SB 121 — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DEWEY BEACH.

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121 AN ACT TO AMEND SenateTHE BillCHARTER No.OF THE TOWN OF DEWEY BEACH.

121BE byIT deletingENACTED linesBY 3THE throughGENERAL 5ASSEMBLY andOF insertingTHE inSTATE lieuOF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof theconcurring following:therein):

“SectionSection 8.1.

Organization.”.Amend Section 8 of the Charter of the Town of Dewey Beach by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

FURTHERSection AMEND8(c) Senate– BillOrganization, No.of the Town Charter, is hereby amended by striking duplicate language regarding budget requirements and process in favor of language currently provided in Section 22 – Town Budget as depicted by highlighted insertions, strikeouts, and substitutions below:

121(c) The Town Council shall, by deletingordinance, linesfix 15the throughtotal 17amounts of the salaries or compensation paid to employees and insertingofficers inon lieua thereofdepartment by department basis as part of the following:annual budget approval process.

“SectionThe 16.salaries or compensation of individual employees or officers must be consistent with the staffing plan approved as part of the annual budget process and are set by the appropriate department head, with the approval of the Town Manager.

ResponsibilitiesAn employee or officer of the Town Manager.”.must not have, take, or receive from the Town or otherwise, any compensation, in any form, in addition to the salary or compensation fixed by the Town Council under this subsection.

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121Amend Section 16 of the Charter of the Town of Dewey Beach, by deletingmaking linesdeletions 27as throughshown 29by strike through and insertinginsertions inas lieushown thereofby theunderline following:as follows:

“SectionSection 17.16(f) – Responsibilities of the Town Manager, is hereby amended to add parking administration to the list of responsibilities of the town manager as depicted by highlighted insertions, strikeouts, and substitutions below:

Audit(f) Committee;The Town Manager shall have charge and supervision of the sewer system, water system, street lighting, streets, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, boardwalks, jetties, piers, parks, parking administration, and other administrative affairs of the Town and all work relating thereto.

Auditors.”.The Town Manager shall have charge of and shall collect all taxes, assessments, rentals, franchise fees, license fees, or other charges due the Town.

FURTHERThe AMENDTown SenateManager Billshall No.have charge of the administration of all provisions of this Charter and ordinances and resolutions of SD :

121MD by: deleting lines 44 through 47 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

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Police04/30/2025 Force;01:44 PM the Town Council relating to the affairs of the Town when not otherwise provided for by this Charter or by any ordinance or resolution of the Town Council.

Section 3.

Amend Section 17 of the Charter of the Town of Dewey Beach, by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

Section 17(a) – Audit Committee;

Auditors, is hereby amended to provide authority to the Town Manager to terminate the contract with the auditor with concurrence of the Audit Committee, as depicted by highlighted insertions, strikeouts, and substitutions below:

(a) The Audit Committee (Committee) shall be composed of not less than 3 individuals who are qualified under Section 10(b) of this Charter to vote in the Town of Dewey Beach and who have no relationship to the Town that may interfere with the exercise of their independence from the Town's management and the Town.

The Chairperson and members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Town Council to serve for a term of 1 year.

Each member of the Committee must be financially competent and at least 1 member must have accounting or related financial management experience.

The principal purpose of the Committee is to provide oversight of the annual audit of the Town financial statements, to recommend the hiring of an independent financial audit firm, to assess the qualifications and independence of the firm and to negotiate a price for the audit, to review the performance of the independent audit firm, to review the firm's audit report and assessment of the Town's accounting and reporting practices and internal control systems, and to recommend acceptance or rejection by the Town Council of the audit report.

The independent audit firm’s contract to perform audit services may be terminated by the Town Manager with concurrence of the Audit Committee.

Section 4.

Amend Section 19 of the Charter of the Town of Dewey Beach, by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

Section 19(b) – Police Force;

Beach Patrol.”.Patrol, is hereby amended to require that any candidate for Chief of Police without certification by the Delaware Council on Police Training complete necessary training for certification within one year as a condition of employment, as depicted by highlighted insertions, strikeouts, and substitutions below:

FURTHER(b) AMENDThe SenateTown BillCouncil No.shall appoint a Chief of Police to head the Police Force.

121The Town Council shall select the Chief of Police from at least 3 candidates, recommended by deletingthe linesTown 58Manager, throughwho 60meet andthe insertingqualifications inestablished lieuby thereofthe Town Manager and approved by the following:Town Council, and who.

“SectionCandidates 19.must satisfy, or agree to satisfy, the requirements of the Delaware Council on Police Training under Regulation 800 of Title 1 of the Delaware Administrative Code.

PoliceAny Force;candidate that does not have the required certification will be SD :

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