Council authorizes mayor to sign annexation plan of services for property applying to join Milford

The Milford City Council authorized the mayor to sign a plan of services prepared for a proposed municipal annexation, allowing the city to submit the required documentation to the State of Delaware’s Office of State Planning Coordination.
Rob Pierce, the city’s planning director, explained the action is a procedural step: staff and the city engineer prepared the plan-of-services form that details how water, sewer, electric, police and fire services would be provided to the annexation area. Once the state receives the plan of services, it has 20 days to respond; after that response the city may schedule public hearings for formal annexation action. Pierce emphasized this authorization is not approval of annexation itself but enables submission of the plan to the state.
A council member moved to accept the municipal annexation plan of services and authorize the mayor to sign; the motion was seconded and passed with all members in favor, recorded in the transcript as seven yes votes.