Agenda for Regular Meeting

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance is the first amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget Ordinance.  It contains changes to the position allocation list and increased budget appropriations for the Police Department to fund a body camera program.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the issuance of up to $42,000,000 aggregate principal amount of General Obligation Bonds (the “Bonds”), and/or General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes (the “BAN”) in anticipation thereof, in order to: (i) finance any duly authorized capital project of the City specified in the    City’s capital budgets for its Fiscal Years ending June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2020; and (ii) pay the costs associated with the issuance of the Bonds and the BAN.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the execution of a five-year Master Services and Purchasing Agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc. to purchase body cameras and related services for the implementation of a body camera program for the Wilmington Police Department. 

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Section 40-8 of the City Code by placing responsibility for preparation of the Wilmington Occupational Health and Safety Plan with the Wilmington Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Wilmington Police Department’s grant application to the United States Department of Justice, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, for $196,855.00 in grant funding, which would be used to cover the salary for a civilian cold case investigator in addition to overtime costs as part of overall violent crime reduction efforts. No local matching funds are required.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Wilmington Police Department’s grant application to the State of Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland  Security, Fund to Combat Violent Crime FY 2021, for $413,084.82 in grant funding which would be eligible to cover overtime costs as part of overall violent crime reduction efforts. No local matching funds are required.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Wilmington Fire Department’s grant application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security, in the amount of $75,000.00. The funds will be used to support routine marine maintenance of the Department’s boat. A twenty-five percent (25%) match is required.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Wilmington Fire Department’s grant application to the Delaware Emergency Management Agency in the amount of $77,415.00. The funds will be used for the placement of twenty (20) gamma neutron pagers on all Department apparatus, which will alert Department first responders to radiation incidents.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. In this Resolution, City Council recognizes that the Chief of the Fire Department has represented that the manpower of the Fire Department has fallen below ninety-five percent of the number of firefighters set forth in the position allocation list attached to the fiscal year 2021 annual operating budget ordinance and has drafted a resolution calling for the commencement of an academy class for the Fire Department.