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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 28, 2021 at 7:30 PM Virtual Via WebEx AGENDA VIRTUAL MEETING NOTICE This meeting will be held electronically. Public participation information is as follows: Dial: 1-408-418-9388 Link: https://rb.gy/srb69m Event number: 173 079 8112 Event password: DOVER (if needed) If you are new to WebEx, get the app now at https://www.webex.com/ to be ready when the meeting starts. INVOCATION - Mayor Christiansen PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Councilman Rocha 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. PRESENTATIONS 1. City of Dover Electric Department (Dover Downs Casino) CONSENT AGENDA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - June 28, 2021 PAGE 2 ADOPTION OF MINUTES 2. Special City Council Meeting - Budget Review of June 1 - 2, 2021 3. Special Council Meeting of June 14, 2021 4. Regular Council Meeting of June 14, 2021 COMMITTEE REPORTS 5. Economic Development Committee Report - April 13, 2021 6. Council Committee of the Whole Report - June 15, 2021 Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee 7. Presentation - Downtown Dover Partnership (DDP) Master Plan (Diane Laird, Executive Director, DDP) 8. Evaluation of Bids – Fiscal Year 2021B Street and Alley Program (Sharon Duca, Public Works Director) (Committee recommendation: Award the contract to Grassbuster’s Landscaping Company, Inc. for the City of Dover Fiscal Year 2021B Street and Alley Program, Bid #21-0039PW, for the amount of $381,083.) 9. Elimination of the City Assessor's Position (Cheryl Bundek, City Assessor) (Committee recommendation: Table the discussion and bring it back at the next Council Committee of the Whole meeting with a Staff recommendation.) 10. Discussion of Business License Rates (Matt Harline, Assistant City Manager) (Committee recommendation: Refer the discussion back to Staff for continued work and to report back at a time that was convenient once the appropriate information had been gathered, including talking to the business community as well as any ordinances that may need to be done.) 11. Police Department Executive Compensation (Thomas Johnson, Police Chief) (Committee recommendation: Increase the Deputy Police Chief’s salary to $135,000 and increasing the Police Chief’s salary to $147,000, as recommended by Staff.) 12. Review of Fiscal Year 2021/2022 Annual Budget (Matt Harline, Interim City Manager) (Committee recommendation: Move the budget forward as amended by Staff to include a one cent tax increase, to put $25,000 into the Economic Development Budget, and to include the recommendation to have a 3% increase for non-bargaining employees and to have equity with the Chief and Deputy Chief’s positions.)

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - June 28, 2021 PAGE 3 APPOINTMENTS (REAPPOINTMENTS) RECOMMENDED BY MAYOR CHRISTIANSEN 13. Board of Adjustment - Richard D. Senato - Three-Year Term to Expire July 2024 14. Public Advisory Committee (PAC) of the Dover-Kent County MPO - Two Year Terms to Expire on July 1, 2023 A. Jonathan Contant B. Albert W. Holmes, Jr. C. Karen E. McGloughlin APPOINTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SUDLER 15. City Chaplain - Elder Ellis B. Louden (Presiding Elder of Dover District Delaware Conference) - One-Year Term to Expire June 2022 ITEMS NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ORDINANCES FINAL READING - The First Reading of the Proposed Ordinance was accomplished during the Council Meeting of June 14, 2021. The ordinance is available at the entrance of the Council Chambers and on the City's website at www.cityofdover.com under "Government." 16. Ordinance #2021-15 - Fiscal Year 2021/2022 City of Dover Budget Ordinances 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