City of Dover ordinances and resolutions tracker

Each numbered City ordinance and resolution found in Council and committee agendas and minutes, with every step recorded for it (readings, public hearings, committee recommendations, referrals, amendments, adoption or defeat), the vote count when a motion was taken, and a link to the agenda or minutes PDF. Status is its latest step.

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OpenDover, from City of Dover agendas and minutes

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cityofdover.gov/meetings

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CC BY 4.0

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OpenDover, from City of Dover agendas and minutes.

Updated

Daily, as minutes are published

Covers

Meetings whose agendas and minutes have been read, from November 2025

Area

Dover, Delaware

Fields

`city_legislation`

id, kind, number, label, agenda_title, status, status_date, status_meeting_id, first_seen_date, last_seen_date, action_count, source_url, built_at

`city_legislation_actions`

id, legislation_id, seq, meeting_id, meeting_date, meeting_title, action, derived_from, record_text, agenda_item_id, motion_id, motion_result, yea_count, nay_count, abstain_count, absent_count, mover_speaker_id, seconder_speaker_id, source_document_id, source_doc_type, source_url, built_at, mover_name, seconder_name

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city_legislation_actions: CSV · JSON
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