Regular Agenda-Revised

CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM City Hall Council Chambers, 15 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, Delaware AGENDA THIS AGENDA AND PAPERLESS PACKET HAVE BEEN REVISED TO ADD AGENDA ITEM #22 CONFIRMATION OF POLICE PENSION ELECTION - RETIRED SERGEANT STEVE ROGERS - THREE (3) YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE JANUARY 31, 2028. 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: 1-650-479-3208 Link: https://shorturl.at/rhmXG Event number: 2534 869 5556 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

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - January 27, 2025 PAGE 2 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. PROCLAMATIONS 1. Black History Month 2. Human Trafficking Awareness Month PRESENTATIONS 3. Recognition of Service - Lisa Enright - Ethics Commission (August 2017- December 2024) 4. Dover Hope Zone RESOLUTIONS 5. Resolution No. 2025-01 - Setting of Public Hearing - Alley Abandonment - Downtown Mobility Center Project (Staff Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-01 setting a public hearing regarding the proposed abandonment for February 10, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.) CONSENT AGENDA ADOPTION OF MINUTES 6. Regular City Council Meeting of January 13, 2025 COMMITTEE REPORTS 7. Council Committee of the Whole Report of January 14, 2025 Council Reports - December 2024 8. First District 9. Second District 10. Third District 11. Fourth District 12. At-Large 13. Council President CCW Presentations 14. Selection Process of New City Solicitor

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - January 27, 2025 PAGE 3 Utility Committee 15. Request for Alley Abandonment (Improved) - Downtown Mobility Center Project (Dawn Melson-Williams, Principal Planner) (Alley extending north from Minor Street. Alley which is located in the block between South Governor's Avenue and South Bradford Street) (Committee Recommendation: That the referenced alley be abandoned. If the Utility Committee and/or City Council was in favor of proceeding with the proposed abandonment the following actions were recommended: 1) The Downtown Dover Partnership would have to work with Public Works to relocate two dumpsters for downtown business trash removal and that a waterline would also need to be relocated; 2) That City Council adopt a Resolution setting a public hearing regarding the proposed abandonment for February 10, 2025. ) 16. Meeting House Branch Drainage Improvement Project Update (Jason Lyon, Water/Wastewater Director) (Committee Recommendation: Referred back to staff for additional options. No action taken at this time ) 17. Evaluation of Proposals - White Oak Road Pump Station Grit Removal System Engineering Support (Jason Lyon, Water/Wastewater Director) (Committee Recommendation: Award the contract to Century Engineering for the White Oak Road Pump Station Grit Removal System Engineering Support, RFP #25- 0013WW, for the amount of $65,620.) Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee 18. Economic Development Fund and Community Development Fund Guidelines (David S. Hugg, III, City Manager) (Committee Recommendation: To add a follow-up on receipts or proof that funds were administered in the way that they were intended, a specified timeline so that money is not administered and sit for several years, a means to claw back the funds if the project is not completed and to make sure that it is not to benefit one person, property, or business owner, it is to benefit the community and that must be demonstrated.) 19. Project Carry-Forward Budget Balances/Proposed Budget Amendments (Patricia Marney, Controller/Treasurer) (Committee Recommendation: Approval of the proposed Budget Amendments totaling $24,744,582 for Fiscal Year 2025 and adoption of Ordinance #2025-02) QUARTERLY REPORTS 20. Quarterly Revenue Report as of December 31, 2024 (Staff Recommendation: Acceptance of the Quarterly Revenue Report)

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - January 27, 2025 PAGE 4 21. Quarterly Review - Capital Investment Plan (CIP) (October, November, and December) (Staff Recommendation: Acceptance of the Capital Investment Plan (CIP) report) CONFIRMATION OF POLICE PENSION ELECTION 22. Confirmation of Police Pension Election - Retired Sergeant Steve Rogers - Three (3) Year Term to Expire January 31, 2028 ORDINANCES FIRST READING - The First Reading is offered on the Proposed Ordinance. Final action by Council will take place during the Second Reading on FEBRUARY 10, 2025. 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. 23. Proposed Ordinance # 2025-02 - Project Carry-Forward Budget Balances/Proposed Budget Amendments (Patricia Marney, Controller/Treasurer) CITY MANAGER’S ANNOUNCEMENTS MAYOR'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