Governor Jack Markell & Mayor Michael J Smith

Governor Jack Markell, Mayor Michael J Smith, Town Administrator Vikki Prettyman & Urban Forester Marcia Fox

Press Release from the Arbor Day Foundation ArborDay.PR2012

DNREC’s next Scrap Tire Drop-Off Day set for
April 21, 2012 at the Delaware State Fairgrounds

DOVER (April 2, 2012) – DNREC will host its eighth Scrap Tire Drop-Off Day recycling event Saturday, April 21, at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Residents are encouraged to recycle scrap tires from passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks, with participation helping to reduce environmental and health hazards associated with scrap tires in the state’s communities.

Seven previous DNREC – sponsored drop off events have collected more than 14,080 scrap tires (weighing nearly 176 tons). Residents are invited to bring up to 10 passenger or light-duty truck tires per household for disposal and recycling. Larger tires or tires on rims will not be accepted. Each person dropping off tires should be prepared to show proof of Delaware residency with either a driver’s license or utility bill. The Delaware State Fairgrounds is located at 18500 South DuPont Highway, Harrington, DE 19952.

Delaware’s Scrap Tire Management Program was created to eliminate large, unsightly scrap tire piles that can spawn fires resulting in toxic smoke along with an oily liquid runoff from melted tires that can potentially pollute groundwater. In addition, tire piles provide an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes, which can carry the West Nile virus.

The Scrap Tire Management Program is funded by a state fee of $2 per tire on the sale of new tires. The fee is diverted to the Scrap Tire Management Fund, a matching fund and program created to clean up existing scrap tire piles statewide.

For more information on the program and future scrap tire drop-off events, please visit DNREC’s website, or contact the Scrap Tire Management Program at 302-739-9403.

Vol. 42, No. 117

The result for the three (3) Town of Blades Council positions is as follows:

Incumbent Christena King 39 Votes

Incumbent Robert Atkinson 55 Votes

John Reiss 46 Votes

Lee Benningfield 14 Votes

David Ruff 41 Votes

Town of Blades three (3) Councilmen are Robert Atkinson, John Reiss, and David Ruff. They will be sworn in on April 9^th, 2012.

Referendum Election for proposed borrowing up to $375,000.00 made available by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services through its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.  The proposed project consists of the installation of a third back-up well and ancillaries along with a new raw waterline.  The loan will be amortized over thirty (30) years at an interest rate of 1%, with accrued interest payable during construction of the proposed project (42.8% of the loan (up to an amount equal to $160,500) will be forgiven and not have to be repaid by the Town).

Votes FOR:  56

Votes AGAINST: 5

The referendum has been passed by the property owners in the Town of Blades.

Town Hall will be closed on April 6th, 2012 in observation of Good Friday. We will re-open on Monday April 9th, 2012 at 8:30am.

The Town of Blades will be accepting bids for the mowing and trimming of the grass at the Town Cemetery on Market Street. All bids must be submitted by April 9th, 2012 by 4:30pm to the Town Administrator. Copy of your Business License & Insurance Certificate must be attached with the bid. For more information please contact the Town Administrator at 302-629-7366.

Town of Blades

Please remove all Christmas and other Holiday Flowers & Decorations from the grave sites and stones at the Town Cemetery on Market Street by March 16^th, 2012 or the Town will remove and dispose of them. The Town will not be held liable for any holding frames removed, damaged, or disposed of.

March 19th, 2012 Special Election Notice

Blades 2012 SRF Loan Proxy PDF

Sample Ballot

Voter Directions

At the special election, every owner of property, whether an individual, partnership or corporation, shall have one (1) vote and the said vote may be cast either in person or by proxy. In the case of property owned jointly by husband and wife, the husband and wife shall each have one (1) vote. In the case of all other property owned by more than one property owner either as tenants in common or as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, the vote shall be cast by either tenant in common or by either joint tenant who first presents himself at the polls.

2012.01.30 Back Up Well Special Election Resolution Adopted