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 Recognize Black History Month
Harlee Recognize First Black American Females Elected in Delaware Government
Johnson Recognize Do More 24 Delaware
Oliver Recognize Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Oliver Recognize National Coalition of 100 Black Women
Oliver Sympathy Walter F. Miller
Oliver Sympathy Tanasia Rollins-Townsend
Oliver Sympathy Benjamin V. Bartley
Walsh Sympathy Joan Hare

Item VI

Public Comment

Item VII

Legislative Business

GRAY
#0019 A Resolution to Amend City Council Rule 2 to Add an Additional Period of
Public Comment for Each Legislative Item

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution amends City Council Rule 2 to add a public comment
period before debate by members of City Council on items with legislative effect,
during which members of the public will be allowed to comment in increments of
three (3) minutes on each legislative item that will be voted on by City Council.
This Resolution also amends City Council Rule 2 to eliminate the current
restriction on the public comment that allows only City of Wilmington residents or
taxpayers to provide public comment.

DARBY
#0020 A Resolution to Amend City Council Rule 10 to Change the Intergovernmental
Standing Committee to the Intergovernmental Affairs and Judiciary Standing
Committee

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution converts the Intergovernmental standing committee to
the Intergovernmental Affairs and Judiciary standing committee.

#0021 An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 5 of the City Code to Provide for Civil Fines for
Owners of Rental Properties who Fail to Secure a Business License to Operate a
Residential Rental Property (1st & 2nd Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance approves the institution of civil penalties on property
owners who fail to properly register, or re-register, a rental unit within the City
of Wilmington.

#0022 An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 5 of the City Code to Require Detailed Owner
Information on Applications for a Business License to Operate a Residential
Rental Property (1st & 2nd Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance requires that more detailed information be provided to
the City of Wilmington regarding the owners and/or operators of rental
properties.

OLIVER
#0023 An Ordinance to Authorize and Approve Two One-Year Extensions of Contract
21004WD Between the City of Wilmington and Diamond Mechanical, Inc. for
HVAC and Related Systems Inspection and Maintenance (1st & 2nd Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to exercise two (2) one-year options
to extend Contract 21004WD “HVAC & Related Systems Inspection &
Maintenance” between the City of Wilmington and Diamond Mechanical, Inc.

#0024 An Ordinance to Authorize and Approve Two One-Year Extensions of Contract
21005WD Between the City of Wilmington and I.D. Griffith, Inc. for Boiler
Inspection and Maintenance 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 exercise two (2) one-year options
to extend Contract 21005WD “Boiler Inspection & Maintenance Services”
between the City of Wilmington and I.D. Griffith, Inc.

#0025 An Ordinance to Authorize and Approve a One-Year Extension of Contract
21007WDPS Between the City of Wilmington and Merit Construction Engineers,
Inc. for Building Raceway and Facilities Management (1st & 2nd Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to extend Contract 21007WDPS
“Building Raceway & Facilities Management” between the City of Wilmington
and Merit Construction Engineers, Inc. for one (1) year.

#0026 An Ordinance to Enact Certain Traffic/Parking Regulations (1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance approves various traffic and parking regulations in the
City.

HARLEE
#0027 An Ordinance to Name the South Wilmington Wetlands Park Project the
“Southbridge Wilmington Wetlands Park” (1st & 2nd Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance officially names the South Wilmington Wetlands park
project as the “Southbridge Wilmington Wetlands Park.”

CONGO (B. Fields presenting on behalf of Congo)
#0028 A Resolution to Amend City Council Rule 2 to Clarify the Process for
Legislative Items to be Placed on the Agenda and to Authorize the Chief of
Staff of City Council to Determine the Agenda for City Council Meetings

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution grants authority, previously held by the City Clerk, to
the Chief of Staff of City Council to determine the agenda for City Council
meetings. It is the intent of Council and the effect of this Resolution that the Chief
of Staff shall include on the agenda every piece of legislation requested by the
legislation’s sponsor and provided at least fourteen business days prior to the
Council meeting. The Chief of Staff is permitted to include on the agenda
emergency legislation or other legislation upon less notice.

#0029 A Resolution Assigning a Council Member to the Education, Youth & Family
Services Committee and a Council Member to the Health, Aging & Disabilities
Committee

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution adds Council Member Oliver to both the Education,
Youth & Family Services Committee and the Health, Aging & Disabilities
Committee for the 108th Council Session.

MCCOY
#0012 Ord. 21-002 Authorize and Approve Contract 21023PR Between the City of
Wilmington and Food Management Services, Inc. t/a Lintons Food
Service Management for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
(3rd & Final Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the execution of Contract 21023PR - Child
and Adult Care Food Program - between the City of Wilmington and Food
Management Services, Inc. t/a Lintons Food Service Management for the period
of March 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, at an estimated price of
$756,360.00 based upon the estimated number of meals requested and the price
of $2.40 per individual supper/dinner and $0.90 per individual snack, with the
possibility of two additional extensions of one (1) year thereafter with a potential
two percent (2%) price increase with each extension.

JOHNSON
#0030 A Resolution Approving Two Members Appointed by Mayor Michael S.
Purzycki to the Wilmington Ethics Commission

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. By this Resolution, City Council expresses its concurrence with Mayor
Michael S. Purzycki’s appointment of Theophilus R. Nix, Jr. and William S.
Montgomery to the Wilmington Ethics Commission, effective as of the date of
passage of this Resolution.

