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Regular Council Meeting
Agenda
January 27, 2020 - 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 Councilman Polce
Adoption of Agenda
* 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 January 13, 2020
2. Proclamations
A. Black History Month
B. Human Trafficking Awareness Month
3. Presentation - Tyler Technologies - 2020 Revaluation Project Results (Ryan Zuck)
4. Silver Lake Sewer Main Break Update (Andy Riggi)
* 5. Council Committee of the Whole Report - January 14, 2020
A. Parks, Recreation, and Community Enhancement Committee
1. Update on the Towne Point School and Discussion of a Dog Park (Anderson)
B. Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee
1. Presentation - Diversity and Inclusion Study
2. Discussion - City of Dover Affirmative Action Plan
(Committee recommendation: Refer to Staff for further study)
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* 5. Council Committee of the Whole Report - January 14, 2020 (Continued)
B. Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee (Continued)
3. Project Car r y - f o r w a r d B u d get B al an ces / Propos ed B u d g et
Amendments/Ordinance #2020-01
(Committee recommendation: Approval of the proposed budget amendments for
Fiscal Year 2020 and adoption of Ordinance #2020-01) (See item #9)
4. Dover Library - Kent County Reciprocal Borrowing Funds
(Committee recommendation: Authorizing the City Manager or her designee to send
a letter detailing the proposed uses for the $125,000 allocation)
* 6. Quarterly Revenue Report as of December 31, 2019
(Staff recommends acceptance of the report)
* 7. Confirmation of Police Pension Election - Retired Lieutenant Timothy Mullaney, Sr. -
Three (3) Year Term to Expire January 31, 2023
* 8. Appointment of Deputy City Solicitor - Gary E. Junge, Esquire
9. First Reading - Proposed Ordinance #2020-01
The First Reading is offered on the Proposed Ordinance. Final action by Council will take place
during the Second Reading on February 10, 2020. 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 736-7008 or cityclerk@dover.de.us.
A. Proposed Budget Amendments
(Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee)
10. City Manager’s Announcements
11. Council Members’ Announcements
12. Adjournment
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