Nick McWilliams Reporting –
As 2023 comes to a close, Dover city council used its last meeting for final legislation, along with thanking members who were moving on following November’s election.
Council members Sandy Moss, Greg Bair, and Robert Mueller, along with Law Director Douglas O’Meara, were unsuccessful in reelection bids.
All received recognition for years of service to the city from their peers and city administration.
Community members also spoke highly of the leaders during their last meeting, including Rick Moss, the husband of Sandy Moss, who praised what he called accountability on council during the scandal with former Mayor Richard Homrighausen.
“I’m a spouse of a councilmember, so I feel a lot of the stuff you guys have been through, because she was never [home,] she was on the phone, and she was worried about this, worried about that, and you carry that through your life. But, when everyone went through this issue with the administration, each one of you guys stepped up and did the right thing. It’s not easy to do the right thing.”
Mayor Shane Gunnoe and Councilwoman Julie Leggett thanked the outgoing members for being instrumental in their first few years involved with the city.
Elsewhere in the city, pavement patching will be conducted throughout the winter, with a company providing asphalt during that period, according to Gunnoe.
In legislative news, $5,000 of bed tax money was approved for the Dover Community Parks Association for improvements, the city awarded a bid not to exceed $55,000 to SCX Services for shutdown related support and work at Dover Light and Power, and salaries were fixed for certain elected officials and the clerk and substitute clerk of council for 2024.
The city is also aiming to start construction work on turfing the city softball fields, hoping to complete work by the beginning of the next season.
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