Agenda for Regular Meeting

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the removal of a portion of Downing Drive from the Official City Map.  This Ordinance also accepts the dedication of a cul-de-sac at the terminus of Downing Drive to the City and authorizes its addition to the Official City Map.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 44-153 of the City Code to extend the duration of the Wilmington Downtown Business Improvement District until October 1, 2029.

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution calls on the Delaware General Assembly to pass legislation that would permit the use of campaign funds for child care needs and services due to the time needed to campaign for office.

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution calls on the Delaware General Assembly to create a task a force that will examine the potential positive benefits of doulas on maternal mortality rates throughout the state of Delaware.

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution calls on the Delaware General Assembly to pass legislation that would support mothers that choose to breastfeed in the workplace and encourages employers to distribute their policies on lactation accommodations to their employees.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance sets the property tax rate for Fiscal Year 2020 (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020) based on the certification by the Board of Assessment of the assessed valuation of taxable real property in the City and the Mayor’s estimates of revenue measures necessary to balance the City budget as required by the City Charter.  There is no change to the Property Tax rate.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance enacts new Water and Sewer charges and rates for Fiscal Year 2020.  In addition, this Ordinance amends the Sewer System Unit Charges. Stormwater charges and rates will remain the same as they are for Fiscal Year 2019.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance enacts the Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2020-2025.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance enacts the Fiscal Year 2020 Capital Budget.

Synopsis: This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Substitute Ordinance enacts the annual Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2020.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Chapters 44 and 45 of the City Code regarding penalties and interest for delinquent accounts as follows: 1) decreases the interest rates listed in City Code Sections 44-34 and 45-176 to one-and-a-half percent per month, which will be non-compounding; 2) increases the one-time penalties listed in City Code Sections 44-34 and 45-176 to twenty dollars or ten percent of the unpaid balance, whichever is greater; and 3) amends City Code Section 45-176 to provide that partial payments on delinquent accounts of unpaid water, sewer, and stormwater charges will be applied to the oldest unpaid bill balance first, then to the penalty, then to the interest. 

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Section 44-64 of the City Code to eliminate the requirement that caregivers, elderly persons, and disabled persons reapply for a property tax exemption after such exemption has been approved by the City.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to enter into a multi-year amendment to Contract 18022DFPS for printing and mailing services with Mailroom Systems, Inc. (the “Contract”), which increases the quantities under the Contract from a maximum of 300,000 items per year to a maximum of 600,000 items per year, thereby increasing the maximum estimated annual price of the Contract to $251,100.00 and the maximum estimated total price of the Contract to $391,137.00, with the possibility of two (2) additional extensions of one (1) year thereafter at the same maximum estimated annual price of $251,100.00.

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Mayor or his designee to file the Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Action Plan with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development including funding for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Improvement Program (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA).

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution supports the City’s application to the State of Delaware to expand the boundaries of the City’s Downtown Development District from 224.3 to 242.633 acres. In addition, this Resolution appoints the City’s Director of the Department of Planning and Development to serve as the District Administrator for the City’s Downtown Development District.