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New Castle County Fire and Ambulance Advisory Board Meeting

February 19, 2026 · Elsmere, DE
Source: Meeting minutes 2026-01-15 (PDF, 4 pp)
Retrieved April 14, 2026 from www.newcastlede.gov ↗
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Attendees

Mike Shaw (Representative, District #1)
Eric Haley (Vice-Chairman, Representative, District #2)
Brian Reeder (Representative, District #3)
Robert Weber (Impact Fee Co-Chair/Representative, District #4)
Dennis Godek (Chairman, Representative, District #5)
Fran Williams (Impact Fee Co-Chair/Representative, District #6)
Allan MacKenzie (Representative, District #7)
Donald W. Holden (Chief, NCC/ESC)
Chris Williams (Asst Chief, NCC/ESC)
Robert L. Snyder III (QA Coordinator, NCC/ESC)
Mark Logemann (Chief, NCC/EMS)
Dave Aber (Captain, NCC/EMS)
Ken Dunn (DCAO, County Executive's Office)
Stephanie Waren (EA, County Executive's Office)
Kevin Cowperthwait (Chief, Christiana Fire Company)
Gordon Edwards III (President, NCCFCA)
Waldemar Poppe (Chief, Special Operations)
Jim Thompson (Hockessin Fire Company)
Matt Netsch (Attendee)
Mike Edwards (Attendee)
Dan Seador (Attendee)
Ken Phillips (Attendee)
✓ Present: 22/22

Decisions

#1

UNANIMOUS

Agenda Items

#1

Approval of Minutes

Minutes from January 15, 2026 meeting

#2

Chairman's Report

Twenty-year Pension Plan for Firefighters and other topics

#3

Emergency Services Communications

Call Processing Stats and staffing updates

#4

Emergency Medical Services

End of 2025 call stats and staffing updates

#5

NCCFCA

Chiefs' Workshop and other updates

#6

NCCFA

Next meeting on April 9

#7

Old Business

None

#8

New Business

None

#9

Impact Fee Requests

None

#10

County Government

DCAO Dunn's update

#11

District Reports

Updates from each district

#12

Public Comments

Jim Thompson's comments on Permit Fees

Public Comments

1 speaker
Jim Thompson · Topic: Permit Fees

Discussed the possibility of increasing the cap and the need for earlier notification of document requests