Charles M. Freel

Charles M. "Bud" Freel
Council Member At-Large

E-mail: budfreel@aol.com

Charles “Bud” Freel attended Salesianum High School and the University of Delaware. He is currently employed with the State of Delaware in the Department of Transportation’s Public Relations Division as a New Castle County Legislative Liaison.

Council Member Freel has served on City Council since 1997. He has worked hard with Wilmington citizens in the area of building new housing stock, rehabilitating existing homes, neighborhood clean-ups and eradicating vacant properties.

He holds memberships with the Interfaith Community Housing Board, Wilmington Housing Partnership and the Friends of the Woodlawn Library Board of Directors.

His loves spending time with his daughters, Rose and Molly.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to represent the citizens of Wilmington for another four years. I will continue to focus on our neighborhoods and the people who live in them. For a city to prosper, it must have strong neighborhoods. I will work to improve the quality of our housing stock, increase the presence of Community Policing and find ways for a cleaner Wilmington. Most importantly, I will continue to be accessible and responsive to the people of Wilmington.”

Standing Committees of Council

Council Member Freel is chair of the Finance Committee. He is also a member of the following committees:

• Economic Development
• Housing and Licenses & Inspections
• Health, Aging & Disabilities

A Message to City Employees from Council Member Freel

City Council is in the process of reviewing all departmental FY2013 budgets within the next three weeks. I strongly urge all City employees to submit any suggestions for cost reductions to complete the attached cost savings survey.

Read the memorandum from Council Member Freel.

Download the Cost Savings Survey form.