Public Comment

Public Comment

Item I

Call to Order
Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call

Item II

Approval of Minutes

Item III

Committee Reports

Item IV

Acceptance of Treasurer’s Report

Item V

Non-Legislative Business
All Council Sympathy Donn Devine
All Council Sympathy William DeLauder
All Council Recognize June 2019 as Re-Entry Month
Freel Recognize MOMS Demand Action
Guy Recognize National Association for Black Veterans, Inc – 50th Anniversary
Harlee Sympathy Bernard A. Jenkins
Oliver Sympathy Lucy Ann Whitfield
Oliver Recognize Sons of Union Veterans – Appomattoc Camp 2
Oliver Sympathy Elaine Rush
Shabazz Recognize Goju Robotics
Shabazz Recognize St. Michaels School & Nursery, Children’s Laughter Learning
Academy, June Bug’s Little Rubies and Nolan’s Learning Academy (National
Provider Appreciation Day)
Turner Recognize St. Paul’s Church – 150th Year Anniversary

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Item VI

Legislative Business
OLIVER
#4660 A Resolution Approving a New Long-Term Lease Between the City and the
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution declares 1124 East Seventh Street and 1112 East
Legislative Business
OLIVER
#4660 A Resolution Approving a New Long-Term Lease Between the City and the
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution declares 1124 East Seventh Street and 1112 East
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution approves the First Amendment to a License Agreement
between the City and T-Mobile Northeast, LLC (“T-Mobile”), which permits TMobile
to install and operate communications antennas on and a control cabinet
at the base of the City’s water tower located on or near 6 Newark Union Road,
Wilmington, Delaware. The First Amendment will: 1) extend the term of the
License Agreement for an additional five (5) years commencing on March 10,
2010; 2) increase the license fee payable by T-Mobile to the City under the
License Agreement to $50,400 per year with an increase of three percent (3%)
annually commencing on March 10, 2020; and 3) provide T-Mobile with an
option to renew the License Agreement for two (2) additional terms of five (5)
years thereafter.
#4665 An Ordinance to Authorize and Approve a Contract Between the City of
Wilmington and Summit Mechanical, Inc. for HVAC Preventative Maintenance
(1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the execution of Contract 20001PW - HVAC
Preventative Maintenance - between the City of Wilmington and Summit
Mechanical, Inc. for the period of one (1) year from July 1, 2019 through June 30,
2020, at an estimated price of Thirty-Four Thousand, Two Hundred Forty-
Five Dollars ($34,245.00), with the possibility of two (2) additional extensions of
one (1) year thereafter at the same annual price, at the option of the City.
#4666 An Ordinance to Authorize and Approve a Contract Between the City of
Wilmington and Security Guard, Inc. T/A Gettier Security for Security Guard
Services (1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the execution of Contract 20002CW –
Security Guard Service - between the City of Wilmington and Security Guard, Inc.
t/a Gettier Security for the period of one (1) year from July 1, 2019 through June
30, 2020, at an estimated price of Eighty-Six Thousand, Two Hundred Forty
Dollars ($86,240.00), with the possibility of two (2) additional extensions of one
(1) year thereafter at the same annual price, at the option of the City.
#4667 An Ordinance to Authorize an Energy Performance Contract for LED Street
Lighting Between the City of Wilmington and Seiberlich Trane Energy Services
(1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to enter into a twenty-year energy
performance contract (the “Contract”) for upgrading the City’s existing street
lights to a new, smart technology LED street light system beginning on July 1,
2019 at an estimated total price of Two Million, Two Hundred Ninety-Four
Thousand, Eight Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars ($2,294,883). The Contract will
enable the City to realize a long-term energy efficiency by reducing the energy
consumption of the City’s street lighting system by an estimated seventy percent
(70%). The Contract will also create an estimated yearly cost savings to the City
of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Thirty-Eight Dollars ($154,038) and an
overall cost savings to the City of between Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000)
and Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000).
MCCOY
Rev. 1
#4610 Sub. 1 Ord. 18-056 Amend Chapter 5 of the City Code Regarding Businesses (3rd &
Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review
and approval. This Substitute Ordinance amends Chapter 5 of the City Code
requiring businesses that sell tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, or
tobacco paraphernalia to place such items behind a counter in an area that is not
