This item appears on the public agenda for the upcoming County Council Meeting on November 10.
Resolution 15-203: URGING THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO LAUNCH AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT IS REPORTED TO BE AN AUDIOTAPED CONVERSATION BETWEEN GORDON EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
(AND MAYOR OF ELSMERE) STEVEN BURG AND FORMER COUNTY CAO GRIMALDI, WHICH AUDIOTAPED CONVERSATION CONTAINS A REPORTED OFFER BY BURG TO “YANK” A TRAFFIC TICKET. Introduced by: Ms. Diller, Mr.
Cartier
Further, the Town of Elsmere will be holding an Special Council Meeting tonight to discuss the following:
On Tuesday, November 03, 2015 in accordance with section 304 of the Charter of the Town of Elsmere, Mayor Steve Burg called for a special meeting of the Mayor and Council. […] The Mayor and Council will go into executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters concerning the Mayor and will determine if any immediate action needs to be taken in order to address these matters.
I am told that reference has been made to Section 305 of the Town Charter of Elsmere in relation to that meeting, which does contain a provision relating to succession of power due to the Mayor becoming “disqualified from holding office by reason of […] malfeasance in office.” Obviously, the meeting will discuss Mayor Steven Burg’s audiotaped offer to former County Chief Administrative Office David Grimaldi to “yank” Grimalid’s traffic ticket issued last week for driving on a suspended license due to an unpaid fine. I am further told that County Executive Tom Gordon is lobbying hard to stop both meetings, or at least the consideration of any action at those meetings.
My sources also tell me that Tim Mullaney, the former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Beau Biden and a former U.S. Marshall and Dover City Police officer, is in line to be hired to be the new Chief Administrative Officer. That would mean that we now have retired police officers as the CAO, the Chief of Staff, the Land Use GM, the Special Services GM, and the Human Resources GM.