Millsboro 250 Committee Meeting Summary - June 10, 2026
Millsboro 250 Committee Meeting Summary - June 10, 2026
The Millsboro 250 Committee met on June 10, 2026, to review progress and finalize plans for the upcoming Stars and Stripes event, which will include a parade, live music, fireworks, children's activities, and community attractions. Key discussions focused on event sponsorships, volunteer coordination, parade logistics, downtown cleanup and bridge painting, and marketing efforts.
Consent Calendar
- Unanimous approval of the agenda and previous meeting minutes. No public comments were received.
Discussion Items
- Event Sponsorships: The committee reported total sponsorship collections of $46,500 after receiving a $17,000 check from Mount Air and expecting a $10,000 wire from BB, with additional contributions pending. This was considered favorable compared to the previous year's budget.
- Volunteers: Coverage was confirmed for the ballpark and chamber areas, but additional downtown volunteers were needed. Groups including the Indian River Women's Club and Wisp Chamber offered support. For cleanup, volunteers from Wisp and other groups will assist after the parade.
- Parade Entries: 26 definite entries plus 2 potential were confirmed, with LSVs and classic cars counted as single entries. Gary volunteered to serve as MC and requested a finalized list to prepare remarks.
- LSV Escort: The escort for low-speed vehicles (LSVs) to downtown was set for 2:00 PM, with the return escort scheduled for 6:00 PM. The rally point for the return will be Millsboro Middle School.
- Bridge Soft Washing and Painting: Invoices for the bridge wash and theater mural were submitted to the chamber. Sherwin Williams is working to match the DelDot bridge paint color. The committee plans to schedule the soft wash and volunteer painting before the event, pending DelDot permission. Police coordination is needed for traffic control during the wash, and the chief will discuss union requirements and logistics.
- Children's Events and Attractions: Inflatables will be delivered Friday before the event. Touch-a-truck will feature antique fire trucks, a Coast Guard boat, and possibly a DSP vehicle, with location pending postmaster approval. Face painting, a kids' zone, and book readings at the library were also planned.
- Silent Auction and Donations: A list of auction items was provided, including golf foursomes, gift cards, and merchandise. The auction will run from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, with the drawing at the conclusion of the parade.
- Parking and Shuttle: Additional parking is available at the public works building, and the chamber parking lot has been paved and lined. A shuttle service with three wheelchair-accessible buses will loop continuously. Bike parking is available at the old police department and by the post office.
- Marketing and Advertising: Ads have been placed in Delaware Beach, Southern Delaware Explorer, Laurel and Seaford Star, and Coastal Point. Radio appearances on WGMD and 105.9 are scheduled. The event will be promoted at the Saturday farmers market.
- Rain Date Plan: No road closure permit is obtained for the rain date. If weather is poor, only the fireworks would be postponed to Sunday; all downtown events would be canceled. The committee will revisit the decision 48 hours before the event.
- Other: The Cupola Park will be barricaded to prevent nighttime viewing. The Rotary will set up flags a week early. "What does America mean to you?" cards will be distributed for a commemorative book.
Key Outcomes
- Escort times finalized: 2:00 PM (down) and 6:00 PM (return).
- Bridge soft wash and painting to proceed after obtaining DelDot permission and scheduling police detail.
- Silent auction scheduled 2:00 PM–4:00 PM with draw at parade end.
- Motion to adjourn passed at 9:52 AM.
