Brown
Cabrera
Freel
Gregory
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be extending the authorization to the City Treasurer (from the current date of July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014) to borrow money from the City’s budget reserve accounts if necessary to pay City expenditures and to replenish those funds no later than October 1, 2014. Although the Treasurer does not expect to have to take this action based on the state of current City finances, the Treasurer has, on occasions in the past, been required to use money from the budget reserve account to pay the City’s bills and then replenish those accounts because either City tax and/or fee collections have lagged or unanticipated expenditures have arisen. The Treasurer’s authorization to pay City expenditures through this process is a normal and accepted practice and does not represent anything out of the ordinary as far as the City’s ability to fund its expenditures.
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with Microsoft Licensing to purchase Microsoft computer software licenses that would run on approximately 487 desktop City government computers. The term of the agreement is for three years at a total cost of $338,002.35 to be paid in three equal installments over three years. Under this agreement, the City will be receiving the same volume governmental pricing as the State of Delaware.
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the City to borrow up to $4 million over a 20-year term to finance upgrades and improvements to the City’s water transmission and
distribution system. Improvements and upgrades would include a redundant transmission network of large diameter piping in high service zones; improvements to the transmission and distribution of water in low service zones; reconfiguration of the 48-inch transmission water main along Baynard Boulevard; and other improvements as needed. The borrowing would also fund administrative costs related to the capital projects and the cost of borrowing the money. The borrowing will be done in conjunction with the Delaware Drinking Water State Revolving Fund which will result in a more favorable interest rate for the City’s borrowing and lower closing costs. The City would be responsible in full for the payment of the principal and the interest on the borrowing as part of a General Obligation Bond issuance.
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be urging the Delaware General Assembly to adopt House Bill 167 which would prohibit public employers from inquiring into, or considering, the criminal record, history or score of an applicant before making a conditional offer to the applicant. House Bill 167 would permit inquiry and consideration of a person’s criminal background after a conditional offer has been made. Further, the so-called “Ban the Box” legislation specifies that once a background check is conducted, an employer shall only consider felonies for 10 years of the completion of the sentence, and misdemeanors for 5 years from the completion of sentence. The legislation would also require contractors with State agencies to employ similar policies when not in conflict with other State or Federal requirements. House Bill 167 has passed the House of Representatives in Dover and has been sent to the State Senate for consideration.
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