Statements by Roy Sudler, Jr.
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Jul 23, 2026, Code Board of Appeals Meeting
Thank you, Ms. Mayne, for your question. The chair is going to ask the Chief Code Enforcement Officer, Mr. Eddie Kopp, is there any extra measures beyond the mail? Are we able to go and post a notification on the door, or is that permissible?
Play from 08:58Jul 23, 2026, Code Board of Appeals Meeting
Okay. Thank you.
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when I said we need to get all these discrepancies that we're learning from these cases to compile a new plan of action and also some training.
Play from 17:50Jul 23, 2026, Code Board of Appeals Meeting
Well, I just wanted to let everyone know that currently, I'm reviewing the cases and a lot of the discrepancies. Madam Clerk Wheeler has been gracious enough to compile that so that we as a committee can go over it with Code Enforcement and figure out some new strategies for additional best practices in which we have now to add to the practices that we have now. So that would be forthcoming and I'm looking for doing something like that maybe September, mid-September. So basically that's so I'm not gonna hold anyone hold everyone up now since we have a little time we can just but that's forthcoming. Thank you, Ms. Wheeler, for compiling that information.
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Okay. Is there any further business? Okay, everyone. Thank you very much everyone for being here. Ms. May? Yes, yes, ma'am.
Play from 18:43Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
We're not trying to replace the JP Court.
Play from 39:32Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
We're not gonna do we're not gonna replace the JP civil court.
Play from 39:40Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Thank you. There's a JP civil court and a JP criminal court. The uh the JP civil court is uh would continue to exist the way it is. We're not dealing with the civil court. Yeah. Yeah, it's two different jurisdictions there.
Play from 39:58Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Uh, anyone else? Yes.
Play from 40:22Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Yeah.
Play from 40:29Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Well, yes. Yes, we're talking about like um lawsuits.
Play from 40:46Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Yeah, that type of litigation.
Play from 41:00Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
I should say civil litigation.
Play from 41:04Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Yes, small claims and and the like.
Play from 41:08Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
In fact, one of the things that you all have that's uh unique that that affects temporarily your closure rates and uh actually makes your closure rates look a little less than they are is because Newark has something unique, which I think we need as well, which is probation before judgment is part of your enabling legislation, which uh which allows somebody, if they stay clear for 6 months or 12 months, depending on the offense, sometimes even less, to even be cleared. And so it looks like the charge they were charged, but the charge was cleared and dismissed, but instead they fulfilled their probation before judgment, so it allows people not to have a criminal record, but yet um get straight and straighten up their lives. Um, and because you don't want a first-time uh student from DSU uh, uh having a little too much to drink and get stupid um, you know, to have a criminal record when they can when you can get them straight on the straight path and do a probation before judgment. And that's that's sort of uh that's what you all have with uh University of Delaware, and And that affects the clearance rates.
Play from 41:13Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Thank you. Dr. Hall? Okay. Um, Ms. Smith?
Play from 42:47Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Yeah, that's something to discuss. Uh she told you how they do it up there, but But that's something that she can't answer. That's something that we That's a question for you and the chair. That's correct. Yeah, that's something we'll discuss. Let me refer Let the judge
Play from 43:15Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Judge Witham for today.
Play from 43:27Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Right. Yeah.
Play from 43:50Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Right. Yeah, of course. Yeah, that makes sense. Like
Play from 44:00Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Please do.
Play from 44:05Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
on that particular operation. However, uh there's some other things we can be a little bit more proactive with as well and and as we go through the committees, uh we'll we'll talk about those particular things. We don't have to do it all at once so, um as you know as you look at your agenda, you can go ahead and jot down what you think might be good um for your for your district when we go through that particular uh
Play from 45:52Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
Okay. Give me a second here.
Play from 46:19Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
All right. So, that's for the that's the Assessment Committee. Okay. Let's go to the next one.
Play from 46:23Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
Community Programs: uh Mr. Faust, Mr. Fleming, and myself. Um I'll start Mr. Faust. Commissioner Faust.
Play from 46:34Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Thank you. Any other questions? Yeah. Okay. Uh, Ms. Representative Harris?
Play from 48:57Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
Mr. Fleming. Commissioner Fleming.
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What's the name of the, um-
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Empowering, Mentoring-
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Okay.
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Thank you.
Play from 53:33Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
When is your next, um-
Play from 53:38Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Not for our guest. Any in the uh I guess that the public's left. Oh, Mr. Powell, did you have a question?
Play from 53:41Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
Will that just be the, the White Oak Association?
Play from 53:48Jul 21, 2026, Alderman's Court Ad Hoc Meeting
Well, that's um they take appeals, they do. Um, they take appeals from uh code enforcement. Now uh now, we don't have to do that. We set up our own structure uh in what the jurisdiction is. But, but uh, now I did the do you have a question There was a question uh regarding appeals with code enforcement. Do you have a board that looks over it first that it's appealed from, or are the appeals directly taken to the court?
Play from 54:07Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
Past, um, I'm sorry, Commissioner Rocha, when, when, uh, Commissioner Mullen's, um, brings that forth to us, we want to take what she has and be able to distribute that as well, and we want to use that resource and, and host her in our district as well. I'm just putting that out there for District 4. I don't know about District 1, 2, or 3. I'll let them speak for, and Commissioner White?
Play from 54:11Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
My, my, my apologies, uh, Commissioner White.
Play from 54:52Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
Yes, ma'am. The floor is yours.
Play from 54:56Jul 21, 2026, Dover Human Relations Commission Meeting
Yes.
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That's right.
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