford at a recent workshop. City Manager Mark Whitfield explained that there were four issues related to homelessness in the city, including the lack of affordable housing, Tent City, homeless gathering in downtown parks and panhandling on Route 113. “We can probably easily address the panhandling situation,” Whitfield said. “I provided …
