Agenda for Regular Meeting

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the City Council for Council’s review and approval.  This Ordinance amends Chapter 2 of the City Code to increase oversight of Neighborhood Planning Councils by requiring additional documentation, giving space to Tenant Councils, public posting of NPC meetings, keeping by-laws on file and submitting to governance training.

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 This Ordinance is the first amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Budget, which was originally enacted in Substitute No. 1 to Ordinance No. 24-016.  This amendment authorizes the transfer of $10 million from the Tax Stabilization Reserve to the Economic Strategic Fund to support the relocation of the Widener University Delaware Law School and the Delaware State University Nursing Program into the Bracebridge II office building.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. In alignment with the 2022-2025 Wilmington City Council Strategic Plan goal of fostering a “Business Friendly Wilmington,” this Resolution approves grant funding to Developing Next Level Achievers, Inc. (DNLA) from City Council Member Yolanda McCoy’s Community Support Discretionary Funds totaling $3,000 for the Small Business Saturdays initiative that provides small businesses with a marketplace to showcase handmade crafts, artisanal products, specialty services, and other goods. to the community.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This  Ordinance authorizes the issuance of a General Obligation Bond  (Water Distribution & Transmission Improvements – Lead  Removal Phase II Project), Series C of 2024-DWSRF, in an  amount not to exceed $10,000,000 (the “2024C Bond”), which  will be sold to the Delaware Drinking Water State Revolving  Fund in order to (i) finance a project consisting of the continuing  elimination of any exposure potable water may have with lead  material in the City’s distribution system by the replacement of  old cast iron pipe with modern day cement-lined, ductile iron  pipe with an engineered rubber gasket, with the expectation the  City will replace approximately four miles of watermains in its  distribution system, as set forth in the City’s capital budgets for  its Fiscal Years ending June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2024, (ii) pay administrative costs relating to such capital projects, and (iii)  pay the costs of issuing the 2024C Bond. 

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the issuance of a General Obligation Bond (11th Street Sewage Pump Station Replacement/Upgrades – Screening Project), Series B of 2024-WPCRF, in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 (the “2024B Bond”), which will be sold to the Delaware Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund in order to (i) finance the replacement of a screen at the City’s 11th Street Sewage Pump Station to decrease the debris passing to the new Dry Weather Pump Station, as set forth in the City’s capital budget for its Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2024, (ii) pay administrative costs relating to such capital projects, and (iii) pay the costs of issuing the 2024B Bond.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to enter into an Extension of its Franchise Agreement with Comcast of New Castle County, LLC that provides Comcast of New Castle County with a five year, non-exclusive franchise to construct, install, maintain, and operate a cable system in the City.