Agenda for Regular Meeting

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval.  This Resolution issues a public reprimand to Councilwoman Zanthia Oliver for a second ethics violation found by the Wilmington Ethics Commission.  It further informs the public of the steps City Council has taken to regain the public trust. 

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. Nationally, the use of red-light camera programs has declined, along with public support of such programs, due to concerns about disparate impacts on minority communities. This Resolution urges the Administration to make the necessary budgetary appropriations to commission a professional consultant to assess the safety and equity impacts of the City’s red light ticket program by December 31, 2024.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. The Wilmington City Council 2022-2025 Strategic Plan lists “Parking Enforcement” as an essential component of maintaining a “Resident and Visitor Friendly Wilmington.” In furtherance of that goal, this Resolution encourages the Administration and relevant departments to conduct a comprehensive audit of parking tickets, towing, and the booting process before December 31, 2024.

Synopsis:  This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Substitute Ordinance amends Chapter 45 of the City Code to require the Department of Finance to propose an Affordable Water Program, and to present its findings to City Council by January 1, 2025.

Synopsis:  This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Substitute Ordinance exempts eligible elderly and disabled residents as well as residences with children under the age of five from having water shut off for nonpayment of water service charges.

Synopsis:  This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Substitute Ordinance amends Chapter 45 of the City Code to prohibit the Department of Finance from instituting monitions actions against City utility  customers whose debts consist solely of unpaid water, sewerage, and stormwater fees, interest, penalties, and costs. This Substitute Ordinance shall become effective on July 1, 2024.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. Pursuant Substitute No. 2 to Ordinance No. 23-040, as amended, established a Residency Taskforce consisting of nine (9) members, three (3) of whom are appointed by the Mayor and six (6) by the Council President, including one (1) member from the Department of Human Resources, one (1) member of the Administration, and at least three (3) members of the public who reside in the geographical boundaries of the City of Wilmington. This Council appoints five (5) members of the public to the Residency Taskforce. The members of the Taskforce will submit a final Report, no later than July 1, 2024, with recommendations on attracting residents to fill City vacancies and easing barriers to residencies for new hires to City employment.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the removal of a portion of Wilson Street, located between East Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets, and two unnamed alleys, located between Wilson Street and Clifford Brown Walk, from the Official City Map.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance approves the major subdivision plan entitled “1225 & 1320 East Eighth Street” and authorizes the City to remove a 0.175-acres agreement of right-of-way at the terminus of East Eighth Street from the Official City Map.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution approves grant funding to the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation Department from City Council Member’s Community Support Discretionary Funds totaling $8,825 for the skate program event and support for students to attend college tour.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to issue tax-exempt and/or federally taxable revenue bonds (the “Bonds”) for the financing of a project for Salesianum School, Inc. (the “School”).  The Bonds will be special revenue obligations of the City, payable exclusively from (i) payments made by the School under a bond purchase and loan agreement entered into between the School and a lender selected by the School, (ii) a promissory note executed by the School and delivered to the City in the aggregate amount of the Bonds,  and (iii) available funds under a limited continuing guaranty from OSFS Real Estate Trust, a Delaware charitable trust.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance approves Woodlawn Trustees, Inc.’s application for amendments to the site plan for the large-scale redevelopment project known as “The Wilmington Flats”.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the City Council for Council’s review and approval.  This Ordinance amends Chapter 37 of the City Code to increase the threshold necessary to immobilize a vehicle to $300.00 and to increase the threshold necessary to tow a vehicle to $500.00.