Millsboro Committee Meeting on Potential Annexation and Zoning Change - January 20, 2026
Millsboro Committee Meeting on Potential Annexation and Zoning Change - January 20, 2026
A committee meeting of the Town of Millsboro was held on January 20, 2026, at 7:55 PM. Members present included Ashley (appointed chair and acting mayor pro tem), Town Manager Jamie Burke, Councilman Ron O'Neill, and Councilman Ron Mason. Councilwoman Kimberly Conn was absent. The meeting began with a roll call and nomination of Ron as chair, followed by adoption of the agenda. There were no public comments.
Discussion Items
- Preliminary Discussion of Potential Annexation: The committee considered a request to annex territory contiguous to the present town limits, owned by Adrian Mobella. The parcel is identified as Sussex County Tax Map and parcel number 2-35-5-11-1-11 on Handy Road, Millsboro, Delaware, currently zoned AR-1 (Agricultural).
- Applicant Testimony: Adrian Mobella stated that his wife, a doctor at IZ Inc., has a lease expiring at the Food Lion plaza. They purchased the property to construct a building that would allow her to offer more services, hire additional doctors, and move her practice. He requested annexation to the town to obtain water and sewer services and a zoning change to accommodate an office building.
- Committee Deliberation: Committee members noted that adjacent properties are already within the town and zoned highway commercial. A motion was made to approve the annexation and the corresponding zoning change at the committee level and forward the recommendation to the full council for final approval.
Key Outcomes
- The committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of the annexation of the Adrian Mobella property and its zoning change (from AR-1 to highway commercial or appropriate designation for office use) to the full Town Council.
- The meeting was adjourned following the motion.
Meeting Transcript
You're doing what we're doing. Meeting to order. Wherever pledge allegiance to the United States America for which is one nation or uh missable liberty and justice for all thank you. Uh uh we need a nomination for committee chair, roll call roll call uh roll call Ashley present uh town manager Jamie Burke, right there. Uh councilman Ron O'Neill here and Councilman Ron Mason present. We have a quorum with two uh members present. Um Kimberly Conn, third member is absent today. So I lost my agenda. Can we have a motion to adopt the agenda? Appointed chair. Yes, appointed chair. Well, it's up the agenda was above it, but that's okay. I'm on the wrong agenda. Um we have a motion to adopt the chair. Let's say controls trolls. Yeah. Um I'm gonna nominate Ronaldo Chair. Do you want to second that? We'll go ahead and second that nomination. Okay, thank you. Chair. You can take over now. We have an extra agenda. I don't think we would have my agenda. Okay, we share one. Okay, no, that's fine. All right, so we are down to uh adoption of the agenda. And there's the agenda. So entertain a motion to uh adopt the agenda. I'll make a motion to adopt the agenda. I will second that motion. All in favor, all opposed, motion so carried. We are down to public comments, no public comments. All right. I don't know. We're not down to adjourn. Um so the first issue is the preliminary discussion of potential annexation. Is it a town of certain territory contingents to the present limits of the town of Millsboro? The parcel thereof owned by Adrian Mobella identified as Sussex County Tax Map and parcel number two three three five eleven one eleven handy road Millsboro, Delaware 1996 with a zoning of highway commercial. So do we have any advantages? Do we have any speaker or on this or just the okay? And this is for just for the background. This is ah, okay. I see where that is. Yeah, it's where else that back part of there, yeah. So this is adjoining the uh town lakes development. Is that right? Is that the cost of three across the four? Same side as um Lowe's ah, this is the okay, okay. I'm sorry.
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