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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA
AUGUST 11, 2014 - 7:30 P.M.
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
15 LOOCKERMAN PLAZA
DOVER, DELAWARE
OPEN FORUM - 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO OFFICIAL MEETING (7:15 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 BY BISHOP THOMAS L. HOLSEY
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MAYOR CHRISTIANSEN
AGENDA ADDITIONS/DELETIONS
* CONSENT AGENDA
Those items on the Council Agenda which are considered routine and non-controversial shall be
marked with an asterisk (*) 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.
* 1. Adoption of Minutes - Regular Council Meeting of July 28, 2014
2. Certificate of Congratulations - Dr. Michael L. Mattern
3. Presentation by Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) - High Intensity
Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) Signal Located at Heatherfield Way and Route 8 (New
Dover High School East Entrance)
4. Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee Report - July 14, 2014
A. Proposed Financial Reforms - Public Safety Fund
(Committee recommended approval of the proposed financial reforms related to Public
Safety)(On July 28, 2014, City Council deferred this item until the next meeting)
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* 5. Dover Human Relations Commission Report - July 22, 2014
A. Presentation - Dover Public Library Created Equal Project (Margie Cyr and
Michelle Hughes) (Commission action not required)
B. Development of DHRC 2014-2017 Strategic Plan/Discussion - DHRC Organizational
Structure (Commission took no action)
* 6. Special Utility Committee Report - July 24, 2014
A. Energy Risk Management - Overview and Training (Committee action not required)
* 7. Monthly Reports - June 2014
A. City Assessor’s Report
B. City Manager’s Report
C. City Planner’s Report
D. Controller/Treasurer’s Budget Report
E. Economic Development Office Report
F. Fire Chief’s Report
G. Police Chief’s Report
* 8. Quarterly Review of Capital Investment Plan (CIP) (April, May, and June)
9. Evaluation of Proposals - Engineering Services and Project Management for the
Department of Public Works
(Staff recommends awarding three (3), three-year contracts to URS Corporation, JMT, and
Pennoni Associates, Inc. as per the pricing included in the proposal submittal)
10. Tentative Labor Contract with American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME)
11. Evaluation of Bids
A. Brandywine Pump Station Replacement
(Staff recommends awarding the contract to JJID, Inc. for the City of Dover
Brandywine Pump Station Replacement Project, Bid #14-0048PW, for the amount of
$332,000)
B. McKee Road Pump Station Comminutor Replacement
(Staff recommends awarding the contract to Blooming Glen Contractors, Inc. for the
City of Dover McKee Road Pump Station Comminutor Replacement Project,
Bid #14-0051PW, for the amount of $147,110)
C. Concrete Construction and Replacement - Phase I
(Staff recommends awarding a unit price contract, based upon Bid #14-0052PW, for
the Concrete Construction and Replacement Phase I Project to Fontana Concrete
Contractors, Inc. The Public Works Director may add or delete from the contract, up
to 35%, based on available funding throughout the contract period and inform the City
Manager of such additions and deletions. All work will be paid for at the unit prices
bid for work completed and accepted by the City of Dover. The total work authorized
under this contract will not exceed the available funding in conjunction with the
Concrete Construction and Replacement Phase II Project and FY15 Street Program,
which are part and parcel of the above referenced CIP project)
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11. Evaluation of Bids (Continued)
D. Concrete Construction and Replacement - Phase II
(Staff recommends awarding a unit price contract, based upon Bid #14-0053PW, for
the Concrete Construction and Replacement Phase II Project to Fontana Concrete
Contractors, Inc. The Public Works Director may add or delete from the contract, up
to 35%, based on available funding throughout the contract period and inform the City
Manager of such additions and deletions. All work will be paid for at the unit prices
bid for work completed and accepted by the City of Dover. The total work authorized
under this contract will not exceed the available funding in conjunction with the
Concrete Construction and Replacement Phase I Project and FY15 Street Program,
which are part and parcel of the above referenced CIP project)
12. Appointment - Timothy P. Mullaney - Fire Marshal
* 13. Reappointment Recommended by Mayor Robin R. Christiansen - Board of Adjustment -
Arthur G. Ericson - Three (3) Year Term to Expire July 2017
14. Council Members’ Announcements
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