a. Recognition Resolutions
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b. Sympathy Resolutions
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The meeting will be open to the public starting at 6pm, so members of the public can sign up to speak. To sign up for Public Comment, members of the public must go to the following website https://tinyurl.com/wccpubliccomment050423 to fill out the information requested. Public Comment will take place after non-legislative business. The President of City Council will recognize speakers in the order listed on the website.
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for City Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance Amends Chapter 34 of the City Code to establish a voluntary escrow program for tenants living in the City properties.
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for City Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 45 of the City Code to create a permanent Water Utility Assistance Program that shall be administered by the Department of Finance. The Water Utility Assistance Program will provide eligible City utility customers with financial assistance to pay water and sewer bills. This Ordinance shall become effective on July 1, 2024.
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for City Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 45 of the City Code to require the establishment of a schedule of water, sewer, and stormwater rates and charges for consecutive three-year periods beginning in the fiscal year that commences on July 1, 2023. In addition, it requires the Wilmington Water, Sewer and Stormwater Citizens Advisory Board to make recommendations to City Council for consecutive three-year schedules of water, sewer, and stormwater rates and charges.
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for City Council’s review and approval. This Resolution urges the members of the Delaware General Assembly to support SB No. 2, An Act to Amend Title 11, Title 24, and Title 29 of the Delaware Code Relating to Deadly Weapons, to better regulate the sale and transfer of handguns and promote responsible gun ownership.
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for City Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 5 of the City Code to extend the Sunday hours of operation of “non-conforming” liquor stores to match the hours of operation of commercially zoned liquor stores in the City.
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for City Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance reduces the civil penalties for certain parking violations from $40.00 to $30.00. This Ordinance also eliminates the discount for early payment of civil penalties for certain parking and motor vehicle violations. Finally, this Ordinance extends the deadline to protest citations from twenty (20) to twenty-one (21) days.
a. Publicly announcing for whom each Council Member voted for from the November 28, 2022 meeting of the Committee of the Whole for the prior vacancy for the At-Large seat vacated by the late Council Member Loretta Walsh
b. Publicly announcing for whom each Council Member voted for from the February 1, 2023 meeting of the Committee of the Whole for the prior vacancy for the 1st District seat vacated by the late Council Member Linda M. Gray
Note: In accordance with the enactment of Delaware General Assembly Senate Bill 94, members of the public are invited to participate in the meeting either in person in the Council Chambers or virtually by accessing the meeting as follows:
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