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

Shabazz Sympathy Jean Jenkins
Shabazz Recognize Last Stop to Freedom and The Call to Bury Racism

Item VI

Legislative Business

OLIVER
#4838 A Resolution Requesting Transparency and Direct Action to Reduce Bias and Improve Community Relations Between Officers and Citizens

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. Those who serve and protect our communities should be familiar with,
and value equally, all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, color, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation. Incorporating implicit bias, sensitivity, and diversity trainings and programs long-term is essential so that the Wilmington Police Department may identify and correct dangerous biases within officers and other employees. The Department needs to also become familiar with racist and gang-related symbology so that they can reject applicants with ties to such organizations. The Wilmington City Council encourages the immediate and permanent introduction and use of such programs and standards.

SHABAZZ (Oliver presenting on behalf of Shabazz)
#4840 A Resolution Confirming the Appointment of Seven Members to the Civil Rights
Commission.

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution confirms the appointment of seven members to the
Civil Rights Commission.

SHABAZZ (Harlee presenting on behalf of Shabazz)
#4841 A Resolution to Encourage the Establishment of a Department of Education
Commission to Review Textbooks and Course Curriculums in K Through 12
Grades to Assess Their Accurate Portrayal of the Histories of African-Americans
and Other People of Color Communities in the United States

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. Wilmington City Council strongly recommends the Department of
Education to establish a Commission in the Department of Education that will
review and assess the accuracy of the portrayal in textbooks and curriculums
taught on the histories and contributions of African-Americans, Native
Indigenous, Hispanic and Latinos and other persons of color in the United
States.

JOHNSON
#4833 An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 35 of the City Code to Establish a Citizen
Complaint Review Board (1st & 2nd Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance establishes a Citizen Complaint Review Board to
address and participate in the resolution of complaints filed by citizens against
the Wilmington Police Department and/or its officers.

#4842 A Resolution Strongly Recommending the Delaware General Assembly to Repeal
the Delaware Law Enforcement Bill of Rights (LEBOR)

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. The Wilmington City Council strongly recommends the Delaware
General Assembly to repeal the Delaware Law Enforcement Bill of Rights due to
the major issues of lack of transparency, accountability and trust many of its
provisions have fostered between law enforcement officers, Police Departments
and their fellow citizens due to the actions of some police officers involved in
questionable, seemingly racially oriented shootings that according to a WHYY
study from 2005 to the present have taken the lives of 56 people statewide, with
nearly half of those lives lost being Black people, as well as, provisions in the
LEBOR that prevent access to lawyers representing accused persons of police
internal records relevant to files on the arresting officer(s), and lack of public
access to reports filed by police officers use of force incidents.

#4832* Ord. 20-032 Authorize the Wilmington Police Department to Publish a Public
Version of the Wilmington Police Officer’s Manual with Only
Those Redactions Required by Law and Public Policy (3rd & Final
Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 2 of the City Code with an additional section that authorizes and directs the Wilmington Police Department to provide
the residents of Wilmington access to the Wilmington Police Department’s Police
Officer’s Manual in an on-line format, which is only redacted pursuant to the
requirements of Delaware law and necessary public policy considerations,
through the City of Wilmington’s official website.

FREEL
#4843 An Ordinance Constituting Amendment No. 1 to the Fiscal Year 2021 Operating
Budget (Being An Ordinance to Amend Substitute No. 1 to Ordinance No. 20-
016) (1st & 2nd Reading)

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Ordinance is the first amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021
Operating Budget Ordinance. It contains changes to the position allocation list
and increased budget appropriations for the Police Department to fund a body
camera program.

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