Editing New Castle County, Delaware (section)

====County Council====
{{anchor|New Castle County Council}}
The county's legislative body is a thirteen-member [[county council]], consisting of twelve members elected by district and one president elected at large.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members {{!}} New Castle County, DE - Official Website|url=https://www.nccde.org/421/Members|access-date=July 18, 2020|website=www.nccde.org}}</ref> The council is tasked with drafting laws and managing county government services, [[public health]] ordinances, [[land use]], transportation, and [[zoning]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=County Council {{!}} New Castle County, DE - Official Website|url=https://nccde.org/226/County-Council|access-date=July 18, 2020|website=nccde.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Our Campaigns - United States - Delaware - DE Counties - New Castle - County Council| url= https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerDetail.html?ContainerID=29261| access-date=July 18, 2020|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last=Milford| first=Maureen| date=April 8, 1990| title=National Notebook: Middleton, Del.; Annexing Farmland| language=en-US| work=The New York Times| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/08/realestate/national-notebook-middletown-del-annexing-farmland.html |access-date=July 18, 2020| issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  New Castle County Council doubled in size to thirteen from seven members in 2004. Its most famous council member was [[Joe Biden]], the 46th [[president of the United States]], who represented the 4th district from 1971 to 1973.<ref>{{Cite news | last=Harriman| first=Jane| url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=8326887| title=Joe Biden: Hope for Democratic Party in '72?| date=December 31, 1969| access-date=October 19, 2020| publisher=The News Journal| page=3| language=en| website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Current county council members are:<ref>{{Cite web | title=County Council {{!}} New Castle County, DE - Official Website| url=https://nccde.org/226/County-Council| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020004655/https://nccde.org/226/County-Council| archive-date=October 20, 2020| access-date=October 20, 2020| website=nccde.org}}</ref>
* District 1: Brandon Toole (D)
* District 2: Dee Durham (D)
* District 3: Janet Kilpatrick (D)
* District 4: Penrose Hollins (D)
* District 5: Valerie George (D)
* District 6: David Carter (D)
* District 7: George Smiley (D)
* District 8: John J. Cartier (D)
* District 9: Timothy P. Sheldon (D)
* District 10: Jea P. Street (D)
* District 11: David L. Tackett (D)
* District 12: Kevin Caneco (D)
* At Large: Karen Hartley-Nagle (D), President