#0013 Ord. 21-003 Authorizing the Issuance of the City’s General Obligation Bond,
Series of 2021-SRF, in Order to Provide the Funds Necessary for
Capital Projects of the City of Wilmington, Relating to the City’s
15th and Walnut Street Combined Sewer Overflow Separation
Project; Providing for the Sale of the 2021 Bond to the Delaware
Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund; and Authorizing Other
Necessary Action (3rd & Final Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the issuance of a General Obligation Bond,
Series of 2021-SRF, in an amount not to exceed $1,369,500, which will be sold to
the Delaware Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund in order to (i) finance
capital projects of the City, specifically, the separation of stormwater runoff from
combined sewer overflow (CSO) with respect to two recently built housing
projects and one block of Walnut Street, routing runoff through green
infrastructure best management practices to capture the initial one to two inches
of precipitation through a combination of rain gardens, subsurface trenches, and
bioswales, as set forth in the City’s capital budget for its Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2016, (ii) pay administrative costs relating to such capital projects, and
(iii) pay the costs of issuing the 2021 Bond.

#0014 Ord. 21-004 Authorize and Approve an Agreement Between the City of
Wilmington and The Lerro Corporation for On-Site Engineering
Services for the WITN TV Station (3rd & Final Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to enter into an agreement with The
Lerro Corporation for on-site engineering services for the WITN TV station for
the period of March 1, 2021 through December 31, 2024 at an estimated price of
one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250.00) per month.

#0015 Ord. 21-005 Constituting Amendment No. 2 to the Fiscal Year 2021 Operating
Budget (Being An Ordinance to Amend Substitute No. 1 to
Ordinance No. 20-016) (3rd & Final Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance is the second amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021
Operating Budget Ordinance. It increases the Public Works Department
Water/Sewer Fund Materials, Supplies, and Equipment Fiscal Year 2021 account
group budget appropriation by $2,500,000 to pay for increased Class B biosolids
disposal costs resulting from damage to the sludge dryer at the City’s Renewable
Energy Biosolids Facility.

N. FIELD
#0031 A Resolution to Amend City Council Rules 2 and 3 Regarding Public
Comment

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution amends City Council Rule 2 to eliminate: (1) the
current public comment period that occurs during the official order of business at
City Council meetings and (2) the current restriction on the public comment
period that allows only City of Wilmington residents or taxpayers to provide
public comment. In the place of the current public comment period, this
Resolution amends City Council Rule 3 to establish a thirty (30) minute public
comment period prior to the convening of regular City Council meetings. In
addition, this Resolution amends City Council Rule 3 to: (1) set forth the time by
which members of the public must sign up to participate in the public comment
period; (2) provide the opportunity for members of the public to submit written
comments pertaining to legislative business items on Council meeting agendas
prior to the respective Council meetings; (3) limit each member of the public to
comments that do not exceed three (3) minutes in duration and are germane to
legislation on the Council meeting agenda or official City business; (4) prohibit members of the public from engaging in obscene, profane, and/or threatening
speech; (5) prohibit members of the public from addressing their remarks directly
to Council members and/or the President or his designee; and (6) authorize the
Deputy City Clerk to enforce the rules governing public comment.

#0032 A Resolution Authorizing the City to Accept a Conditional Gift of Playground
Equipment for Installation in Cool Spring Park from Cornerstone West CDC and
the Red Clay Consolidated School District and a Conditional Gift of Money for
Improvements in Cool Spring Park from Cornerstone West CDC

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution authorizes the City to accept the following gifts to
assist the Department of Parks and Recreation’s efforts to improve Cool Spring
Park: (1) $130,299.85 of new playground equipment from Cornerstone West
CDC; (2) $50,000.00 of new playground equipment from the Red Clay
Consolidated School District; and (3) up to $150,000.00 in funding from
Cornerstone West CDC.

CABRERA
Rev. 1*
#0018 Sub. 1 Ord. 21-006 Amend Chapter 34 of the City Code to Revise Certain
Enforcement Provisions and Provide Civil Fines for Owners of
Rental Properties (3rd & Final Reading)

Synopsis: This Substitute No. 1 to Ordinance No. 21-066 makes the following amendments
to Chapter 34 of the City Code:

• changes the enforcement of Chapter 34 with respect to rental properties from criminal
enforcement to civil enforcement with civil fines for non-compliance;
o owner-occupied properties will continue to be subject to criminal enforcement
proceedings;
• provides a $500 per unit civil fine for failing to obtain a rental license, register rental
units or obtain occupancy limitations;
• removes imprisonment as a potential penalty in criminal enforcement proceedings;
• provides that fines may be imposed for each week’s failure to correct violations rather
than a daily fine;
• changes the general time period for compliance from 45 days to 30 days;
• revises the effective date for notices;
• requires notices to be mailed to the owner, operator or occupant’s property address and
the tax address for the property, and to the property manager designated on the rental
dwelling business license;
• requires notices to contain information on how to contact the inspector for additional
information or to schedule a meeting;
• extends the time period in which to appeal a violation notice from 10 days to 20 calendar
days;
• provides that the appeal fee shall be refunded if the appeal is successful; and
• deletes duplicate or inconsistent penalty provisions throughout the chapter.

WALSH
#0033 An Ordinance to Authorize and Approve Three One-Year Extensions of Contract
210001PDPS Between the City of Wilmington and Asset Management Alliance
for Professional Service Building Management at the Public Safety Building
(1st & 2nd Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to exercise three (3) one-year
options to extend Contract 210001PDPS “Professional Service Building
Management at the Public Safety Building” between the City of Wilmington and
Asset Management Alliance.

Items VIII & IX

VIII. Petitions and Communications

IX. Adjournment