accessible to customers without the intervention of an employee of the business so
as not to be placed within the reach of children. The State of Delaware
Department of Homeland Security Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement
has expressed an interest in helping the City to identify businesses that do not
comply with this amended section of the City Code.
FREEL
#4668 An Ordinance to Implement the City of Wilmington Pension Commission’s
Recommendation Regarding a One-Time Stipend for Fiscal Year 2020 Pursuant
to Chapter 39 of the City Code (1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. Pursuant to City Code Section 39-6(c), this Ordinance implements the
City of Wilmington Pension Commission’s recommendation for Fiscal Year 2020
for a one-time stipend of one thousand dollars ($1,000), in lieu of a cost of living
adjustment, to all City of Wilmington uniform and nonuniform pension benefit
recipients receiving an annual benefit payment of less than twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000). The disbursement of this stipend will occur in July 2019.
Rev. 1
#4654 Sub. 1 Ord. 19-026 Amend Chapters 4, 5 and 34 of the City Code to Increase the
Rental Dwelling Unit Business License Fee; Provide for Civil
Fines for Owners of Rental Properties and Vacant Properties; and
Increase Vacant Registration Fees (3rd & Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by the Council for Council’s review
and approval. This Substitute 1 to Ordinance No. 19-026 (“Ordinance”) amends
Chapter 5 section 5-101 entitled “Schedule of Fees” by amending the section to
increase the business license fee for rental dwelling units to $100 per unit, not to
exceed a total business license fee of $10,120.00. This Ordinance amends Chapter
34 of the City Code by changing the enforcement of Chapter 34 with respect to
vacant and rental properties from criminal enforcement to civil enforcement with
civil fines for non-compliance. The Ordinance also makes additional changes to
update and modernize Chapter 34. In addition, this Ordinance amends Chapter 4
by deleting Section 4-27, 119.0 (authorization for exterior improvements to
vacant structures) and Section 4-27, 120.0 (annual vacant property registration
fees) and incorporates these provisions into Chapter 34. Further, this Ordinance
amends the annual vacant property registration fee provisions (previously found
at Chapter 4, Section 4-27, 120.0; now located at Chapter 34, Section 34-210) to:
(1) increase the registration fees for properties vacant 3 or more years; (2)
require registration of buildings vacant for 6 consecutive months rather than 45
consecutive days; (3) impose a civil fine of $500.00 for failing to register a vacant
building within 30 days of the required time to register; (4) exempt vacant
buildings owned by the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank
Corporation (“Land Bank”) from registration requirements; and (5) provide that
purchasers of a vacant building from the Land Bank be billed a vacant
registration fee based on the duration of vacancy from the time he or she received
the building from the Land Bank, rather than a vacant registration fee based on
the duration of the vacancy prior to receiving the building.
#4669 An Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance of the City’s General Obligation Bonds
and a General Obligation Bond Anticipation Note in Order to Provide the Funds
Necessary to Finance (I) Street Repairs and Improvements of Various Streets and
Roadways Located Within the City Limits and (II) the Satisfaction of an
Outstanding Debt Incurred by the Wilmington Housing Partnership; Providing for
the Sale of the Bonds and the Note; and Authorizing Other Necessary Action (1st
& 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the issuance of up to $8,600,000 aggregate
principal amount of General Obligation Bonds (the “Bonds”) and up to
$8,600,000 aggregate principal amount of a General Obligation Bond
Anticipation Note (the “Note”) in order to: (i) provide temporary and permanent
financing for street repairs and improvements of various streets and roadways
located within the City limits; (ii) provide temporary and permanent financing for
satisfaction of an outstanding debt incurred by the Wilmington Housing
Partnership; and (iii) to pay the costs associated with issuance of the Bonds and
the Note.
SHABAZZ (Dixon presenting on behalf of Shabazz)
#4670 A Resolution Encouraging the Mayor to Sub-name a Portion of the Street in the
Area of New Castle Avenue and Lobdell Street as “Marvin Thomas Way”
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution encourages the Mayor to sub-name a portion of the
street in the area of New Castle Avenue and Lobdell Street as “Marvin Thomas
Way,” in recognition of the public servant’s significant contributions to the City
of Wilmington

Items VII & VIII

VII. Petitions and Communications
VIII. Adjournment