Meeting Times? See the Calendar!
NEW: Civic Committee meetings through June, 2009 [posted 7/22/2009]
NEW: Community Planning discusses Instant Ticketing, future ADUs, Website, etc. [posted 7/15/2009]
NEW: Town Meeting minutes of March 23. [6/16/2009]
Meeting Minutes for Arden, Delaware
Click the links below to see the minutes.
Town Meeting Minutes
Arden is a "pure" democracy. Every resident (who is over 18 and a resident for the last six months or more) is automatically a membere of the Town Assembly and eligible to vote on issues affecting the village at Town Meetings scheduled on the 4th Monday of January, March, June and September. Officers of the village and committee members are elected at the March meeting.
Advisory Committee Minutes
Representatives of all the committees, plus the Arden trustees and town officers, meet to discuss the issues to be presented at the next Town Meeting and to inform each other of their work. These meetings are usually scheduled on the first Monday of January, March, June and September. There is also usually a November meeting to discuss long-range issues.
Board of Assessors
This board sets the land tax rate on leaseholds. This board not a committee of the Town Assembly but a separate body that sets the land rent each year. Assessors are elected in November, with ballots mailed to every resident of the village.
Civic Committee
Meets the third Monday of most months at 7:30 p.m. at the Buzz Ware Village Center. It is responsible for the roads, paths, greens and woods. Here you will find an Excavation Permit for road work.
Community Planning
Meets the third Wednesday of most months at 7:00 p.m. at the Buzz Ware Village Center. It plans the “physical and cultural future of the community.”
Financial Statements of 2009 and 2008
Click here to see a list of all the committees and their members.
