City Officials
Elected officials for Sussex County — their promises, tenure record, and accountability.
City Council
Jill Space
Director2022-04-30 – December 2028 (first-office start April 30 2022: selected by the Sussex County Republican Committee to fill a vacancy per county directory bio; current three-year term sworn January 2 2026; month-level end: December 2028 per 2026 annual reorganization meeting minutes item 6)
Jack DeGroot
Deputy DirectorJanuary 2024 – December 2026 (month-level start: January 2024 per January 1 2024 annual reorganization meeting and county directory; month-level end: December 2026 per county directory term listing)
Chris Carney
CommissionerJanuary 2025 – December 2027 (current-term start; month-level start: January 2025 per 2025 annual reorganization meeting minutes item 6; month-level end: December 2027 per same minutes; first took office in 2021 to fill a vacancy per county directory)
Alan Henderson
CommissionerJanuary 2025 – December 2027 (month-level start: January 2025 per 2025 annual reorganization meeting minutes item 7; month-level end: December 2027 per same minutes)
David Silverthorne
Commissioner2026-01-02 – December 2028 (sworn January 2 2026 per 2026 annual reorganization meeting minutes item 7; month-level end: December 2028 per same minutes)
Former Officials (3)
William Hayden
Commissioner2023-01 to 2025-12 (month-level start: January 2023 per Sparta Independent January 2023 report; month-level end: December 2025 per the 2026 reorganization minutes where David Silverthorne was sworn in January 2 2026 and Hayden was absent from the roll call)
Served until Dec 2025
Dawn Fantasia
Commissioner2024-01-09 (resignation effective January 9 2024 at 11:59 a.m. to join the state Assembly per January 10 2024 commissioner meeting minutes; start not published)
Served until Jan 2024
Herbert Yardley
Commissioner(month-level end: December 2023 per Sparta Independent report that Jack DeGroot replaced Yardley, sworn in at the January 1 2024 reorganization meeting; start not published)
Served until Dec 2023