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
Harlee Recognize Steve Washington
McCoy Recognize The Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. (DAPI)
Oliver Sympathy Keneesha Denise Cunningham
Oliver Sympathy Juanita Crump
Oliver Sympathy Thelma Richardson
Oliver Sympathy Francis A. Thomas
Shabazz Recognize The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet
Shabazz Sympathy Ronald Sutton
Turner Sympathy James Roger Turner
Williams Recognize Master Corporal Martin L. Lenhardt

Item VI

Legislative Business
SHABAZZ (Chukwuocha presenting on behalf of Shabazz)
#4568 Ord. 18-043 Amend Chapter 2 of the City Code to Update the Ethics Provisions
(3rd & Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration and City Council, at the recommendation of the Wilmington Ethics Commission, for City Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance is part of a comprehensive set of revisions to the City Code to repeal certain provisions that are no longer necessary or appropriate and to amend sections that require clarification or updating.
Additionally, it includes substantive recommendations from the City Ethics
Commission to improve and modernize ethics requirements in the City. This
Ordinance amends Chapter 2, Article V, Division 6 to make the following
substantive changes: (1) changes the title from Code of Conduct to Code of Ethics
to more accurately reflect the substance of the code; (2) provides an updated
definitions section to improve clarity of the code; (3) requires the Ethics
Commission to make advisory opinions publicly available in a form redacted to
protect the name of the requester, which will help educate the public and city
employees; (4) eliminates the practice of permitting an absence of conflict of
interest affidavit, which is not in keeping with best practices of financial
disclosures; (5) changes the annual filing deadline to May 1 to ensure filers have
received all financial and tax documents to help them make accurate disclosures;
(6) amends those required complete financial disclosures to include members of
certain boards and commission in addition to all elected officials and appointed
officials to improve transparency; (7) requires financial disclosures of household
members to improve transparency; (8) lowers the thresholds for certain income
related financial disclosures to improve transparency; (9) amends the gift
disclosure to include the aggregate value of gifts from a particular source over
the calendar year to improve transparency; (10) revises the co-signed loans
disclosure to require disclosure of the co-signer to improve transparency; (11)
adds a real property disclosure for property involving city expenditure which
ensures transparency of such acts; and (12) adds a requirement to disclose board
service, which is in keeping with best practices.
HARLEE
#4582 An Ordinance to Enact Certain Traffic/Parking Regulations (1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance approves various traffic and parking regulations in the
City.
TURNER
Rev. 1
#4576 Ord. 18-046 Amend Chapter 5 of the City Code Regarding Beverages Offered
in Children’s Meals (3rd & Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
Approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 5 of the City Code by requiring
healthy beverages to be offered as the default beverage offered with a
combination children’s meal inclusive of a drink, sold together at a single price.
This ordinance does not prohibit a restaurant’s ability to sell, or a customer’s
ability to purchase a substitute or alternative beverage if requested by the
customer.
FREEL
#4571 Ord. 18-045 Amend Chapter 2 of the City Code to Establish (I) a
Tax Stabilization Reserve within the General Fund and (II) an
Operation and Maintenance Reserve and a Rate Stabilization
Reserve within the Water/Sewer Fund (3rd & Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 2 of the City Code by establishing
three reserves in order to: (i) maintain the financial stability of the City; (ii)
provide citizens with essential and quality services; and (iii) limit the need to
increase taxes or water/sewer rates. First, it creates a tax stabilization reserve in
the general fund to provide a reserve to pay City obligations and limit the need to
increase taxes. Second, it creates an operation and maintenance reserve in the
water/sewer fund to provide funding in the event of adverse economic conditions
or a public emergency that impacts the operations and maintenance of the
water/sewer fund such that immediate action is required. Third, it creates a rate
stabilization reserve within the water/sewer fund to provide a reserve to pay City
water/sewer obligations and limit the need to increase water/sewer rates.
Finally, this Ordinance addresses certain housekeeping matters, including (i) the
replacement of the term “undesignated” in current Section 2-378 of the City Code
(which will be renumbered as Section 2-376.2) with the term “unrestricted”
because the term “undesignated” is outdated and the term “unrestricted” is more
appropriate and (ii) the renumbering of certain Sections and Divisions of Chapter
2 of the City Code for continuity purposes and to retain sufficient reserved
Sections for potential future amendments to the City Code. This Ordinance shall
be deemed effective as of June 30, 2018.
GUY
#4561 Ord. 18-041 Amend Chapter 8 of the City Code to Require that Developers who
Received Financial Assistance from the City of Wilmington on
Residential Construction Projects Require their Construction
Contractors to Hire Workers from Class A Apprentice Programs
(3rd & Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 8 of the City Code to require that
developers who receive financial assistance from the City of Wilmington on
residential construction projects require their construction contractors to
participate in and hire workers from Residential Construction Apprentice
Programs.

Items VII & VIII

VII. Petitions and Communications
VIII. Adjournment