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Regular City Council Meeting REVISED

City Council Meetings. Jun 13, 2022.

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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 13, 2022 at 6:30 PM City Hall Council Chambers, 15 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, Delaware AGENDA THIS AGENDA HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE ITEM #19 PARKS, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE CIVILIAN MEMBER – MICHAEL THOLSTRUP – ONE YEAR TERM – EXPIRING MAY 8, 2023 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: 1-408-418-9388 Link: https://rb.gy/s0eij3 Event number: 2344 171 9288 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 - Councilman Ralph Taylor ADOPTION OF AGENDA ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA

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REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - June 13, 2022 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. PRESENTATIONS 1. Dover Police Behavioral Health Unit - Mayor Robin R. Christiansen and Chief Thomas Johnson PUBLIC HEARING 2. Electric Fund Budget CONSENT AGENDA ADOPTION OF MINUTES 3. Regular City Council Meeting of May 23, 2022 4. Council Workshop of June 2, 2022 COMMITTEE REPORTS 5. Council Committee of the Whole Report of May 24, 2022 6. Ethics Training Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee 7. Authorization of the Purchase of a Ladder Truck to Replace Ladder 2 (Chief DavidCarey, Dover Fire Department) (Committee recommendation: approval of the purchase to replace Ladder 2 for the amount of $1,948,312 and for the Fire Department to evaluate all options afforded to them.) 8. Report on Police Substation in Downtown Dover (Chief Johnson) (Committee recommendation: to defer increasing Police staffing to authorized strength to 111 from 106, cost is $511,149.48 annually to the budget hearings scheduled for May 31, 2022 and June 1, 2022.) 9. Board of Assessment Appeals - May 25, 2022 MONTHLY REPORTS - April 2022 10. City Assessor's Report 11. City Council’s Community Enhancement Fund Report 12. City Manager’s Report 13. City Planner's Report

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REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - June 13, 2022 PAGE 3 14. Controller/Treasurer's Budget Report 15. Fire Chief's Report 16. Police Chief's Report APPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY MAYOR CHRISTIANSEN 17. Election Board - James W. Brockton - Third District - Three Year Term to Expire on May 1, 2025 18. Planning Commission - Kathleen Heron Welsh - First District - Three-Year Terms to Expire June 1, 2025 APPOINTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE CHAIRS 19. Parks, Recreation, and Community Enhancement Committee Civilian Member - Michael Tholstrup - One Year Term - Expiring May 8, 2023 ITEMS NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA 20. Setting of Electric, Water, and Wastewater Rates and Tariffs (Staff recommendation: Adoption of Rates and Tariffs as presented for Fiscal Year 2023, setting the power cost adjustment of $.03) ORDINANCES FIRST READING - The First Reading is offered on the Proposed Ordinance. Final action by Council will take place during the Second Reading on June 27, 2022. The ordinance is available 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. 21. Ordinance #2022-06 - Fiscal Year 2022/2023 City of Dover Budget Ordinances FINAL READING - The First Reading of the Proposed Ordinance was accomplished during the Council Meeting of MAY 23, 2022. The ordinance is available at the entrance of the Council Chambers and on the City's website at www.cityofdover.com under "Government." 22. Ordinance #2022-05 - Proposed Budget Amendment (Lori Peddicord, Controller/Treasurer) 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

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