Agenda for Regular Meeting

This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation (through Cityfest, Inc.) to apply for a $10,000.00 grant from the Laffey-McHugh Foundation. Funds would be used to support the 2017 Summer Youth Employment program by providing training for youth participants and counselors.

This Resolution is being presented by the Council for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing four (4) basketball courts at Brown-Burton-Winchester Park to be named in honor of Rob Brown, Wayne “Chung” Miller-Jefferson, Tony Washam, and Stephen Wheeler for their respective contributions to the City of Wilmington.

This Ordinance is being presented by the Council for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be extending various traffic and parking regulations around the Community Education Building affecting East 12th Street, East 13th Street, North French Street, and Wilson Street for a temporary period of two (2) years until May 14, 2019.

This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would approve various traffic and parking regulations resulting in the installation, repositioning, and removal of necessary and proper parking signage in various areas of Wilmington.

This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the Public Works Department to enter into a non-renewable three (3) year contract with Artesian Water Company, Inc. with terms for water delivery at the South Heald Street and Maryland Avenue metered interconnections. The proposed agreement will generate an estimated revenue of $10,000.00 – $50,000.00 per year.

This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept grant funding from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, in the amount of $200,000.00. Funds will be used to install a water main to service homes on Bethel Avenue, Washington Avenue, and Princess Avenue in the Concord Manor neighborhood of New Castle County with a clean and reliable source of drinking water.

This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would authorize the City to enter into a Right of Way Use Agreement with Crown Castle NG East, LLC to allow for the installation of DAS Nodes, in the public right of way, which will increase the reliability and connectivity of cellular telephone technology. The City will be paid an amount equal to 5% of the Gross Revenues Crown Castle receives from cellular carriers for antennas attached to third-party property/poles owned by Crown Castle (within the public way) or $1,000.00 a year for the use of City-owned poles.

*Note: Agenda #4365 was inadvertently given the incorrect Ordinance number and has been corrected and reflected herein as Ord. 17-018. The minutes, which will be approved at the next Council meeting, will also be corrected to reflect the correct Ordinance number.

This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would set the property tax rate for FY2018 at 7.5% which is based on the certification by the Board of Assessments of the assessed valuation of taxable real property in the city and the Mayor’s estimates of revenue measures necessary to balance the City’s budget as required by the City Charter. The 7.5% property tax rate increase equates to an additional $70 per year or $5.83 per month (for home assessed at median value of $50,000 based on 1983 assessment).

This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would enact a 4.0% increase for water and sewer services which will result in $1.7 million in revenue to the Water/Sewer Fund. Stormwater rates and charges remain the same. The weighted average increase is 3.60% that equates to $1.81 monthly increase (consuming 4,000 gallons per month).

This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would enact a six-year capital program estimated at $252,052,000.00 to meet the future capital needs of the city. The fund estimate breakdown is as follows: General – $108,327,000, Water/Sewer – $119,475,000, and Other – $24,250,000.

This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would enact the FY2018 Capital Budget in the amount of $84,054,000.00.

This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be adopting the City’s FY2018 General Fund Operating Budget in the amount of $154,923,078 and Water Sewer Fund Budget in the amount $71,0660,928. The General Fund Operating Budget for FY2018 will have a budgeted surplus of $2,657,514. The Operating Budget is compiled annually by the Administration based on revenue projections and requested appropriations to fund various expenditures such as employee salaries and benefits, and City programs and services such as police, fire, public works, license and inspections, trash and recycling collections, etc. The new budget, if approved by Council, will become effective on July 1, 2017 and will expire on June 30, 2018.

This Resolution is being presented by the Council for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be recognizing the celebration of two Muslim Holidays – Eid Al-Fitr after the holy month of fasting in Ramadan and Eid al-Adha, during the pilgrimage of Haj.

This Ordinance is being presented by the Council for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be amending the FY 2017 Annual Operating Budget to increase the City Council General Fund Material, Supplies, & Equipment appropriation by $29,605 to fund Council student scholarships at a level of $5,000 per new member of Council and fund their discretionary accounts at $500 per new member of Council. The $29,605 increase will be covered by the General Fund Unassigned Fund Balance.

This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would authorize the Wilmington Police Department’s grant application to the Delaware Department of Justice in the amount of $67,150.00. The funds would be used to purchase a trained canine and Officer Down Individual First Aid Kits and pay for advanced officer training.