Vendor · #3282 by total payments to the State of Delaware

Melvin L Joseph Construction

Melvin L Joseph Construction has been paid $716,178 by the State of Delaware since FY2018, primarily through Dept of Natrl Res and Env Cont's Watershed Stewardship division.

-75% vs FY25Recent payments
$716K
total payments · FY18–FY26
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Sep 11, 2017First payment
Jun 26, 2026Last payment
199Payments
0Documents
6Programs
5Agencies

Relationships

Programs

ProgramAgencyAmountYears
Watershed Stewardship Dept of Natrl Res and Env Cont $416,330 FY18–FY26
Maintenance Districts Dept of Transportation $141,995 FY18–FY26
Indian River School District Dept of Education $38,719 FY18–FY26
Parks and Recreation Dept of Natrl Res and Env Cont $36,691 FY18–FY26
Facility Operations Dept of Health & Social Services $28,490 FY18–FY26
Facilities Management Executive $17,341 FY18–FY26

Money

Where it goes
By category
Highway/Grounds Materials
$456K
Hgwys & Bridges-Maint Only
$142K
Building/Grounds Repair
$37K
Equipment Supp & Maint Mat
$35K
Landscaping Supplies
$28K
Which pot of money
General Fund
$448K
Deldot Operational
$133K
General Fund
$27K
Local Funds
$7K
Capital Projects
$4K
By fiscal year
FY18$39K
FY19$19K
FY20$22K
FY21$13K
FY22$139K
FY23$33K
FY24$19K
FY25$347K
FY26$85K
State credit-card purchases $1K · 1 years
Fiscal yearAmountTransactions
FY26$1,1431
Who swipes, and for what
DepartmentCategoryAmountTransactions
Dept of StateBuilding Materials Lumber... $1,1431

Source: state employee credit-card dataset, matched by merchant name. FY2025 is missing from the state portal.

How the spending is booked 8 account lines
AccountAmountLine items
Highway/Grounds Materials$432,68749
Hgwys & Bridges-Maint Only$133,1357
Landscaping Supplies$18,62229
Building/Grounds Repair$14,7202
Equipment Supp & Maint Mat$14,5074
Building Materials$6,7384
Instructional Supplies$1,6843
Athletic Supplies$1,1584

Fund and account lines come from the expenditure-detail dataset (source ↗), which itemizes payments at a finer grain than the checkbook.

Yearly totals — full table 9 fiscal years
Fiscal yearTotalChecks
FY18$39,02630
FY19$18,53318
FY20$21,89528
FY21$13,47421
FY22$138,75020
FY23$33,14724
FY24$18,5449
FY25$347,46931
FY26$85,33918
Browse every payment 199 checks →
Recent payments latest 15 checks
DateDepartmentCategoryAmount
Jun 26, 2026 ExecutiveHighway/Grounds Materials $720
Jun 11, 2026 Dept of Health & Social ServicesEquipment Supp & Maint Mat $9,114
May 21, 2026 ExecutiveHighway/Grounds Materials $720
May 15, 2026 Dept of Natrl Res and Env ContHighway/Grounds Materials $1,008
May 15, 2026 Dept of Natrl Res and Env ContHighway/Grounds Materials $499
Apr 17, 2026 Dept of EducationAthletic Supplies $490
Apr 2, 2026 Higher EducationLandscaping Supplies $1,099
Mar 30, 2026 Dept of TransportationHgwys & Bridges-Maint Only $37,380
Mar 18, 2026 Dept of Health & Social ServicesEquipment Supp & Maint Mat $1,957
Mar 9, 2026 Dept of TransportationHgwys & Bridges-Maint Only $24,727
Feb 13, 2026 Dept of EducationLandscaping Supplies $940
Feb 13, 2026 Dept of Natrl Res and Env ContHighway/Grounds Materials $1,076
Nov 6, 2025 Dept of Health & Social ServicesBuilding Materials $368
Nov 6, 2025 Dept of Health & Social ServicesBuilding Materials $1,984
Jul 11, 2025 Dept of EducationLandscaping Supplies $260

Source: State of Delaware checkbook · synced 2026-07-25. Open source dataset ↗

Source datasets

State checkbook (payments) · synced 2026-07-25 data.delaware.gov/d/5s6n-7hpx ↗
This vendor also appears in state records as
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