Meeting Transcript
Are you able to bring him up on the screen? Whenever you're ready, Chairman. I think for Millsburg two fifty committee to order on Wednesday, June tenth and nine A. M. Um, please stand and do the flip believers with me. Jamie Burke present. Ashley Sandra present. Are you able to bring the Zoom portion up on the on the screen here? Oh, he is on. Okay. There's an iPhone. Yes. Okay, just to do roll call, Bob. Are you present? Okay. Great. portion up on the on the screen here is that proceed Bob are you there oh you know I wonder if he oh somebody is on I believe it wouldn't possibly was five in okay there's an iPhone yes the other two okay just to do roll call Bob are you present yes virtually okay great so we have a corn uh make motion to um adopt the agenda second all in favor aye aye and approval for last month's meeting minutes I make that motion I'll second that all in favor say aye aye aye and do we have any public comments no public comments okay Jamie I'll turn it over you okay so uh on the agenda here we are discussing all progress that's been made since last committee meeting including event sponsorships so where do we stand with event sponsorships Aiden um no nothing new but we got two checks in yesterday so that's so the total that's been collected is it was 1900 last time when we got a we're just yesterday and we got the uh Mount Air check so that was 17,000 okay so 145 yeah and then BB um sent me an email this morning that they are having some problems with their check processing but they can wire the 10,000 dollars as soon as they receive wiring instructions. So that'd be 275. Do you have Wisfys for your account or oh we we do wire we're yeah we'll perfect people so actually you'll connect the dots there between Ava and Nadine. And that would put us at 465 which really when you look at last year's budget that was you know that that's a good sign. So yeah so we'll do the rest I mean to speed kind of pull an adround account for the deposits so it's better okay uh volunteers um how are you on volunteers for the stars and stripes portion of the um yeah see we've been talking about that right so we're pretty good for like we're the field we're not really oh you know what Nadine I apologize Bob I don't know if you can hear Nadine oh yeah yes yeah I can kind of pay perfect all right we got coverage at the ball part and uh the chamber but I don't know not the really the grade you have some people right we have um so Steve Oscar at Sussex Academy is working on still getting their Leo Club I know school's wrapping up whether he's still working with the students and then we have Kevin McManus Pat Minick Brian Furio TMI hardstein Irina Gillarick Kathleen Heidel are all gonna work or volunteer downtown um for the parade and then the Indian River women's club had reached out to Nadine and said that they were interested in volunteering during the daytime as well and then Wisp Chamber probably yeah and then um Wisfus they have reached out and they are interested in their staff volunteering for the cleanup at the end of the great and that's they've done that in the past yeah that's that's good. And uh since we're talking about cleanup we do have two dumpsters Nadine were you able to secure trash cans? I'm pretty sure he's slow he I I asked him for a quote he'll show up but okay yeah I just got to reach out to him again and then public works it sounds like chambers got all the garbage pickup and then Ashley's got coordinated with Delaware Solid waste to take the dumpsters out so I don't we don't need you all on site to do any any cleanup last year and the year before we hung the big contractor bits along the fence our volunteers like hide them so if people in the field would throw their stuff in and then the end we might cut them all off that okay so we'll get the contractor base is that would uh great um parade entries what are we up to now we uh um we have 26 definite with two more potential and that does not include the individual LSVs that's just I counted them as one entry and then the classic cars I counted that as one entry as well do we have a listing of them I can read them if you'd like you email or clear okay yeah yeah and so what we typically do at the Christmas parade is we get a uh satellite photo of the parking lot and then we'll do like um blocking out and we figure out how long everybody's and that's one of the things that's on the registration is how long is your is your vehicle so then we map it all out uh we do have the parking lot we've got a couple roads closed around there so we can stage down the roads if need be but that's the kind of stuff we need to do once it's cut off is to figure out where it all is or where it all is and then everybody submits which they want to have red uh which Gary's volunteered to be the MC so we will get that to you I've done the MC job and one of the most confusing parts is is when people add in last minute entries and you're waiting to see somebody come to figure out what to say it's better to have it all pre pre and some people won't show up I mean that's just that's what happens but we'll update the list the better I am to uh the change the uh the agenda if we have to absolutely um so at some point ashley and Nadine and whoever can I sit down with you guys so I have an idea of what I'm doing. Sure. And maybe basically it's just welcome everybody to the event, and then you're just reading off the uh the the names of of the different floats as they come through, and then at the end, I would just say direct everybody over to Stars and Stripes uh to the fireworks. So um there's there's two potential other groups. I don't know if you anyone has heard back. One is the uh ocean grove acute care folks that were supposed to be uh up to a dozen or more different year Mustangs, classic Mustangs. So I'm waiting for final word on that, and then last night I stopped by the I think they call themselves the county county seat classic cars that stage Tuesday nights at the uh Dairy Queen park a lot, and that was the first time anyone has touch base with them. So I sent them electronically the uh the flyer as well as the application, and they're gonna see if they can get some folks together for that as well. Awesome. Okay, Nadine. Did you I'm sorry, but did you hear back from Sibyl and Son and the affiliation as well? To Sibyl. Oh, well, do you mean with the uh for the parade? They were possibly interested. Oh no, but I do um Jeremy is connecting with John who got the stage stage area. Okay, but they didn't say I left them information about the party that they didn't. Okay. Okay, next item is downtown and bridge soft washing. Uh sorry, Jamie, back of one. Oh, sorry. Um, based on 26, 28 entries, are we looking to be able to fill up the full two-hour period, or you think it'll be shorter than that? Oh, I'd say that that will be uh that less than an hour uh parade. I mean, but we have a couple walkers. The two hours is um from two to four is like the live music and the downtown, and then the parade kicks off at four. So there was no really starts at four, yeah, yep, yep. Okay, okay. Um what time were you planning, chief on doing the escort? I think three o'clock.
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