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Regular Council Meeting
Agenda
October 12, 2020 - 7:30 p.m.
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Invocation by Mayor Christiansen
Pledge of Allegiance Led by Council President Hare
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
A. Special Council Meeting of September 28, 2020
B. Regular Council Meeting of September 28, 2020
2. Council Committee of the Whole Report - September 29, 2020
A. Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee
* (1) COVID-19 Safety Update (Mr. Robert E. Clark II, President - Wesley College)
* (2) Social Professional/Law Enforcement Collaborative
* (3) Update on Body Cameras
(4) Prioritization of City of Dover State Capital Transportation Program (CTP)
Projects
(Committee recommendation: Confirm continuation of the 2019 Prioritization of
City of Dover State Capital Transportation Program (CTP) Projects)
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2. Council Committee of the Whole Report - September 29, 2020 (Continued)
* (5) Proposed Ordinance #2020-12 Amending Chapter 106 - Traffic and Vehicles,
Article III - Stopping, Standing, and Parking, Division 2 - Metered Parking,
Division 3 - Removal and Disposition of Illegally Parked or Abandoned
Vehicles, Sec. 106-181 - Definitions, and Division 4 - Downtown Parking
(Committee recommendation: Adoption of Ordinance #2020-12) (See item #5A)
* B. Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee
(1) Proposed Resolution No. 2020-12 - Application for Drinking Water Matching
Planning Grant
(Committee recommendation: Adoption of Resolution No. 2020-12 as submitted
so Staff may complete application for a Water Matching Planning Grant.)
(2) Annual Review of Investment Policy
(Committee recommendation: Approval of the Investment Policy, as presented)
(3) Proposed Ordinance #2020-05 Amending Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building
Regulations, Article IX - Lodginghouses and Article X - Rental Dwellings
(Committee recommendation: Adoption of Ordinance #2020-05) (See item #6A)
* 3. Monthly Reports - August 2020
A. City Assessor’s Report
B. City Council’s Community Enhancement Fund Report
C. City Manager’s Report
D. City Planner’s Report
E. Controller/Treasurer’s Budget Report
F. Fire Chief’s Report
G. Police Chief’s Report
* 4. Appointments/Reappointments
A. Construction and Property Maintenance Code Board of Appeals - One Year Terms
to Expire May 24, 2021
(1) Appointments/Reappointments Recommended by Council President Hare
(a) Councilman David L. Anderson (reappointment)
(b) Councilman Fred A. Neil (reappointment)
(c) Councilman Gerald L. Rocha, Sr.
(2) Reappointment Recommended by Mayor Christiansen
(a) Charles C. K. Martin
B. Dover Human Relations Commission - Joseph C. Simmons (to fill the expired term
of Gerald L. Rocha, Sr. - term to expire February 2023) - Recommended by Council
President Hare
C. Dover Public Library Advisory Commission - Five Year Staggered Terms to Expire
June 16th - Reappointments Recommended by Mayor Christiansen
(1) Gertrude Jackson - Term to Expire June 16, 2023 (current term expired
June 2018)
(2) Robert S. Wetherall - Term to Expire June 16, 2025
D. Public Advisory Committee of the Dover/Kent County MPO - Albert W. Holmes, Jr.
(At-Large Alternate) - Two Year Term to Expire July 2021 (current term expired
July 2019) - Reappointment Recommended by Mayor Christiansen
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* 4. Appointments/Reappointments (Continued)
E. Silver Lake Commission - Two Year Staggered Terms to Expire the First Regular
Meeting in June - Appointments/Reappointments Recommended by Mayor
Christiansen
(1) John C. DeMarie (to fill the expired term of Nicholas A. Adams - term to expire
June 13, 2022)
(2) Lyle Allen Jones (term to expire June 14, 2021) (Reappointment)
(3) Marie E. Kozel (term to expire June 14, 2021) (Reappointment)
(4) Michael W. Lewis (term to expire June 14, 2021) (Reappointment)
5. First Reading - Proposed Ordinance #2020-12
The First Reading is offered on the following Proposed Ordinance. Final action by Council will
take place during the Final Reading on October 26, 2020. All ordinances are 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. #2020-12 Amending Chapter 106 - Traffic and Vehicles, Article III - Stopping,
Standing, and Parking, Division 2 - Metered Parking, Division 3 - Removal and
Disposition of Illegally Parked or Abandoned Vehicles, Sec. 106-181 - Definitions, and
Division 4 - Downtown Parking
(Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee)
6. First Reading - Proposed Ordinance #2020-05 Staff Substitute #2 with CCW/LF&A
Amendment #1
The First Reading is offered on the Proposed Ordinance. Amendments to Appendix B - Zoning
require a Public Hearing. It is recommended for referral to the Planning Commission for a
Public Hearing on November 16, 2020, and that a Public Hearing be set before City Council on
December 14, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., at which time the Final Reading and Council action will take
place. 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. #2020-05 Amending Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Article IX -
Lodginghouses; Article X - Rental Dwellings; Appendix B - Zoning; and Appendix F -
Fees and Fines
7. Final Reading - Proposed Ordinance #2020-11
The First Reading of the Proposed Ordinance was accomplished during the Council Meeting
of September 28, 2020. The ordinance is available at the entrance of the Council Chambers and
on the City's website at www.cityofdover.com under "Government."
A. #2020-11 Amending Chapter 46 - Fire Prevention and Protection, Article II -
Fire Department, Division 1 - Generally and Division 2 - Officers
8. City Manager’s Announcements
9. Council Members’ Announcements
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10. Adjournment
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