LAWS OF DELAWARE
VOLUME 83
CHAPTER 100
151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 145
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. Amend the Charter of the Municipal Service Commission of the City of New Castle by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE COMMISSION
Section 1. Municipal Services Commission; Appointments; Vacancies; Definitions
(a) A Municipal Services Commission for the City of New Castle is hereby created, the business and affairs of which shall be managed by or under the direction of a Commission composed of three 3 Commissioners who shall be residents of and qualified voters of the City of New Castle and who shall have resided in said City for at least three 3 years prior to their appointment.
(b) The Commissioners Each Commissioner shall serve until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified for a term of 4 years from the date of the Commissioner’s appointment. One of said Commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City, one Two Commissioners will be appointed by the Council of the City. City, and one by the Trustees of the New Castle Common of said City The Mayor of the City of New Castle will serve as the third Commissioner. In the event of the Mayor’s absence, the City Administrator may serve as a substitute for the Mayor as the third Commissioner. In the month of March in each year a successor to the Commissioner whose term expires on April 1 in that year shall be appointed for the term of three 4 years by the power who appointed the member whose term is to expire.
(c) Any vacancy during a term shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment of the power who made the original appointment. City Council. In exercising the above appointing power, the Mayor shall not appoint himself, the Council shall not appoint one of its own members, and the Trustees of the Common shall not appoint one of its own members.
Approved July 30, 2021