Regular City Council Meeting Agenda

CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 25, 2022 at 6:30 PM City Hall Council Chambers, 15 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, Delaware AGENDA VIRTUAL MEETING NOTICE This meeting will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers with electronic access via WebEx. Public participation information is as follows: Dial: 1-408-418-9388 Link: https://rb.gy/gdlm9c Event number: 2346 763 8595 Event password: DOVER (if needed) If you are new to WebEx, get the app now at www.webex.com/ to be ready when the meeting starts. The meeting can also be viewed on Comcast Channel 14, Verizon Channel 20, and on the City's Streaming Player located at www.cityofdover.com under "Quick Links". OPEN FORUM - 15 Minutes Prior to Official Meeting (6:15 p.m.) The “Open Forum” segment is provided to extend the opportunity to the general public to share their questions, thoughts, comments, concerns, and complaints. Discussion of any item appearing on the agenda as a public hearing is prohibited during the Open Forum as an opportunity will be provided during consideration of that item. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes. Council is prohibited from taking action since they are not in official session; however, they may schedule such items as regular agenda items and act upon them in the future. INVOCATION - Elder Ellis B. Louden PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Councilwoman Arndt ADOPTION OF AGENDA ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA All Consent Agenda items are considered routine and non-controversial and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Council. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of Council so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered a separate item.

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - April 25, 2022 PAGE 2 PROCLAMATIONS 1. Drinking Water Week 2. Provider Appreciation Day CONSENT AGENDA ADOPTION OF MINUTES 3. Regular City Council Meeting of April 11, 2022 COMMITTEE REPORTS 4. Council Committee of the Whole Report of April 12, 2022 Parks, Recreation, and Community Enhancement 5. Annual Report - Silver Lake Commission (Committee recommendation: Acceptance of the Silver Lake Commission’s Annual Report) 6. Review of Active Recreation Area Plan and Consideration of Cash-in-Lieu of Active Recreation Construction - McKee Road Apartments at 1385 McKee Road (Planning Reference #S-21-11) (Dawn Melson-Williams, Interim Planning and Community Development Director) (Committee recommendation: Acceptance of the staff recommendation of the Active Recreation Area Plan and Consideration of Cash-in-Lieu of Active Recreation Construction - McKee Road Apartments at 1385 McKee Road) 7. Strategies to Address Food Deserts in the City (Nikko Brady, Nicole Minni, and Karen Shore, Delaware Department of Agriculture) (Committee Action Not Required) 8. Proposed Categorization of Williams Park and Division and Kirkwood Streets Park as Safe Haven Parks in the City of Dover (Councilman Andre Boggerty and Councilwoman Trish Arndt) (Committee recommendation: Approval of categorizing Williams Park and Division and Kirkwood Streets Park as Safe Have Parks in the City of Dover) Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee 9. Evaluation of Proposals - SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Equipment and Technology Upgrade (Paul Waddell, Electric Director) (Committee recommendation: To purchase the SCADA Master software from Survalent and utilizing the IT department to purchase the required hardware)

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - April 25, 2022 PAGE 3 10. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Application Review (Tracey Harvey, CBDG Program Manager) (Committee recommendation: Award of $300,000 in CDBG funds to sub-grantees to carry out approved CDBG activities) 11. Evaluation of Proposals - Auditor - (Lori Peddicord, Controller/Treasurer) (Committee recommendation: Approval of SB & Company, LLC for the audit services contract not to exceed the fixed price of $49,703, Proposal dated March 22, 2022) 12. Status of Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) and Pension Funds (Lori Peddicord, Controller/Treasurer) (Committee recommendation: Acceptance of the Status of Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) and Pension Funds Report) 13. Proposed Ordinance #2022-03 - Chapter 82 – Planning, Section 82-2 City Planner (David S. Hugg, III, City Manager) (Committee recommendation: amending Ordinance #2022-03 line 18 to read as follows: There is hereby established the office of city planner who shall be selected by the city manager and approved by city council and employed at the pleasure of city manager. The city planner shall be the Director of Planning, Inspections and Community Development, and be directly responsible to the city manager) 14. Report on Bond Bill Requests (David S. Hugg, III, City Manager) (Committee recommendation: acceptance of the Report on Bond Bill Requests) 15. Report on Segal Study (Sharon Duca, Assistant City Manager) (Committee recommendation: to refer to the City Manager's Office to complete the pilot test to further assess the Segal Evaluator, Job Description Questionnaires, and Job Descriptions) 16. Report on River Walk Progress (Sharon Duca, Assistant City Manager) (Committee recommendation: Authorizing the following: 1) that the proposed use of the old Public Works Yard (PWII) off of East Water Street be a potential River Walk Park area; 2) with approval of City funds or other funding sources be used toward the proposed project and 3) that staff work on obtaining funds for the project and work on the project itself) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS 17. Semi-Annual Inspection by City Manager - Robbins Hose Company (Staff recommendation: Acceptance of the report)

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - April 25, 2022 PAGE 4 QUARTERLY REPORTS 18. Quarterly Revenue Report as of March 31, 2022 (Staff recommendation: Acceptance of the report) ITEMS NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA 19. Extension of the Ambulance Service Contract dated January 22, 2019 (David S. Hugg III, City Manager) (Committee recommendation: Mr. Rocha moved to recommend authorizing the City Manager the right to extend the contract term by one year under the Original Agreement signed on January 22, 2019, XVII. Terms, Review, Termination, and Assignment, Section B, Contract period may be extended by the City of Dover for two (2) additional one (1) year terms if contractor agrees to hold the prices as negotiated. If such an extension occurs, it will be agreed upon by both St. Francis and The City of Dover in written documentation. This is the first one year extension expiring on March 31, 2023) ORDINANCES FIRST READING - The First Reading is offered on the Proposed Ordinance. Final action by Council will take place during the Second Reading on MAY 9, 2022. The ordinance is available at the entrance of the Council Chambers, on the City's website at www.cityofdover.com under "Government," or by contacting the City Clerk's Office at 302-736-7008 or cityclerk@dover.de.us. 20. Ordinance #2022-03 - Chapter 82 – Planning, Section 82-2 City Planner (The Council Committee of the Whole Report of April 12, 2022 is listed on the agenda as item #4) CITY MANAGER’S ANNOUNCEMENTS COUNCIL MEMBERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS ADJOURNMENT THE AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED IN SEQUENCE. PURSUANT TO 29 DEL. C. §10004(e)(2), THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OR THE DELETION OF ITEMS, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WHICH ARISE AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING