Agenda for Regular Meeting

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends the City’s Building Code in order to require more enhanced safety and security measures for buildings used in whole or in part for the sale of firearms.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance prohibits  possessing firearms, components of firearms, ammunition, or  explosives in City buildings or police stations.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the  Administration for Council’s review and approval.  This Resolution authorizes the Department of Public Works to accept grant funds in the amount of $500,000.00 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The grant funds will be used to finance the construction of a nature-based park on the site of the former  Rodney Street Reservoir.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution  recognizes that the Chief of the Police Department has represented  that the manpower of the Police Department has fallen below  ninety-five percent (95%) of the number of police officers set forth  in the position allocation list attached to the Fiscal Year 2025  annual operating budget ordinance and has drafted a resolution  calling for the commencement of an academy class for the Police  Department.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution  authorizes the Wilmington Police Department’s grant application  to the State of Delaware Emergency Illegal Drug Enforcement  (EIDE) program in the amount of $33,706.08. The proposed grant  funds would be used to support specialized drug investigations  through covering overtime costs. No local matching funds are  required.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the  Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution  authorizes the Wilmington Police Department’s grant application  to the State of Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland  Security Fund to Combat Violent Crime in the amount of  $402,901.40. The proposed grant funds would be used to cover  overtime costs as part of overall violent crime reduction efforts. No  local matching funds are required.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution  authorizes the Wilmington Police Department’s grant application  to the State of Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland  Security for funding from the State Aid to Local Law Enforcement  SALLE) grant program in the amount of $61,839.12. The proposed  grant funding would be used to cover the cost of advanced and  specialized training for police officers. No local matching funds are  required.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This  Resolution authorizes the Wilmington Police Department’s grant  application to the State of Delaware Special Law Enforcement  Assistance Fund in the amount of $91,312. The proposed grant  funds would be used to: (i) purchase a fireworks and  ammunition disposal trailer; (ii) cover the cost of FARO training  for the Police Department’s Traffic Unit and Forensic Services  Unit to support investigators who use FARO hardware and software to  investigate and reconstruct major crime and crash scenes; and (iii)  purchase 17 new motorcycle helmets to replace safety equipment that  has reached the end of its life cycle and is recommended for  replacement. No local matching funds are required. 

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the  Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution  authorizes the Mayor, or his designee, to file a Second Substantial  Amendment to the City Fiscal Year 2024/Federal Fiscal Year 2023  Annual Action Plan with the U. S. Department of Housing and  Urban Development, which provides for (i) an allocation of  $300,000 to the First-Start Homebuyers Program with $50,000  for program delivery and (ii) $100,000 of the funding for the Villa  Maria project initially included as a public improvement project  will instead be used for demolition of the buildings on the site.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends various sections of Chapter 48 of the City Code to permit the cultivation, manufacture, testing, and retail of recreational marijuana within certain commercial, manufacturing, and waterfront zoning districts within the City of Wilmington.